If you are starting up with a blog or website then the first thing that comes to your mind is Godaddy for domain name and hosting server. Godaddy is the worlds largest name in domain name registration service .
In june 2014 Godaddy filed a IPO worth a deal of $100 million.
Even with a total worth of $1.01 billion the company is still making big loss worth $200 net in the calendar year 2013.
In june 2014 Godaddy filed a IPO worth a deal of $100 million.
How Does GoDaddy Make Money?
55.5% of total revenue - Domains
36.5% of total revenue - Hosting and Presence
8.0% of total revenue - Business Applications
Even with a total worth of $1.01 billion the company is still making big loss worth $200 net in the calendar year 2013.
Domains
Godaddy earns its main revenue from domain name registration and domain name renewal, Other source of revenue from this category are domain backorder, domain privacy, revenue from advertisement from parked domains and fee surcharge to ICANN.
Godaddy earns significant amount of money from domain name registrations . If you want to buy a .com domain then you got to pay $8.99/year for a 2 year term but if you want to buy a .org, .net will be of same cost as .com but .today will be charged at $24.99/year.
Godaddy earned a wooping $564 million just from domain name category.
Hosting And Presence
This is the second highest revenue earning category for Godaddy. This includes SSL certificates, website building products, site lock website security, SEO, private ip's and many more.
Godaddy provides dedicated servers and VPS at a very cheap rate starting just at few dollars per month for one domain. They also provide site builders for beginners who are new to online business.
Godaddy earned around $370 million from hosting and presence in the first 9 month of the year 2014.
Business Application
This is the third highest revenue earning category for Godaddy. This includes online data storage, online bookkeeping, email accounts, online payment gateways and email marketing.
- Godaddy provides E-mail facility for around $9/month for 1000 subscribers and it has capability same as GetResponse and MailChimp
- At $4.99/month you can get microsoft office from Godaddy for one user
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