Re: GoDaddy sold

On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 10:01 AM, keith smith <klsmith2020@yahoo.com> 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 <Bryan.ONeal@TheONealAndAssociates.com>*wrote:
>
>
> From: Bryan O'Neal <Bryan.ONeal@TheONealAndAssociates.com>
> Subject: Re: GoDaddy sold
> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> 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 <kevin_brown@qwest.net<http://mc/compose?to=kevin_brown@qwest.net>>
> 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).
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http://ktar.com/category/local-news-articles/20110705/New-investors,-but-the-same-Go-Daddy/
Says
new money same godaddy

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