GoDaddy is the largest domain name registrar in the world, and its decisions affect millions of domain owners, website owners and small businesses. When GoDaddy changes a renewal policy, an auction rule, a product bundle or a support process, the effect reaches far beyond its own customers. Domain investors, competing registrars and the businesses that depend on a single domain name all feel it.
I have covered GoDaddy on this site since the Super Bowl advertising years, and the coverage has shifted over time from marketing to policy. The posts below document auction changes, auto-renewal problems, link forwarding shutdowns, product launches and the customer issues that tend to surface first in support forums. For domain owners, the practical lesson repeats across many of these posts: know exactly which registrar account holds each domain, keep the contact email current, and confirm how renewals are configured before a problem forces the question.
Where to Start
- Beware of Fake GoDaddy Expiration Notices: Here’s How to Spot the Scam (2025)
- Another Fake GoDaddy ‘24 Hours Left’ Email Is Making the Rounds (2025)
- Was Godaddy Caught Registering Domains Names After Availability Lookup? (2012)
- GoDaddy Customer Loses Domain Name Due to Auto Renew Fail (2023)
- Revolutionizing Domain Sales: GoDaddy Auctions Unveils Major Shift Towards Enhanced Selling Platform (2024)
- Revolutionizing Small Business: GoDaddy Airo™ Promises $4,000 Savings and 300 Hours of Work (2024)
More Coverage, Newest First
- The Domain Name Gap: What GoDaddy’s 2026 Most Entrepreneurial Cities List Reveals About Digital Presence in America’s Growth Markets (2026)
- AI Agents Are Getting Verified: GoDaddy and LegalZoom Roll Out a New Internet Standard (2026)
- GoDaddy’s New Terms Quietly Reclassify Personal Domain Owners as Businesses (2026)
- GoDaddy Drops Six New Airo.ai Agents (2025)
- GoDaddy Takes Aim at Rogue AI Agents with New Naming System (2025)
- Small Businesses Stay Strong: GoDaddy Finds Entrepreneurs Bet on Themselves Despite Economic Jitters (2025)
- GoDaddy Posts Strong Start to 2025, Commits $3B to Buybacks Through 2027 (2025)
- GoDaddy Just Opened the Door for Agencies to Get More Clients—Here’s How (2025)
- GoDaddy Just Made Selling on Instagram Way Easier (2025)
- Africa’s Digital Landscape Just Got Bigger: .africa Domains Now on GoDaddy (2025)
- AI’s Game-Changer: How to Write a Business Plan in Record Time with GoDaddy (2024)
- How GoDaddy’s Airo AI is Changing the Game for Small Business Owners in Asia (2024)
- GoDaddy’s Big Game Return: How AI is Helping Small Businesses Go Big This Super Bowl (2024)
- GoDaddy’s New API Lets Small Businesses Build Websites Faster (2024)
- 3 Game-Changing Ways GoDaddy’s AI Tools Can Supercharge Small Businesses (2024)
- Is Word-of-Mouth Dead? New GoDaddy Data Reveals Gen Z Trusts Influencers Over Friends (2024)
- How AI Can Supercharge Small Businesses: GoDaddy Reveals the Must-Know Tools (2024)
- GoDaddy Unveils Game-Changing AI-Powered Tools to Supercharge Small Business Marketing (2024)
- GoDaddy’s Afternic Boost Promises to Elevate Domain Sales (2024)
- GoDaddy Expands Offerings with New .it.com Domains, Perfect for Tech Startups and Developers (2024)
- Unlock Your Business Potential with GoDaddy’s Game-Changing AI Domain Search Tool (2024)
- GoDaddy Unleashes New AI Tools to Supercharge Small Businesses (2024)
- GoDaddy Reports Robust Growth in First Quarter 2024, Showcasing Strong Financial Performance (2024)
- Unlock the Secret to a Perfect Domain Name with GoDaddy’s Top Eight Tips (2024)
- GoDaddy Reveals 5 Game-Changing Tips for Small Business Growth (2024)
- Revolutionizing the Web: GoDaddy Teams Up with Ethereum Name Service for a Game-Changing Domain-Wallet Integration (2024)
- Tucows and GoDaddy Report Q3 2022 Results (2022)
- GoDaddy Ending Forwarding of Existing Shortened Links (2022)
- GoDaddy Sent Erroneous Credit Notices via Email (2020)
- GoDaddy Sells PlusServer Business for $456 Million (2017)
- GoDaddy Price Confusion Over Premium New gTLD Domains (2014)
- GoDaddy Released Personally Identifiable Information To Spammer Without Permission (2014)
- Updated: GoDaddy Domain Name Auctions Are Down (2014)
- GoDaddy App Glitch: Domains Purchased With App Could Go to Someone Else’s Account (2014)
- Blake Irving Appointed CEO of Godaddy (2012)
- Keyword Rich Domain Names for Auction on Godaddy (2011)
- GoDaddy Offers Extended Validation Certificates (2007)
- CBS Finally Approves GoDaddy Super Bowl Ad (2007)