GoDaddy.com Now Accepts 'Online' Checks, Becomes First Registrar to Offer Online Check Payment Option [6th August 2003]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Aug. 6, 2003 – GoDaddy.com, the No. 1 registrar of net new
domains, announced today that customers can now elect to pay for its products and
services with “online” checks instead of a credit card, becoming the first registrar to offer an online check payment option. The new, “Pay by Check” option enables customers to write online checks which result in deducting the cost of their GoDaddy.com purchase, i.e., domain registration, directly from their checking account.

“Pay by Check makes it easy for clients who choose not to pay with credit cards or who don’t have one yet, but are interested in registering a domain and purchasing related services, ” said Bob Parsons, GoDaddy.com president and founder. “As the only registrar that offers Pay by Check, we are helping an untapped market pay online for the domain-related products and services they need.”

Listening to requests from existing customers, as well as from potential customers who didn’t have a credit card or didn’t want to use their credit card for online purchasing, GoDaddy.com built Pay by Check into its online purchasing process in addition to its standard payment process which is largely by credit card. The new online check payment process includes easy-to-follow instructions on how to use Pay by Check and requires the customer to provide additional identification information.

Resellers of WildWestDomains.com, sister company of GoDaddy.com, also can now
offer the new Pay by Check payment option to their customers.

About GoDaddy.com
ICANN accredited GoDaddy.com was founded in 1997 by Bob Parsons, following the
sale of Parsons Technology, his first successful venture, to Mountain View, Calif.-based Intuit, Inc. Today, GoDaddy.com is the fastest growing domain registrar and provider of complementary software products and services. Other companies within The Go Daddy Group, Inc. family of companies include Starfield Technologies, Inc., developer of software systems and services; WildWestDomains.com, ICANN accredited reseller provider; and Domains By Proxy, a private registration service. GoDaddy.com, together with its sister companies, enables individuals and businesses to acquire, create and safeguard their unique identities and brands on the Internet.