How godaddy got its name (and logo)

Don't use these guys for hosting: <a href="http://nodaddy.com/" rel="nofollow">http://nodaddy.com/</a>.

<i>Barbara Rechterman (my right hand person to this very day) and I were in my office. Someone said "How about Big Daddy?" A quick check revealed that it was taken. Then I said "How about Go Daddy?" And by golly, the name was available, so we bought it.</i><p>Of all the company name stories I've heard, this was the most anticlimactic.<p>Cool list of company name etymologies here:<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologie...</a>

I'll never forget having to explain to my credit card company that my frequent $8.99 purchases to GoDaddy.com were legitimate back in 2000.<p>When I got off the phone (with a female phone operator), my wife, who was listening told me - you know, they didn't believe you, they thought your "GoDaddy" purchases were for porn.<p>Now that I think about, I bet she did think that.

I love the story of the logo. And I love how that logo story contrasts with this blog post: <a href="http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/01/how-not-to-design-a-logo/" rel="nofollow">http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/01/how-not-to-design-a-...</a>

On a sidenote, going to bobparsonsucks.com will redirect you to godaddy.com

The use of "its" was correct in the original title.