Friday, April 8, 2011

20,000 customers leave GoDaddy.com, CEO's elephant-shooting video!




Many customers of web host GoDaddy.com have jumped ship after CEO Bob Parsons posted a video of himself shooting an elephant in Zimbabwe last week. More than 20,000 former GoDaddy users have transferred their accounts to rival Namecheap.com, which promised to donate 20 percent of the revenue raised to the nonprofit Save the Elephants.

Elephants 
Photo: Donna Brown/Flickr



After the video was released, NameCheap offered to transfer accounts for $4.99 and donate $1 for each new customer to the nonprofit. As of April 5, NameCheap says it has raised $20,433 to help African elephants.

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) decried Parsons' hunt and video last week. The organization closed its account with GoDaddy and encouraged others to do the same.

GoDaddy founder Parsons traveled to Zimbabwe earlier this year to hunt what he called "problem elephants," animals that destroy local villagers' crops, calling it the most rewarding thing he does in his life.

Parsons has brushed off criticism and does not plan to apologize. He told Time magazine that he is not sorry about the hunt or the video, and he plans to do it again because it is a service to the people of Zimbabwe.

Source:
http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/computers/stories/20000-customers-leave-godaddycom-in-response-to-ceos-elephant-shooting-

1 comment:

  1. This is just wrong!
    It's not his choice to take a life of an animal.

    I was looking for another Host to switch too and came across HostPapa. They will donate $5 to Save the Elephants!
    I used the coupon code “elephant” and got 3 months free hosting.

    So I took my business else where.

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