GoDaddy Reports Web Hosting Sales Below Estimates

GoDaddy Reports Web Hosting Sales Below Estimates
The logo for internet company GoDaddy Inc. is shown on a computer screen in this illustration photo in Encinitas, California, May 3, 2016. Reuters/Mike Blake
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Internet domain provider GoDaddy missed Wall Street estimates for sales from its highly profitable web hosting business, pushing its shares down 4 percent on Thursday.

GoDaddy is the world’s largest domain name registrar and manages about a fifth of all global web domains, but its web hosting business that serves consumers and small businesses has driven the bulk of its profits in recent quarters.