GoDaddy Acquires Marchex's Domain Portfolio Business

Builds on Strategy of Combining Primary and Secondary Domain Market for Businesses Looking to Create their Digital Identity

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Apr 22, 2015, 08:30 ET

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), the world's largest technology provider dedicated to small businesses, announced today it has acquired the domain name portfolio business of Marchex. The transaction included approximately 200,000 domain names and was completed for $28.1 million in cash with additional earn out considerations.

"GoDaddy views this as a unique opportunity to acquire a large group of high quality names and make them available to businesses worldwide," said GoDaddy Senior Vice President and General Manager Mike McLaughlin. "These names have not been generally available to the public. This means we're able to bring more visibility and liquidity into the market for businesses everywhere. This is not a new direction for us, we have no plans to acquire additional domain names or expiring names."

This acquisition builds on GoDaddy's broader strategy to combine the primary and secondary domain name markets. GoDaddy acquired the world's largest premium domain marketplace, Afternic, in Sept. 2013 and has now extended that technology platform to significantly increase the number of premium domain names available in its search results.

To see the list of names GoDaddy acquired, please visit: {www.NameFind.com}. In addition, names available on GoDaddy's leading aftermarket platform can be found at www.Afternic.com.

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