On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 10:01 AM, keith smith wrote: > > Of course Godaddy is going to show rapid growth in the early years. They > were selling domains for $8.95 while everyone else was selling domains for > $40.00. I bought one at $40.00 and later began buying lots of domains at > $8.95 - so many I had to let some go ... half of them. > > > ------------------------ > Keith Smith > > --- On *Mon, 7/4/11, Bryan O'Neal *wrote: > > > From: Bryan O'Neal > Subject: Re: GoDaddy sold > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > Date: Monday, July 4, 2011, 10:35 PM > > > What I remember was the real estate crash was in the late 80's (87ish > once they cut the accelerated depreciation tax credits) and the .com > bubble had started in the early 90's (it was thick by 94 and raging > out of control burst by late 90's (98 - 99) but we did get the Nasdaq > push for the mom and pop speculators as late as 2001. But I was still > young and partially insulated in the 80's. > But in any case Godaddy.com reported a 25% increase in sales the year > after the recent bust, so it seems the economy is not hurting them. > > http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/its_official_godaddy_partners_225_billion > > > > On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 10:16 PM, Kevin Brown > > wrote: > >> Re the economy: Likely it increases sales. People are looking to make > >> money, start new businesses, expand the current business, > >> etc. Plus people who get laid off have time. For $3/Mo. you can start a > >> / put your business on online. Remember the last .com > >> boom happened after the economic crash of the late 80's. > > > > The Internet bubble was nearly a decade AFTER the 80s. It wasn't until > the > > late 90s that it shot up and burst shortly thereafter. > > > > Yes, the websites are cheap, but that doesn't make the rest of the > business > > cheap. You still have to have product to sell, packages to ship it in, > deal > > with credit cards and other forms of payment as well as > refunds/returns... > > Plus you have to get known for the product you are selling (Either via > > Advertising or by linking up to someone bigger, like Ebay or Amazon). > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > http://ktar.com/category/local-news-articles/20110705/New-investors,-but-the-same-Go-Daddy/ Says new money same godaddy -- James Finstrom