GoDaddy Shenanigans

What can you do? they are just trying to make a buck like the next guy. Lucky for us, we know all the coupon codes so we don't have to pay the highprices. All in all I don't hate Godaddy. I do not like the interface, but so far so good.

Yeah, I feel like godaddy makes a lot of their profit on these types of offers.

Just the other day I had to spend about an hour to take off the privacy protection they scam, (cough) sell for $8.99 that was attached to a domain name that my mother owns.

(It was an EXTREMELY difficult process for a non savvy Internet user to remove as we tried to renew the name there was no easy click-off function for the private registration)

(Yes scold me for ever allowing this to happen- but hey she registered this name without my knowledge)

They set it up so the non savvy Internet users pay more.

It appears that part of the proceeds from these crazy pricing shenanigans are used to pay for Bob's zany adventures traveling the globe.

Check out the screen shots from his "insane" October trip...........

http://www.bobparsons.tv/

Those private registration add-ons paid for this Zambia trip. :tri:

I'm starting to dislike GoDaddy and their crazy Domain Manager page....

I might just up and move to something simpler like Dynadot or Namecheap.

theparamount said:

I'm starting to dislike GoDaddy and their crazy Domain Manager page....

I might just up and move to something simpler like Dynadot or Namecheap.

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The Real "Red Flag"

In my opinion, the most important breach of the fiduciary relationship between Godaddy and its customers was the revelation that a Godaddy Vice President, Adam Dicker, owner of DNF, was bidding at TDNAM auction(s) against Godaddy customers. I understand that spyware.us was obtained that way. That's the lowest ...

Godaddy, to its credit, came to an ethics realization and publicly changed their policy to prohibit that sort of B.S ... too little too late. Dicker should have been fired, period. But he wasn't. As a matter of fact, he still owns the domain, as of this writing. He lost nothing. I only spend about $1000 each year at Goaddy, and I'm insulted by the Dicker episode.

I've always said Godaddy is a worthy registrar, but it's a tad unsettling to learn of a swarmy episode in which a Godaddy employee bids against customers in a TDNAM auction.

I'm a Godaddy customer, and I shouldn't have to hide my beliefs about the quality of ethics they should practice.

I noticed the 5 year thing, thought it
was just me.
Thank goodness for cheap codes

Haha I just got off the phone with them to register my three domains I decided on and the guy said, "so why don't you register them for 5 years, we have a GREAT deal for 7.49, it's easier to register for ten years at a time" and I said yeah but I don't have the funds in the bank for that, it's not a problem I don't mind paying a few extra bucks next year... and he kept insisting that I do it for 3 years then. I told him I don't have the funds in the bank, I couldn't if I wanted to. He then said, "do you want me to show you how much it would cost if you registered them for 3 years so you can see how much you'll be saving?" And I said, "I'm spending $20.07 right now registering them for one year. If I register them for more than one year I'm not saving any money, I'm spending more, and I already said I don't have that much cash in the bank..."

SHEESH!!!!!

Wow all of that doesn't surprise me at all! Yes thankfully we have coupon codes!!!!

I have trouble understanding why so many put up with them. Why do business with a company which is always trying to trick/fool/confuse you? How much time do you waste with promo codes, etc.

Until there is a registrar that allows 100% free transfers, is as reputable as Godaddy, and has domain registrations as cheap as Godaddy with the coupon codes I'll stick with them and put up with it.

Only reason I stick with GD is they have some pretty nice discounts and quite often. After the year is up I usually transfer out. As for their elaborate menus it really does not take that long to navigate your way through and I have only found it to be a slight annoyance.

I reg'd my first domain with Godaddy, and in all these years I have never had a problem that wasn't resolved to my satisfaction within a day.
The reg fees are more than reasonable, the service is outstanding, and to address the check out, all you have to do is pay attention (as you should at any checkout).

There are some things I am not completely happy with (the new nav, for one), but the security is good and having an exec acct is a bonus.

Cy

I have over 200 names at Godaddy, I'm not a big fan and like others I hate their style of promoting products and shoving it down my throat each time I register a name. I'm also not a big fan of their interface. Its not hard to navigate after a few times of use but it is very slow / sluggish and quite annoying.

The reason why I have so many names there - coupon codes. Its a financial thing after all. I try to save pennies here and there on registration - especially names that I intend to flip on places like ebay. The general non-domainer (or newbie domainer) seems to prefer godaddy...

However, when I'm registering a name that I know I will hold or likely develop then I go with DynaDot or NameCheap. Actually whenever my names at Godaddy are coming to within 3 months of renewal - I usually transfer them out to one of my preferred registrars.

oddinxasa said:

Until there is a registrar that allows 100% free transfers, is as reputable as Godaddy, and has domain registrations as cheap as Godaddy with the coupon codes I'll stick with them and put up with it.

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Since when did godaddy offer 100% free transfers?
Not sure I understand what you mean there.
Btw. I'm surprised how so little number of people took advantage of Name.com's $5.99 registration offer not so long ago... actually name.com are fast becoming one of my fave registrars too. Prices with coupons aren't that far off from godaddy - in most cases I prefer to spend a bit extra and go with them just for the ease of use factor.

