It’s Official: Godaddy’s Partnership with KKR is Complete, Warren Adelman New CEO

News just came out that the partnership between Godaddy and KKR is a done deal with all the employees and people owning options getting their money today.  Bob Parsons had very kind words for those that stuck with the company.  He stated "Many of you have stood by me through some incredibly difficult times, during which many of your peers abandoned ship. Please know that I deeply appreciate your loyalty and will never forget that that loyalty more than anything is what made this day possible. Thank you so much for hanging in there with me. I am very proud of all we achieved that made this deal possib... Read More »

Comedian Louis C.K. Innovates The Way Media Is Sold Online

Louis C.K. is funny. Scratch that. Louis C.K. is f-ing hilarious. If you've never seen Louis C.K.'s stand-up comedy, I highly recommend it...and because of his new online experiment, he's making it easier than ever to see him, while laughing all the way to the bank. Louis C.K., real name Louis Szekely, has in less than a week innovated the way media is sold online. When releasing his new stand-up special "Louis C.K. Live at the Beacon Theater", he decided to do it in a completely unconventional manner, selling a no-DRM video for $5 from his personal website. For Szekely, this was a big risk, leaving... Read More »

Nominet’s Domain Name Industry Report Reveals Some Nice Data

Nominet was nice enough to share some of the data they've compiled over the last year.  The study was on .uk domains but I am going to assume that the data is very similar for most major tlds.  Here are a few things I found interesting 1.  What domains are being used for. For those sites that did resolve to a valid web page: Business sites account for 43% (33% of total). In 2008 this was 38% (29% of total) Parked pages account for 29% (22% of total). In 2008 this was 28% (21% of total) Holding pages account for 19% (15% of total). In 2008 this was 20.5% (16% of total) Other sites ... Read More »

Frank Schilling’s Domain Name Sales MarketPlace Goes Live

Domain Name Sales has done it again.  The Domain Name Sales Marketplace went live today and for those of you looking for information, you're going to love it. Transparency at it's finest. The other day I was doing a little research for the story I wrote about my traffic and I came across a crazy url as a referral.  When I checked back to see what it was, I stumbled across a page of scrolling information, sold domains and live domain bids coming thought.  It didn't take long to figure out it was the mastermind of none other than Frank Schilling of Domain Name Sales.  There was a little chatboard a... Read More »

GoDaddy Aftermarket to Offer Sedo Domains

GoDaddy's domain aftermarket will soon offer all domains already listed through Sedo, according to a source familiar with the agreement. GoDaddy already offers domains listed through Afternic DLS and recently completed integration to offer domains owned and operated by Tucows. GoDaddy, already the largest domain aftermarket by way of amount of domains sold, sets itself up to be the aftermarket powerhouse by integrating the two largest aftermarkets by way of sales numbers. It is unclear how Sedo domains will be integrated into GoDaddy's system, but will most likely appear in the registration path a... Read More »