8:40 PM
Wayward Disposition
Alright, so I'm sure many of you have seen GoDaddy.com CEO Bob Parsons in the news lately, but for those of you who haven't, here's some backstory:
Parsons recently took a nice little vacation to Zimbabwe and filmed himself shooting a bull elephant. Afterwards, he proceeded to take photos with the elephants corpse, spread GoDaddy.com hats and clothing to the local villagers, and uploaded the whole package to the internet for the world to see.
Upon being questioned, Parsons claimed he shot the elephant because they cause crop damage.
Needless to say, the internet masses didn't take lightly and the story raged across the web like a wildfire.
GoDaddy competitor, NameCheap saw an opportunity and took it. They turned the mass anger and sadness into a promotional campaigne and offered a registrar switch from GoDaddy.com to NameCheap for just $4.99 for the first year using promo code BYEBYEGD. (That promotion ends soon, get it now! Click me)
Good job Bob Parsons, I'm sure making elephant shooting videos will be a great marketing strategy.
.....oh wait.
Input from my lovely followers:
1. How do you guys feel about Bob Parsons?
2. Would you switch domains because of something like this?
3. Is NameCheap in the wrong too for taking advantage?
4. Is Bob Parsons a smug elephant killing douche bag?
I'll answer the last one for you.
Yes, yes he is. See?
1. How do you guys feel about Bob Parsons?
2. Would you switch domains because of something like this?
3. Is NameCheap in the wrong too for taking advantage?
4. Is Bob Parsons a smug elephant killing douche bag?
I'll answer the last one for you.
Yes, yes he is. See?
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53 comments:
1. He is a dick.
2. Yes.
3. No. I will be forever with NameCheap.
4. Yes.
That is so whack :( poor elephant, I hope they can make a nice piano out of it.
lol thats fucking crazy i didnt realize people still hunted elephants and shit, whats the point
WOW that's crazy..
Isn't it illegal to kill elephants? what an ass!
I want to see the villagers godaddy sites. lol.
That is ridiculous. He deserved whatever he got and should be in jail just based on the picture.
I guess it depends on whether or not he was allowed to do it. Of course, Zimbabwe might not have laws against it. I'm not sure if that elephant is endangered or not, but the damage is likely already done even if it isn't and was legal.
Heard of this...kind of sad on his part and hilarious his competition is taking advantage of it.
1. *Unable to answer that without a rant on existentialism*
2.Probably not.
3. All is fair in business
4. *Unable to answer that without a rant on existentialism*
His face is just so punchable.
1. From that, I think hes an idiot.
2. Eh, probably not, I go for price, but people like PETA sure would.
3. Nope, they saw an advantage and took it, great opportunity, thats business.
4. of course
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wtf, is that picture real? you cant kill elephants they havent done anything! leav them alone
Aw man, elephants are beautiful animals, you can't just go killing them! Either way namecheap taking advantage of this is a bit weird. However I wouldn't pass up on the discount.
what a douche
So that's what's all the fuss about GoDaddy. Yeah, it sucks.
1. Idiot.
2. Ofcourse!
3. Not at all.
4. YES!
godaddy has been going down for a while
1. just stupid
2. durrr
3. doubt it
44. probably
Wow that's one way to put the internet hate machine on your back
1. He sounds like any typical Safari hunter , coming down to Africa to do whatever he wants.
2. Definitely
3. Nope.
4. Yes
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1. sucker
2. yes i would
3. no
3. yes
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i havent heard about this but what an asshole.
3. cheapname is just doing this really good, great marketing strategy
1. idgaf about him
2. most likely
3. nah they know how to strategize
4. totally
Yeah, that's kind of a dick move of Bob
1. How do you guys feel about Bob Parsons? who?
2. Would you switch domains because of something like this? Maybe
3. Is NameCheap in the wrong too for taking advantage? no
4. Is Bob Parsons a smug elephant killing douche bag? absolutely
I don't really understand how Bob Parsons thinks shooting an elephant would make a good promotional video.
what a asshole!
what, why would he do that
wow, what an idiot. if i had a domain, i would switch too. that's disgusting.
Glad he's enjoying himself.
1. Meh.
2. Don't have any domains.
3. Not really, business is all about taking advantage of the mistakes of your competitors
4. Sure, why not.
1. I have no clue, I never heard of him.
2. Not sure.
3. Don't think so.
4. Hell yeah!
1. He sounds like an idiot.
2. Yes
3. I love April Fool's Day!
OMG!
While I totally understand the instinct of hunting and feeling your kill is a trophy - I feel all bad looking at that elephant :(
Then again, I don't see much actual "hunting" going into shooting an elephant. They don't normally run from humans eh? just pop one as you drive around in your motorvehicle, very hard...
I didn't like godaddy to begin with. I'm totally fine with anti ......WAIT
Is this april foolS? -.-
No guys, this isn't april fools. It really happened. I posted this yesterday anyways. Haha. Google it!
1. He's a douche
2. Yes
3. NO
4. Yes
follower
This is great!
1. Don't care
2. no
3. no
4. yes
1. I hate how people with money think they can do what they want
2. To be honest, probably not, but the sweet promo from namecheap has convinced me
3. No way, that's smart marketing
4. Yes, just yes
I had not even heard about this! He must be pretty stupid if he thinks that shooting an elephant is a good marketing strategy.
I thought this would be illegal?
1. Idiot.
2. Of course!
3. Not at all.
4. YES!
good job parsons, looking good
I know a lot of people who jump from host to host just to save a little bit of money, but I would rather stick with a good reliable host, even if it means just paying a bit more.
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Wow, whats that guys problem?
This guy is a bag of dicks
he's okay. it's not his fault the elephant situation exists.
what a dick. They shoot shoot him as punishment.
i feel bad about what happened. it was morally incorrect.
What a sick bastard...
Also, btw, do you represent NameCheap at all??
The content of your blog looks great, I shall make sure to read your previous entries as well, you got some interesting stuff up.
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Erika, no I don't represent NameCheap. Haha, I suppose it could seem that way.
Thanks for the compliments. :)
Dude this face is punchable!
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