GoDaddy.com Holding Company Wins Percent Growth Award At Ace Private 100 [24th June 2003]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 24, 2003 – Parsons Advanced Holdings, Inc., parent of leading domain registrar GoDaddy.com, was recently presented with the Percent Growth Award at the Arizona Corporate Excellence (ACE) Private 100 ceremony. Parsons Advanced Holdings received the award as an Arizona-based, privately held business with the largest percentage of revenue growth from 2001 to 2002.

“This award is a testament to not only our fast growth, but our steadfast commitment to straightforward, highly competitive pricing and superior, around-the-clock customer service,” said Bob Parsons, president and founder.

In addition to revenue growth, GoDaddy.com and the Parsons Advanced Holdings family of companies have experienced considerable growth in other areas:

· Among the world’s largest registrars, GoDaddy.com soared from No. 47 in 2001 to No. 4 in 2003 in total registrations.

· The number of new, monthly domain registrations increased 48 percent from 105,800 to 156,500, from May 2002 to May 2003. Also during that time, total
domains under registration grew 125 percent, from 1,067,682 to 2,396,135.

· GoDaddy.com ranked No. 1 among all registrars in net new domain name registration in 2002 and first quarter 2003 – a new domain is registered with GoDaddy.com every 17 seconds.

· Total monthly hits to the GoDaddy.com Web site increased 194 percent from 1,330,066 to 3,895,533, from 2001 to 2002.

· The number of customers of Parsons Advanced Holdings increased 152 percent from 338,010 to 851,757, from June 2002 to June 2003.

· With offices in Scottsdale, Ariz. And Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Parsons Advanced Holdings employs 243 employees, a 94 percent increase from June 2002.

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 Parsons Advanced Holdings family 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.