GoDaddy Sold to Leveraged Buyout Firm KKR

Laurie Rogers

11 years ago

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kindsvater

11 years ago

Originally Posted by CDarklock

You do realise that Silver Lake are the PE firm that screwed Skype employees out of their stock options last month, right?

I do not see an abundance of ethics entering this picture.

Agreed. When I think of KKR I think of Gordon Gekko.

But greed is good. Just thinking about the ramifications.

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christopher jon

11 years ago

ethics

I googled this obscene word and I was not pleased with it's meaning.

Now, who wants to buy some Florida beach front property?

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dzinerfusion

11 years ago

I don't think this is a good decision for the future of Godaddy. I hope they do not upsell us even more and charge us more to register our domains.

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mmixon

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Laurie Rogers

Never said I was offended by it and because I am an experienced IM'er I don't buy into them. As an IM'er I also know the difference between value and quality - sorry godaddy doesn't offer either of those and it'd be pretty stupid of me to pay for extra features for a third rate service when I know I don't have to - that's not being offended, it`s called having smart business sense.

Not everyone hides their upsells either, some of us dont partake in marketing that way.

Not sure where you`re coming from with the comment about, feeding elephant meat to hungry natives - clearly bad choice of words on your part.

Sorry Laurie. You clearly sounded put out by the upsells, but if you are not, didn't mean to put words in your mouth. I have never used their hosting, only purchased my domain names there.

The owner of GoDaddy is a hunter and a few months back he...nevermind.

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- Michael Shook 11 years ago
  
  Their upsells are no worse than half the CB products now. Or even some of the WSO's.
  
  I like GoDaddy for domain registration, I don't get anything else there and their propagation is fast. Could be others are just as fast, but I know their's is pretty quick.
  
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  King Louie 11 years ago
  
  C'mon...most of us have to endure those "annoying" popups, especially when you leave a sales page. Sometimes I don't know whether to click "OK" or "Cancel" so that I can leave the site once and for all.
  
  I think Godaddy's upsells are less annoying than those popups and other tactics employed by some IMers. I'm already familiar with all their upsells that I can easily breeze through the domain registration process without even reading. LOL. Never had a problem with being overcharged.
  
  I like Godaddy because I can buy a domain name for $1 using their promotions. I can definitely afford to buy their domains at the regular price but sometimes my projects get delayed because I put too much time on other more important ones. I had a number of domains that I allowed to expire because I wasn't able to develop them. With Godaddy's cheap domains, there's less money wasted in case I won't be able to develop some of my domain names.
  
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OnlineMasterMind

11 years ago

Originally Posted by CDarklock

Because a domain registrar doesn't do anything except store contact info and nameserver information. It's not like someone else is going to do a better job; it's just a database entry. A monkey could do it.

Yeah exactly...

It amazes me how people invest so much negative energy AGAINST something so silly and simple as a domain registrar lol...

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Black Hat Cat Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Laurie Rogers

To be honest, I don't even comprehend why some of you continue to use godaddy as a domain registrar...

What's difficult to comprehend? I've purchased over 100 domains from Godaddy, and never had a single problem....not one. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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- Kael41 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Black Hat Cat
  
  What's difficult to comprehend? I've purchased over 100 domains from Godaddy, and never had a single problem....not one. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
  
  This. I've got wellllll over 500 domains through them (active) and have had more through the years as well. It works great for me right now and see no reason to move off that platform.
  
  It's like I may disagree with TaTa Motors work policies for 3rd world country laborers, but I'm going to own and drive the hell out of a Jag XF
  
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timpears 11 years ago

Originally Posted by dzinerfusion

I don't think this is a good decision for the future of Godaddy. I hope they do not upsell us even more and charge us more to register our domains.

That was my first thought. I don't see this as a positive for us in the IM world. I hope I am wrong, but I am not optimistic.
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J Bold

11 years ago

Originally Posted by dzinerfusion

I don't think this is a good decision for the future of Godaddy. I hope they do not upsell us even more and charge us more to register our domains.

I don't use Godaddy anymore. I use namecheap. Others may have better options but it works for me and I like it better.

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  OnlineMasterMind 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Laurie Rogers
  
  You`d be surprised actually .. theres been many a thread about how wonderful they are.
  
  Damn right. I am a satisfied GoDaddy customer. AND... I'm a fan of Bob Parsons.
  
