Domain Registrar - Godaddy

Go Daddy is an Internet domain registrar and web hosting company, which also sells e-business related software and services.

Founded in 1997 by Bob Parsons, who previously founded the software development company Parsons Technology, Inc., Go Daddy has become the largest ICANN-accredited registrar and the first registrar to surpass Network Solutions in total domain names registered. 

Go Daddy won the CNET Editor's Choice award in 2001 and the Name Intelligence Largest Net Gain Award in both 2002 and 2003, jumping from fifth largest registrar to third largest overall, trailing only Network Solutions and Tucows. 

The Go Daddy Group, which includes Wild West Domains (its resale brand) as well as Blue Razor (its bulk domain brand), is currently the largest registrar in the world.

Go Daddy gained market share against competitor Network Solutions, surpassing them to become the largest domain registrar on April 26, 2005. 

Speculation into the reasons for this include lower prices by Go Daddy for domain registrations, and the expansion of their product line.

As part of their corparate giving, in April 2006, the company donated $10,000 to the  Open SSH development program, which is managed by OpenBSD. 

They have also donated $10,000 in March 2006 to Perverted-Justice.com in which volunteers pose online as minors to catch child predators.