GoDaddy Up For Auction

An anonymous reader writes "GoDaddy.com, the closely held website that registers Internet domain names, has put itself up for sale in an auction that could fetch more than $1 billion, people familiar with the matter said. The company, which currently has more than 43 million domains under management, is well known for its edgy advertising, including Super Bowl commercials and ads featuring different 'Go Daddy Girls,' including racing car driver Danica Patrick."

Ugly UI

[Anonymous Coward]

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Going...

[shikaisi]

... going... Gone Daddy

This Is Why Privately-Owned Companies Are Bad

[Luke has no name]

Whoever buys it is able to do a rate hike and truly screw over pre-existing consumers, and that's just if they're feeling generous. There's far worse they could potentially do.

Everything should be owned by the Government! That way no-one would ever be screwed over.

Re:Going...

[tomhudson]

Already taken. gonedaddy.net is available, and so is gonedaddy.org

Domain Name: GONEDADDY.COM [gonedaddy.com]
Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC.
Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com/ [networksolutions.com]
Name Server: NS.ARTNET.NET
Name Server: NS2.ANET.NET
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 21-jun-2010
Creation Date: 23-jun-1999
Expiration Date: 23-jun-2011

goatdaddy.com [goatdaddy.com] is also taken (no, I am NOT going to click on the link and see where it leads), foedaddy.com, gomommy.com, nogodaddy.com, goaddy.com, g0daddy.com, but h0daddy.com is availabile, and so is goatdaddie.com. Knock yourselves out.

Re:Oh great...

[jeepien]

I've got about a half dozen domains registered with them. What the hell do I do now?

I dunno. What the hell have you been doing up till now?

Re:This Is Why Privately-Owned Companies Are Bad

[Anonymous Coward]

Whoever buys it is able to do a rate hike and truly screw over pre-existing consumers, and that's just if they're feeling generous. There's far worse they could potentially do.

Everything should be owned by the Government! That way no-one would ever be screwed over.

That could quite possibly be the dumbest thing I've ever read on /.

No one has EVER been screwed over by the government, right?

There's really no reply to this Idiot, and it is obvious he was taught in a government school...

Re:Let's buy it!

[formfeed]

That includes Danica Patrick?

Re:This Is Why Privately-Owned Companies Are Bad

[ep32g79]

Sarcasm meter broken today?

Re:Let's buy it!

[The End Of Days]

With math skills like that, you are definitely not in charge of the money.