Over the last few months we have been losing more domain sales data points in the domain industry. Interesting factoids, sales data and stats that domain investors crave is drying up. GoDaddy pulls the data plug Many years ago we stopped getting two valuable reports, the Afternic weekly sales and the GoDaddy Auctions Monthly Market […]
I was talking to my Godaddy rep about this just last week
Godaddy needs to find away to start releasing these sales.
Maybe release them the same day earnings are released. And on that day they could just release domain sales results for the previous quarter (3 month lag) so not to interfere with the current quarter.
If they release three month old date every quarter maybe that would not violate the quiet period.
Releasing this date imho only helps future sales. Sales Beget More Sales.
Having a rich history of sales date (other then expiring auctions) helps the price of domain sales and negotiations.
Not only that but it encourages more people to invest in domains.
This data would really give a tremendous boost to the aftermarket.
Just imagine all the great sales we have never seen.
Its a Win/Win situation for Godaddy, their customers as well as us domainers.