~ Cyberian ~ said:

I reg'd my first domain with Godaddy, and in all these years I have never had a problem that wasn't resolved to my satisfaction within a day.
Cy

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Lucky you
Some of my issues took longer than a day,
and some not resolved to my satisfaction.
But when given the "reason" I accepted it!

~ Cyberian ~ said:

all you have to do is pay attention
Cy

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I couldn't have said it better!

Thank You, No Really, Thank You

It's those people who pay those higher prices without question that subsidize godaddy's discount coupon codes. So, ye-eahahah.

oddinxasa said:

Until there is a registrar that allows 100% free transfers, is as reputable as Godaddy, and has domain registrations as cheap as Godaddy with the coupon codes I'll stick with them and put up with it.

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There are quite a few registrars around that are better and safer, you just need to shop around...

homebuyer said:

It's those people who pay those higher prices without question that subsidize godaddy's discount coupon codes. So, ye-eahahah.

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Good point, but I can think of half a dozen registrars off the top of my head with better pricing (not 99c info specials) and you don't have to waste time looking for promo codes.

I will always recommend fabulous to everyone if you have at least a couple hundred quality names - your account will be approved.




In this paradigm we are living in - price discrimination is a reality. Maybe in about 100 years price discrimination will be a thing of the distant past.

One more thing I though of that never has happened at any other registrar - About two years ago - a 3 character .com that I bought as part of a lot was hijacked - I am presuming because the whois info was not updated and I believe there is some loophole where if your godaddy whois info is inaccurate, it is possible to take the domain.

Just another crappy thing I've only encountered at Godaddy.

I historically have liked Godaddy.....however they are getting a little shady like other registrars. They are playing the fringes a bit more as opposed to out and out f'n you over.

For example, one thing I have noticed they are doing now is when you do a redirect they have rigged their DNS to hold a page full of Godaddy ads for a spell on your domain BEFORE your URL you are forwarding to kicks in. Their DNS resolves, but not your fowarded URL until they are ready. It's like they put a timer on it.

So they make money off the clicks and you get nothing UNTIL your URL you are forwarding to finally kicks in.

The facts on Godaddy:

Bad

1. Prices are rising
2. Coupon codes don't go as cheap
3. Renewal codes are much harder to find
4. Continual reports of unethical behavior in several capacities
5. Ever confusing and tricky interface
6. Borderline illegal, if not illegal behavior
7. Very persistent about hard selling


Good

1. Will accept returns where most won't
2. Accepted registrar among domainers
3. Coupon codes occasionally spell huge discounts

With those 10 items, it was easy for me to choose Name.com. Prices have gone up their too and they have put a little more trickeration with their interface, but I can still register .coms for $6.99 and I've never had it pop in my head that they just stole a domain of mine.

Seabass said:

I historically have liked Godaddy.....however they are getting a little shady like other registrars. They are playing the fringes a bit more as opposed to out and out f'n you over.

For example, one thing I have noticed they are doing now is when you do a redirect they have rigged their DNS to hold a page full of Godaddy ads for a spell on your domain BEFORE your URL you are forwarding to kicks in. Their DNS resolves, but not your fowarded URL until they are ready. It's like they put a timer on it.

So they make money off the clicks and you get nothing UNTIL your URL you are forwarding to finally kicks in.

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I have also had this issue after godaddy transfers, however, not every time

Another thing...... If I move domains from one account to another account I lose ALL fowarding and have to do it over. I have many accounts.

If one is not keen on this, then all that traffic resolves to a Godaddy parked page full of ads.....again they profit and you lose.

It's kind of like double-taxation.....you pay $8 to buy the domain and they make money off of the domain after it is yours on the free PPC gravy train.

OK since we're on this subject... can someone confirm or deny if this is true...

When you change your admin/registrant (ie any contact details) at Godaddy for any given domain - you are then not allowed to move (transfer out) that domain to another registrar for at least 60 days.

Is this only at Godaddy or is also the same at other registrars? I mean is it an Icann thing or a GD thing?

I'm not talking about renewing or registering a new domain... I'm talking about just updating... lets say... my email for a domain which is already 6 months old.

:?

This is, in my opinion, one of GoDaddy's most excruciating gotchas. They claim they enforce 60-day transfer lock for "security reasons" but it's a painfully obvious customer retention ploy. If you do direly need to remove the lock, you can do so by contacting your account rep. -- (assigned if you have 500+ domains at GD) or finding an NPer who has one -- and sending them information verifying your identity.

Network Solutions is the only other registrar that imposes a transfer-lock when you update your contact information, although theirs lasts only 30 days.

OneTime said:

OK since we're on this subject... can someone confirm or deny if this is true...

When you change your admin/registrant (ie any contact details) at Godaddy for any given domain - you are then not allowed to move (transfer out) that domain to another registrar for at least 60 days.

Is this only at Godaddy or is also the same at other registrars? I mean is it an Icann thing or a GD thing?

I'm not talking about renewing or registering a new domain... I'm talking about just updating... lets say... my email for a domain which is already 6 months old.

:?

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Unfortunately we can't do anything. That's just clever marketing / setup on their parts.

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