Mostly 2 and 3. Parsons got his start doing direct marketing and his tactics reflect that. All the "Hey! Look at me!" and "But wait, there's more!" are the siz

Mostly 2 and 3. Parsons got his start doing direct marketing and his tactics reflect that. All the "Hey! Look at me!" and "But wait, there's more!" are the sizzle the sells the steak of cheap domains. Parsons does it because it works and folks like us get dirt cheap domain registration because of it. I admire Parsons because he built two successful tech startups from scratch a Silicon Valley outsider. When you think about it, all the GoDaddy girls and upsells are just a different flavor of the VC whoring that goes on in other parts of the industry.