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Bob Parsons - Godaddy CEO Shotting Elephants in Africa

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by ht125, Mar 30, 2011.

  1. CannabisSEO

    CannabisSEO Well-Known Member

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    #101
    That is pretty crazy and I think Bob has fallen off the rocker. I am surprised the GoDaddy girls weren't there shooting guns topless at helpless animals as well.

    I would recommend you move your domains on over to Economical Domains and get a free year of registration with every transfer.
     
    CannabisSEO, Apr 5, 2011 IP
  2. Dave Zan

    Dave Zan Well-Known Member

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    #102
    I guess I erred earlier.

    If the $20,433 amount represents the $1 or 20% for every $4.99 transfer to NameCheap,
    then that means about 20,433 domains indeed moved over as some of you might've said
    since then. And that's just over a week span so far.
     
    Dave Zan, Apr 6, 2011 IP
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    dlatua Notable Member

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    #103
    Agreed. Anyway, namecheap can't be compared with godaddy, Namecheap is just s reseller, just like OrderDN.com is.
    I transferred only a .info domain from godaddy to namecheap, just because it was near to expire, but will turn it back to godaddy, or any other registrar, just to not sponsor namecheap's "way of marketing (lie)".
     
    dlatua, Apr 6, 2011 IP
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    Wp-Mod.Com Peon

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    #104
    Im with you. I'll move to namecheap or netfirms. boycott godaddy.
     
    Wp-Mod.Com, Apr 6, 2011 IP
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    Laceygirl Notable Member

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    #105
    Why not be smarter and just go to domainsite.com or something with a clean reputation and fair prices all together.
     
    Laceygirl, Apr 6, 2011 IP
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    Dave Zan Well-Known Member

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    #106
    Heh, off-topic a bit...DomainSite isn't exactly clean either. They allegedly engaged what
    was then called domain tasting, got sued by Neiman Marcus, and the parties settled.

    In fairness, they've stayed clean since then. Things have changed after that.
     
    Dave Zan, Apr 6, 2011 IP
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    #107
    So... is elephant hunting illegal in the country good ole Bob was hunting in?
     
    waskmedia, Apr 8, 2011 IP
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    rbay Well-Known Member

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    #108
    I dont know in the current society of greedy corporations, any of them would be so called "clean"
     
    rbay, Apr 8, 2011 IP
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    Card Well-Known Member

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    #109
    I am also switching from Godaddy to Moniker.Leaving Godaddy for forever :)
     
    Card, Apr 8, 2011 IP
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    buysellguru Peon

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    #110
    You should not make it a big deal. It's just a publicity stunt.

    Moniker has just also involved in Privacy Protection Scandal when one of their employees disclosed one of their
    customer's private data.
     
    buysellguru, Apr 8, 2011 IP
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    #111
    TDNAM is an awesome place for buying good domains in auction.. But I always prefer Namecheap & name.com for registering new domains...
    Thousands of webmasters hates godaddy. Here is an example: http://nodaddy.com/
     
    alex.ohc, Apr 9, 2011 IP
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    #112
    Oh snap:

    "Domain registrar Namecheap said thousands of outraged customers transferred 20,433 Web domains to their service in the fallout over a graphic hunting video showing GoDaddy chief Bob Parsons shooting an elephant.

    A spokesperson for the small L.A.-based registrar said that a “majority” of the transfers were from GoDaddy, and that a special “Save the Elephants” deal rolled out after the scandal reaped $80,000 in revenue."
     
    TYCP, Apr 9, 2011 IP
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    Dave Zan Well-Known Member

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    Dave Zan, Apr 9, 2011 IP
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    #114
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    Dave Zan Well-Known Member

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    #115
    Yawn, just a sort of academic interest. Feel free to draw whatever conclusions from those
    stats.
     
    Dave Zan, Apr 10, 2011 IP
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    #116
    Yes, but then lost about 100,000 domains at April 4. See here.

    Net gain on March 28 is 114,033, then on April 4 the gain is only 19,864.

    The loss is almost 100,000. Very bad :)
     
    buysellguru, Apr 10, 2011 IP
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    Dave Zan Well-Known Member

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    #117
    Ah, missed that part. Thanks.
     
    Dave Zan, Apr 10, 2011 IP
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    #118
    It's just a publicity stunt.But the way Bob Parsons did is really bad.he should not have done this :(
     
    Card, Apr 10, 2011 IP