GoDaddy

GoDaddy is an association founded by Bob Parsons domain registrar and web host.

GoDaddy is actively involved in sports sponsorship and turned for the first time in 2005 advertising during the Super Bowl. Since then, advertising and sponsorship were further expanded. As an advertising medium occur prominent athletes on how the models Candice Michelle or the racer Danica Patrick and Brad Keselowski.

The planned for 2006 IPO was not consummated. As a result, private investors were brought on board in July 2011, GoDaddy was a participation of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Silver Lake known.

In 2010, GoDaddy managed almost 40 million domains, making it the world 's largest registrar, Enom and Tucows before. The sum of the registered addresses were estimated in March 2013 with 55 million, so GoDaddy more than the nine other major registrars managed together. Are added every day 50,000 domains, GoDaddy until then had total eleven million customers.

Although GoDaddy traditionally only works as a registrar, the company has promoted as a registry for. Us. However, the joint venture with Afilias 2007 could not prevail against NeuStar.

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