Sellers who use the popular GoDaddy webhosting service should take note of Wednesday’s announcement from the FTC, which charged GoDaddy with failing to secure its website-hosting services against attacks that could harm its customers and visitors to the customers’ websites. Read more
GoDaddy launched a new service called Payable Domains that allows small businesses to accept payments just by registering their company’s domain name. A spokesperson for the company told EcommerceBytes GoDaddy was the first company to bundle payment technology with a Read more
GoDaddy launched a solution to make it easy for sellers to create a WordPress store through its Managed WooCommerce Stores solution, reducing the number of plugins required to run their shop. A spokesperson for GoDaddy said traditionally, WordPress requires entrepreneurs Read more
GoDaddy partnered with Avalara to add sales-tax capabilities to its stores product for online sellers. “Memorizing the ever-fluctuating sales tax rates for over 13,000 U.S. jurisdictions is something GoDaddy doesn’t think business owners should have to think about,” the company said Read more
GoDaddy simplified payments for sellers who conduct transactions in person, a growing phenomenon due to the popularity of sites like Facebook Marketplace. Now, sellers who display their wares at flea markets, farmers markets, and the like can use the GoDaddy Read more
When Osama Bedier announced in December that his payments company, Poynt, had agreed to be acquired by GoDaddy, he declared: “In GoDaddy, we found a company that shares our passion and vision for the future of small business commerce.” “We Read more
Online sellers on GoDaddy’s platform can now get greater exposure on Google thanks to a new integration designed to help sellers of all sizes get discovered. Google had previously announced its planned integration with GoDaddy (and WooCommerce and Square) so Read more
GoDaddy announced the launch of Marketplaces, a new feature that lets small business owners sell their products on Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Jet, and Walmart.com from their GoDaddy Online Stores. US sellers who have a GoDaddy store can now connect with Read more
How do you increase email open and click-through rates around the Valentine’s Day holiday? GoDaddy analyzed its data and found that small businesses can improve their email campaigns, even if their business has nothing to do with flowers or chocolate. Read more
More people will sell secondhand items online this year because of the ease of mobile apps, according to Suzanne Wouk, founder of SnapPost. 2016 will be the year of mobile ecommerce, eventually eclipsing web commerce, according to GoDaddy executive Steven Read more
