By: Raymond Hackney Go Daddy Auction Picks 9-19-13 Today looks to be slimmer pickings than yesterday. The NNNN.com domains yesterday did not meet reserve and did not sell. Today there is just one NNNN.com and that is 0346.com, its a public auction but has met reserve. The 4L.com domains are nothing special today either,Zbbo.com and […]

By: Raymond Hackney Go Daddy Auction Picks 9-18-13 Not the greatest inventory today imo, at the high end there are some nice names but you are going to have to bring your bankroll. There are not too many value plays in the low xxx range or hidden gems that are going for $12 to $30. […]

By: Raymond Hackney Go Daddy Auction Picks 9-17-13 In the short domain category we have some LLL.com with WvW.com and LKZ.com, both are public and both have not reached reserve. Ve.net is a public LL.net auction closing today on Go Daddy Auctions. Currently at $6,400 with 71 bids and reserve not met. About 150 LLLL.com […]

By: Raymond Hackney Go Daddy Auction Picks 9-16-13 There are not 500 LLLL.com dropping today, only around 100. These are the ones I like and of course the CVCV.com are going to be expensive, so have a bankroll and don't get carried away. mibe This one is an expired CVCV.com, 17 year old domain. Interestingly […]

By: Raymond Hackney Go Daddy Auction Picks 9-15-13 There are over 500 LLLL.com domains expiring today, most were not desirable combinations for business or popular acronyms. These below were what I thought were the best. It is worth noting that all 539 have at least one bid. ctxx.comtaop.comhhjs.comovst.combovn.comqchs.com The 5 number.coms have been all over […]

By: Raymond Hackney Go Daddy releases second video with new pitch man Jean-Claude Van Damme. This time Jean-Claude Van Damme shows up at a flower store. BusinessInsider.com covered the ad and says it will be aired on Monday Night Football.   Related articles Ad of the Day: Jean-Claude Van Damme Weirdly Keeps the Beat for […]

By: Raymond Hackney Go Daddy sold exactly 1,000 more domains in August than it did in July. 40,264 vs 39,264. The top sale for August was ops.com at $100,000, HJX.com was second (so much for domainer preferences in LLL.coms) as it sold for $29,000. (click to enlarge)

By: Raymond Hackney I usually get a lot of emails from newer domain investors about Go Daddy Auctions. Lately there has been two common themes. 1) This is some B*llSh*T or How can they renew ? These are emails from people who won an auction and then got the email that the domain was renewed. […]

By: Raymond Hackney I got a couple emails from friends asking me if I had seen the price increments on Go Daddy Auctions had changed ? I said I had and discussed this with Paul Nicks back in April when they changed the amount of time added on to the end of auctions. Paul said […]

By: Raymond Hackney GoDaddy.com Senior Director, Icann Policy & Planning James Bladel discusses Icann's domain expansion and overhaul plans. He speaks with Emily Chang on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West.   Related articles The Domain Name Battle for 35 Percent of the World – Bloomberg