  You might not like them... but the IRREFUTABLE FACT is that they DO have lots of satisfied customers... and they just sold for over 2 Billion dollars.
  
  Your cynicism doesn't change that.
  
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Ken Durham

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Laurie Rogers

Ok but please give me some rational reason as to why some of you are using them for hosting? Everything within their hosting etc. is upsell after upsell. Paying out this kind of money makes ZERO cents to me at all when you can get hosting - shared, reseller, dedicated etc for under 150 bucks in a lot of cases. There are WAY too many extras that you can get for free with some top hosting companies. Yeah sure you might save a few bucks registering when they're running a special but in the end you're seriously paying out the ass with hosting, shopping carts etc.

Their dedicated servers are about half the price of hostgator, with no restrictions. I've never found a problem with GD once you look past their upsells. Of course no one here upsells

Their DNS handling couldn't be easier. And propagation is usually within minutes, not hours. I guess it depends on what you are looking for, but I'll stick with them if their prices don't change and they leave me alone to do as I want, like they have.

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sbucciarel

Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Laurie Rogers

Ok but please give me some rational reason as to why some of you are using them for hosting?

There is no rational reason for using Godaddy as a host. Worst hosting and worst hosting support ... bar none. It's so bad and so user unfriendly that I don't support Godaddy hosting when I offer installs for my sites I sell. You got Godaddy hosting? Hire someone else to install it. Called up Godaddy hosting for what should be a simple Wordpress install and just got ... we don't provide support for Wordpress. Hostgator, hostmonster and others ... simply click one button (Fantastico) and it's done.

As for domains ... never had a problem with domain registration. You can get some steep discounts through coupon codes that aren't available elsewhere.

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Ronak Shah

11 years ago

Originally Posted by sbucciarel

There is no rational reason for using Godaddy as a host. Worst hosting and worst hosting support ... bar none. It's so bad and so user unfriendly that I don't support Godaddy hosting when I offer installs for my sites I sell. You got Godaddy hosting? Hire someone else to install it. Called up Godaddy hosting for what should be a simple Wordpress install and just got ... we don't provide support for Wordpress. Hostgator, hostmonster and others ... simply click one button (Fantastico) and it's done.

As for domains ... never had a problem with domain registration. You can get some steep discounts through coupon codes that aren't available elsewhere.

Well, I did have issues with hosting wordpress and they did tell me that I will have to check out the wordpress support site but many times they have helped me with the installation since at least a few years.

Godaddy hosting is great and the support has been excellent. I doubt the others would provide such a great service and the UI of godaddy is amazing! The features are excellent and I really think people who use fantastico will have to understand the godaddy system before they use it. Yes, it took me a few days to understand how it works but once I got it, it's a bang for the buck.. I feel it's a marvel and it's superb.

You got your opinion from your experience and you could be right in your view point. I am right in mine. We both are right.

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Wide Eyed Concepts 11 years ago

Originally Posted by dzinerfusion

I don't think this is a good decision for the future of Godaddy. I hope they do not upsell us even more and charge us more to register our domains.

Upsell us more? haha goodluck!
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Banned 11 years ago

Best hosting/domain combo. I've ever found was Hostagator + Namecheap, both have good price & awesome support.

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remodeler 11 years ago

Originally Posted by yukon

Best hosting/domain combo. I've ever found was Hostagator + Namecheap, both have good price & awesome support.

I agree. That's the exact combo I've had for a few years now with hundreds of domains. all without any support issues. Excellent customer service. Had GoDaddy before that and they were awful. Had to pack a lunch just due to the time in getting through all the upsells.
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micksss 11 years ago

Originally Posted by yukon

Best hosting/domain combo. I've ever found was Hostagator + Namecheap, both have good price & awesome support.

Same here NameCheap for domain registrations and HostGator for web hosting is the way to go.
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chinedu86

11 years ago

I guess this means more customers for namecheap,atleast pending when godaddy sorts themself out.

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Johnny Slater

11 years ago

Laurie, quite a few people talk about how great Godaddy is for the one reason that few talk about. It has an affiliate program and they make money when they can con someone into signing up with them.

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What self respecting IM'er would turn their nose at an affiliate commission, regardless of how crappy the services actually are?

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MichaelHiles

11 years ago

Surprising for me because KKR isn't traditionally a heavy pure online tech player. Most of their portfolio is traditional business.

