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I was watching How a Former Marine Built GoDaddy Into a Billion-Dollar Business and Bob Parsons shared an interesting fact about GoDaddy at the 38:55 mark.

In November 2000, GhettoJustice.com became the first domain name ever registered at GoDaddy.com's registrar.

I was curious about the domain's history. After I researched it, I decided to share the results.


Mar 6, 2001, the website was showing:
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This sight is dedicated to all things that can be called
GHETTO
So if you aint down with that, you best get to steppin'!!!


The domain has mostly been under privacy but not in July 2007:
Registrant:
Ben Butler [email protected]
2114 E. Haflinger Way
Queen Creek, Arizona 85242
United States
480-987-1205


September 29, 2011, the website began showing:
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I MENTIONED IT TO A FRIEND, WHO WORKED FOR A SMALL LOCAL COMPANY (GODADDY.COM) THAT WAS GETTING INTO THE DOMAIN REGISTRATION BUSINESS, AND I FIGURED THERE WAS NO BETTER TIME TO CLAIM MY FIRST PIECE OF INTERNET REAL ESTATE, AND GHETTOJUSTICE.COM WAS BORN.

MY EXPERIENCE WITH GO DADDY WAS SO EXCELLENT, THAT I JUST HAD TO COME WORK FOR THEM.


Almost 16 years later, the domain name is still at GoDaddy today:

  Domain Name: GHETTOJUSTICE.COM
  Registrar: GODADDY.COM, LLC
  Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 146
  Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com
  Referral URL: http://www.godaddy.com
  Name Server: NS15.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
  Name Server: NS16.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
  Updated Date   : 04-nov-2015
  Creation Date  : 03-nov-2000
  Expiration Date: 03-nov-2016
And there you have it: a little knowledge from the domain history books.
 
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Nice information. Nostalgia.
 
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The first domain registered at GoDaddy was a racist practical joke. Who would have thought?
 
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The domain upfront got registered for 10/15 years, Great!
 
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great information share thanks.
 
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Now that's some information worth sharing, thank you bud!
 
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I registered my first domain with GoDaddy on Dec 4, 2000.
Soon after, I helped them patch a security hole exposing other people's accounts.
Domain transfers were done manually and required a processing fee.
Those were fun times. :D
 
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Anybody know where godaddy registered their own domain name? (Created on 1999-03-02)
 
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