I finally got a smartphone shortly after Christmas and after figuring it out for a couple days, I jumped on the Android Market and searched for the GoDaddy App and installed it. I didn’t actually use it for a couple days after installing it but I have used it a couple times since then.
Today, I was informed that the app has been downloaded 1 Million times! Maybe I was 1 Million? Hard to say but its impressive that it has been downloaded by so many people and the app is impressive as well.
What have I used the app for?
Auctions!
Is it better than being on my PC and chasing auctions? No but when I’m sitting in the woods and remember an auction was ending at 2 PM and it’s 1:50 PM… my PC is miles away and my smartphone is in my pocket with my GoDaddy App installed and ready to go.
As with any app, it takes a little bit to get use to but when I have used it I didn’t find anything I couldn’t do that I wanted. I use it mainly for domain auctions, so I will talk about that a little bit more.
It’s not as fast as Danica Patrick. I’m not sure if that is the app itself (likely) or a little bit of my phone, wifi connection or 3G etc. If you are aware of this ahead of time, no problem! Now that I know that, I try to log in about 2 minutes before I normally would to place any late auction bids.
Quick Tip: After clicking auctions, click Menu, then My Auction Account in order to see your "selling", "watching" and "bidding" etc.
Biggest dislike?
All CAPS! All domain names are displayed in all capital letters. I’m just not a fan at looking at all caps domains.
History
GoDaddy launched its first iPhone app about September 29, 2009 and was the very first domain name registrar to do so.
Do you use the GoDaddy app? Let me know what you think of it and any tips or tricks you wish to share to this rookie smartphone user!
