news GoDaddy buys dnAcademy

[hawkeye]

Just saw a Twitter post from @Paul Nicks that GoDaddy has bought dnAcademy! Big congrats to Mike Cyger (@Michael Cyger) and GoDaddy!!

 

[Name Trader]

It's up to the competition (Dynadot, Namecheap, Sedo etc) to continuously up their game so that GoDaddy doesn't rest on their laurels.

Ha! Ha! GoDaddy can't even keep a stable Control Panel

 

[Mkt Sales Leads]

That's possible of course - but it does not make the domain names you mentioned unbuyable nor does it make a certain (non - "com" -) domain name buyable for GD (or for Elon Musk (or any other billionaire (or secret trillionaire))) and one can assume that DNA (GD) will (continue to) avoid teaching the latter (which I can totally understand as it would mean they would have to "admit" that "com" is not "top").

One word that's certainly unbuyable:

Vomit.com

 

[scithe]

GoDaddy bought Afternic and although I am making more sales there than other aftermarkets, it's also the clunkiest to deal with.

They also acquired Sellbrite (think that founder's name was Michael too) and that site is slow, unintuitive and lacks any innovation. Errors without error messages. Glitches and bugs.

 

[redemo]

Anything can be bought at the right price.

Money doesn't buy truth.

 

[redemo]

I hope that DNAcademy content will not be influenced by the fact it is now owned by GD. That is my one concern with too many aspects of domain investing within one company.

You retained my respect with that comment @Bob Hawkes.

 

[redemo]

i'm anticipating a change to gd appraisal tool, perhaps charging a fee or limiting usage.

Or even making it a truthful representation of current market price rather than a tool solely designed to profit at whatever cost to real people just trying to make some extra bucks in their spare time.

 

[J. Sharma]

Anything can be bought at the right price.

And what is the right price?

 

[koolishman]

And what is the right price?

In the mind of the buyer.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

It is always the owner (of an asset) who ultimately decides what is the "right" price (range) while the buyer can only decide to purchase the (owner's) asset for (in) that price (range) or not.

And if something is priceless then only because the owner (of the asset) decided so.

Then no amount of money is enough to purchase the (owner's) asset and this is the point where even the hardest doubter will realize that it is only the owner (of an asset) who ultimately decides what is the "right" price (range).

 

[redemo]

It is always the owner (of an asset) who ultimately decides what is the "right" price (range) while the buyer can only decide to purchase the (owner's) asset for (in) that price (range) or not.

And if something is priceless then only because the owner (of the asset) decided so.

Then no amount of money is enough to purchase the (owner's) asset and this is the point where even the hardest doubter will realize that it is only the owner (of an asset) who ultimately decides what is the "right" price (range).

What would be the top price of the top domain name ?

 

[Name Trader]

What would be the top price of the top domain name ?

Just under 99 Billion Bitcoins.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

What would be the top price of the top domain name ?

Without the top discount definitely beyond the purchasing power / possibilities of GODADDY or anyone else.

 

[redemo]

Without the top discount definitely beyond the purchasing power / possibilities of GODADDY or anyone else.

Surely the top discount on the top domain name would make it a free push ?

 

[redemo]

Just under 99 Billion Bitcoins.

Impossible. There aren't even 19 million bitcoins in existence. https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/15507987/how-many-bitcoins-left-mine.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

Surely the top discount on the top domain name would make it a free push ?

Yes ... thats correct.

But (the) "top discount" is not longer available (already registered), so no free push ... sorry.

However, the good news is that I just changed my plan and decided that even without the top discount it has to be affordable ... simply by negotiation, for the right offer ... so, where is a will there is a way, sure DNACADEMY / GODADDY negotiated as well.

 

[Name Trader]

Impossible. There aren't even 19 million bitcoins in existence. https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/15507987/how-many-bitcoins-left-mine.

It was an approximate guess But thank you for clarifying how Many Bitcoins there are. I think Bitcoin needs more Bitcoins, so that they can afford the most expensive domain in the world

 

[scithe]

Hold out for top dollar!

 

[DNSSEC]

How can he be so rich! Have been buying

 

[Mkt Sales Leads]

More like consolidation.
GoDaddy buys more and more to cement its position as the dominant player by:

- Buying Namecheap, Sedo, Dan, Park.io, Brandbucket and Squadhelp to snuff out competition
- Buying Huge Domains, Buy Domains and Domain Market
- Buying.xyz registry and all Swetha's portfolio
- Buying all of Rick Schwartz's portfolio
- Buying all Blockchain extensions
- Buying The .nft .meta and .Omni extensions
- Buying all dropcatching software used by other dropcatchers and registries
- Buying Opensea and Rarible
- Buying the handshake registry
- Buying DN Journal
- Buying Namebio
- Buying all domain-related podcasts
- Buying all media agencies and freelance sites to boost its offering to end users
- Buying Domaingang for its entertainment division

And finally...

- Buying NamePros

Cue dreaded laugher and moustache twirling

Oh well.

It looks like my apocalyptic prediction (poss the first of many) turned right:

https://aboutus.godaddy.net/newsroo...etails/2022/GoDaddy-Acquires-Dan/default.aspx

https://news.dan.com/216025-dan-amp-godaddy-join-forces

 

[Name Trader]

Oh well.

It looks like my apocalyptic prediction (poss the first of many) turned right:

https://aboutus.godaddy.net/newsroo...etails/2022/GoDaddy-Acquires-Dan/default.aspx

https://news.dan.com/216025-dan-amp-godaddy-join-forces

Well done. What's gonna be your next prediction? Mine is they'll acquire Identity.Digital

 

[Charybdis]

When is GoDaddy Academy going to launch? All I see is this page: https://www.DNAcademy/godaddy-academy-waitlist

DNAcademy was acquired by GoDaddy on March 21, 2022.

Leave us your name and email address and we will let you know when GoDaddy Domain Academy (the new and improved DNAcademy) is available for sign-up.

But this was in March, 2022. Any news on this please?

@Paul Nicks @Michael Cyger

 

[Charybdis]

When is GoDaddy Academy going to launch? All I see is this page: https://www.DNAcademy/godaddy-academy-waitlist



But this was in March, 2022. Any news on this please?

@Paul Nicks @Michael Cyger

Ok, I see that the new GoDaddy Domain Academy is now open for enrollment.

But I cannot enter its link here, strange. Why is the link censored?

 

[pb]

Ok, I see that the new GoDaddy Domain Academy is now open for enrollment.

But I cannot enter its link here, strange. Why is the link censored?

You mean this? https://godaddy.com/s/domain-academy
Apparently it's free for DDC members.

 

[scithe]

You mean this? https://godaddy.com/s/domain-academy
Apparently it's free for DDC members.

"Dang.
No page found. Sorry about that, let's keep you moving."

I guess you can't see it without being in the DDC either.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

You mean this? https://godaddy.com/s/domain-academy
Apparently it's free for DDC members.

Yes, if you register for either level of the GD DDC you can then, when signed in, access the DNAcademy.
The messaging seems to imply only the more expensive option includes the academy, but either do.
-Bob