GoDaddy loses 37,000 domains due to SOPA stance - GoFuckYourself.com

BIGTYMER · 12-24-2011, 09:50 PM

http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/24/godaddy-domain-loss/

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Hosting and domain registrar company Go Daddy has lost more than 37,000 domains in the past two days due to the company?s wishy-washy stance on the Stop Online Piracy Act.

The fleeing domains comes as a result of the intense backlash from customers and Internet critics after Go Daddy appeared on an official list of companies supporting SOPA. The internet responded by staging a wide-spread boycott where people would switch their domains to another registrar, which Go Daddy initially dismissed as having little impact on their business. Now it seems that assessment wasn?t entirely accurate.

Although Go Daddy reversed their stance on SOPA, it wasn?t before 37,000 domains were transfer off of its service, according to information reported by The Domains. The report indicates that over 15,000 domains were transferred off Thursday and another 21,054 domains on Friday. If you factor in the $6.99 to $10.99 fees associated with each of those domain registrations, Go Daddy is losing a significant amount of money.

Many on community link sharing site Reddit, which is where the boycotts were first organized, are skeptical that Go Daddy is really against SOPA. Citing reports from TechCrunch and Gizmodo, Reddit users point out that Go Daddy CEO Warren Adelman is neither for or against SOPA ? a convenient position to take considering his company?s customer base is fleeing. While Adelman admits the bill needs work, he said the company isn?t beyond throwing support to another SOPA-like piece of legislation in the future.

For anyone who?s still in the dark about the proposed legislation, SOPA gives both the U.S. government and copyright holders the authority to seek court orders against websites associated with infringing, pirating and/or counterfeiting intellectual property. The implication of having the act pass is that it could drastically change the way the Internet operates. For more information about the bill, check out this nifty infographic about what SOPA means for business and innovation.

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baddog · 12-24-2011, 10:23 PM

A drop in the bucket for them I suspect.

fris · 12-24-2011, 10:27 PM

im sure they still support SOPA, they just made a statement that they dont, just to stop the loss

HandballJim · 12-24-2011, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by BIGTYMER

http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/24/godaddy-domain-loss/

Sorry if its already been posted?

wow thats a lot of domains...

Cystomatic · 12-25-2011, 02:28 AM

Wow that's a lot of domains :P

I still didn't get the email from godaddy to confirm my transaction to namecheap FU

Chosen · 12-25-2011, 07:45 AM

Fuck GoDaddy

porno jew · 12-25-2011, 07:49 AM

update: This week, they lost around 72,000 domain registrations. At a yearly discounted rate of $6.99 (most registrations are higher), that’s over half a million dollars per year.

http://www.techi.com/2011/12/godaddy...ts-not-enough/

femdomdestiny · 12-25-2011, 07:57 AM

Where should I transfer my domains?

woj · 12-25-2011, 08:29 AM

they'll run some $2 off promo, and everyone will be transferring back to them anyway...

Klen · 12-25-2011, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by woj

they'll run some $2 off promo, and everyone will be transferring back to them anyway...

Bullshit

Babaganoosh · 12-25-2011, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by femdomdestiny

Where should I transfer my domains?

namecheap has always been superior to godaddy

Nikki_Licks · 12-25-2011, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by fris

im sure they still support SOPA, they just made a statement that they dont, just to stop the loss

Bingo! I was thinking the same thing.

HandballJim · 12-25-2011, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by woj

they'll run some $2 off promo, and everyone will be transferring back to them anyway...

If godaddy does I will move anything I have at moniker over since they charge you for forwarding your domain.

rowan · 12-25-2011, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by porno jew

update: This week, they lost around 72,000 domain registrations. At a yearly discounted rate of $6.99 (most registrations are higher), that’s over half a million dollars per year.

http://www.techi.com/2011/12/godaddy...ts-not-enough/

That's gross sales only. They still have to pay a wholesale rate for the domain registrations, for those who don't get caught with any upsells the margin is near zero, maybe even a loss. I've seen a couple of articles about this that seem to make the assumption that selling a domain costs nothing and the profit margin is 100%...

SpicyM · 12-25-2011, 01:12 PM

Whats the problem? Probably just illegal tubes/forums with stolen movies, I wish every registrar would act this way so they cant transfer the domains somewhere else

bpluva · 12-25-2011, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by woj

they'll run some $2 off promo, and everyone will be transferring back to them anyway...

They already have a drop in price, saw it yesterday, it's a premium host plan for what 70 bucks a year with the purchase of a domain which drops down to like $2.99 for that domain.. and I burn the hell out of their bandwidth for pennies

They definitely aren't severs on steroids but little budget little cost..im jusy sayin'

Moose · 12-25-2011, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by porno jew

update: This week, they lost around 72,000 domain registrations. At a yearly discounted rate of $6.99 (most registrations are higher), that?s over half a million dollars per year.

http://www.techi.com/2011/12/godaddy...ts-not-enough/

more than likely a huge chunk of those domains are paying GD for hosting to, thats alot more than a half a million.

Paul Markham · 12-25-2011, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by SpicyM

Whats the problem? Probably just illegal tubes/forums with stolen movies, I wish every registrar would act this way so they cant transfer the domains somewhere else

This law is coming whether people like it or not. Assuming it gets through the Houses and is signed in by the President. There are companies behind it that make the million GD lost seem like a drop of rain in a monsoon.

America is likely to be losing billions to the piracy of it's intellectual goods. Now do you think a million going from one registrar to another, maybe both US based, is going to stop it?

V_RocKs · 12-25-2011, 04:55 PM

No way to know if it was SOPA or just the normal daily move... How many did they pick up in transfers that same day?

DVTimes · 12-25-2011, 07:11 PM

bump for this

Joshua G · 12-25-2011, 08:03 PM

those godaddy "unrated" videos are a disgusting fraud. Danica doesn't get naked at all!

fris · 12-27-2011, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by DVTimes

bump for this

got a godaddy ref code i can use?

12clicks · 12-27-2011, 09:42 AM

If it becomes law, it doesn't matter what their position is. They and you WILL comply.
It really doesn't matter what a handful of nobodies do with their domains

slavdogg · 12-27-2011, 10:22 AM

you guys can keep an eye on GoDaddy's name servers here
http://www.dailychanges.com/domaincontrol.com/

However this data is not fully accurate as it doesn't report domains lost by the registrar.
Only domains lost by their nameserver

Emil · 12-27-2011, 12:13 PM

CYF · 12-27-2011, 04:50 PM

Godaddy is down almost a million domain since 11/14.

http://www.webhosting.info/registrar...ns/GODADDY.COM

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