Henry Kravis is an interesting guy... fascinating story about the whole RJR Nabisco buyout. Written as a book called "Barbarians At The Gate" which was turned into a movie in the early 90s starring James Garner.

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Stuart S

11 years ago

Originally Posted by MichaelHiles

Surprising for me because KKR isn't traditionally a heavy pure online tech player. Most of their portfolio is traditional business.

Henry Kravis is an interesting guy... fascinating story about the whole RJR Nabisco buyout. Written as a book called "Barbarians At The Gate" which was turned into a movie in the early 90s starring James Garner.

Yeah just finished reading it. Pretty interesting story. Takes me a while to get around all the names though.

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WebsiteDeck

11 years ago

I sure as hell hope this is a good step upwards for GoDaddy because they could really use some proper motivation at this point.

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Fernando Veloso

11 years ago

GO what?

You folks crack me up. I just hope everyone with business in GD doesn't get screwed. Oh and I use a combo described above BUT the day I feel something is not right as it should be... I'll move my business elsewhere.

My hosting + domain names equals a couple grands per month - and I ain't playing with it.

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Jack Duncan

11 years ago

I don't think this is a good decision for the future of Godaddy. I hope they do not upsell us even more and charge us more to register our domains.

I'll be interested if they can clean things up a bit and make the purchasing process quite a bit smoother.

The last time I registered a domain with GoDaddy, it felt like a circus act...one hoop after another hoop.

While I'm sure they make a mint from those who do take advantage of all those upsells, it can get quite annoying when you're just trying to hop in and make a purchase quickly.

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gforces

11 years ago

Wow the IM world is getting a lot of shake ups this week. Seems a bit like the offline world with earthquakes, big ones, happening every week some where in the world. Amazon pulls the plug on Californian affiliates and now GoDaddy sells itself off to the highest bidder. GoDaddy has been an OK service for me, don't use them solely, but I never liked their advertising antics. Scantly clad, beautiful women holding join GoDaddy signs for web hosting... or some message plastered across their tank tops two sizes too small for the ample breasts.... well you get the picture.

Final thought: the one thing that I have been reminded of again this week with all that has been going on is the fact that nothing remains the same for long in IM. Especially in IM!! Just when you think you've got it all worked out the landscape changes over night.

Keep moving, keep adapting, keep learning, keep on keeping on!

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SteveJohnson

11 years ago

Originally Posted by gforces

... but I never liked their advertising antics. Scantly clad, beautiful women holding join GoDaddy signs for web hosting... or some message plastered across their tank tops two sizes too small for the ample breasts.... well you get the picture.

There are messages on the tank tops? ...I never noticed any

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Dominium

11 years ago

Hmm, maybe they will give out $1 .com/.org/.net coupons? That would be cool

Anyway, my experience with GoDaddy is pretty good, their customer service is great and their domains are pretty cheap. I hope that this new Firm won't change GoDaddy too much... in a bad way, that is

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theimdude 11 years ago

I got over a 100 domains with GD and some with Enom.

I have never had the opportunity to get to know the CEO of either company and I couldn't care to get to know them as well.

I have never had issues with either companies and all work fine. I only use Godaddy to buy domains and crab some specials

I have never paid more than $8 for a domain both renewal and new registrations

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So all you moaners go there sharp and get one......I know you use these specials
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trentonlaura

11 years ago

I use GoDaddy and also promote their web registration and hosting as an affiliate. I've never had an issue with them, my sites never go down, etc. after using them for a few years. I get .COMsfor under $9 a year, hosting for something like $4 a month.

They do have a few upsells when you try registering a new domain and all that, it just takes a couple of seconds to click past them, I don't see what the big deal is. I guess other people have had horrible experiences with GoDaddy hence all the hating on them, but I've never had issues myself.

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DavidG

11 years ago

Exactly. So just get the best registrar with the most value. Like to me, I use namecheap since it gives privacy option for free instead of 20 bucks a month with godaddy.

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aritrim

11 years ago

So is it time to move domains out of Godaddy?

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Gregg

11 years ago

GoDaddy's hosting is horible..... I moved most to HostGator a while back. Still have the domains at GoDaddy though. Maybe I'll check out Namecheap.

GoDaddy has pigeon holed themselves so bad from a marketing perspective anyway... it was just a matter of time.