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The company filled for an IPO to go public in 1996 but later withdraw its filling.<ref>[http://mashable.com/2010/09/10/godaddy-eyeing-1-billion-sale-report/ Mashable]</ref> During early September, 2010 it was reported that GoDaddy was up for sale and could fetch as much as $1 billion.However, during late October, 2010 Wall Street Journal reported that the company took itself off the market and pulled out of potential sale.<ref>[http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2010/10/26/20101026arizona-go-daddy-pulls-out-potential-sale-report-says.html Arizona Business & Money]</ref>
The company filled for an IPO to go public in 1996 but later withdraw its filling.<ref>[http://mashable.com/2010/09/10/godaddy-eyeing-1-billion-sale-report/ Mashable]</ref> During early September, 2010 it was reported that GoDaddy was up for sale and could fetch as much as $1 billion.However, during late October, 2010 Wall Street Journal reported that the company took itself off the market and pulled out of potential sale.<ref>[http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2010/10/26/20101026arizona-go-daddy-pulls-out-potential-sale-report-says.html Arizona Business & Money]</ref>
==History==
GoDaddy Group were founded in 1997 under the name of Jomax® Technologies by Bob Parsons. In 1998-1999 they started to provide web development services. <ref>[http://www.robertlsmall.us/schoolfiles/BUA440web/companyresearch2.htm Robert L Small]</ref>During that time they changed their name from Jomax® to Go Daddy Software®, Inc. The CEO and Founder Bob Parsons commented in his blog that they were looking for more remarkable name than Jomax® and came up with GoDaddy after someone suggested Big Daddy which was already taken. <ref>[http://www.bobparsons.me/9/how-godaddy-got-name-logo-mean.html Bob Parsons' Blog]</ref>
Go Daddy Software®, Inc becomes IC an ICANN-accredited registrar in 2000 and started to provide domain name registration services at 70% less than the industry leaders’ prices. While in 2001 GoDaddy was approximately of the same size as its major competitors, in 2005 it become the largest ICANN-accredited domain registrar in the world. <ref>[http://www.web-hosting-top.com/web-hosting/news/articles/6359/go-daddy-top-registrar,-says-study web-hosting-top.com]</ref>
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