GoDaddy Coupon Code Error

[KDN]

Hi guys,

Just curious if any of you gets this error when using a code:

Some of our best offers are limited to one per customer and it looks like you've already used one. We've updated your cart with the best offer, if one is available.

This is what I see below the code field:

The code entered has some restrictions.

Thank you so much for your time!

 

[KDN]

Works for me too! Nice.

 

[imadoer]

I can't find any codes to work for under 8 bucks...this sucks I hope this isn't permanent

 

[Maxwell]

I am experiencing this to, I made a new account the other day to re-use coups, all the coupons worked great and I bought 1 .com domain.

Then today absolutely none of the .com coupons work...just keep getting this stupid message.

 

[KDN]

I can't find any codes to work for under 8 bucks...this sucks I hope this isn't permanent

I am experiencing this to, I made a new account the other day to re-use coups, all the coupons worked great and I bought 1 .com domain.

Then today absolutely none of the .com coupons work...just keep getting this stupid message.

Oh no. I hope GoDaddy does something as soon as possible. Not sure if there is a new rule but a little announcement from them would have been better.

 

[DnEbook]

Same message here, gave up in the end. Although I must say over the years I have used many codes for which I do thank them for, this may be part of the new business model?

 

[forge]

This has become the elephant in the room.

Shoot it, Bob!

 

[KDN]

I can't live without GD discount codes.

 

[Beezy]

Most of these codes were meant to be for affiliates to promote godaddy to their readers/users.

We exploited them.

I think our abuse before was the "error".

I'm thankful for all of the coupons I was able to use over the years; but bravo to godaddy, honestly. This makes me have more faith in them as a business. Now let's see what else they can fix over there.

 

[xull]

I can't live without GD discount codes.

Me too. This is bad.

 

[AMAN13]

Same here , can't use codes with old accounts

 

[Nick]

This will exponentially increase the quality of everyone's registrations.

 

[KDN]

Same here , can't use codes with old accounts

 

[KDN]

I guess it's time to look for alternatives.

 

[Nick]

I guess it's time to look for alternatives.

$8 at NameSilo is the best I've found.

 

[KDN]

$8 at NameSilo is the best I've found.

Thanks, man.

 

[accent]

Most of these codes were meant to be for affiliates to promote godaddy to their readers/users.
We exploited them.
I think our abuse before was the "error". .....

I completely disagree.

Bob Parsons was a very smart businessman, the coupons were part of a clever strategy:
You are correct, the original intent was to bring in new clients, it started with a 99 cent coupon good for a day or so, every two months or so. That's all. After a couple years the gates opened and there were hundreds of coupons. Why?

Because Bob Parsons noticed something. When domainers use a coupon one of three things happen a year later:
1 The domainer renews the domain.
2 The domainer sells the domain. Now Godaddy has a brand new end-user (oftentimes) already signed up at Godaddy, ready to buy hosting and lots of other stuff. At retail.
3 He drops the domain, in which case Godaddy sells it or keeps it for themselves.

All are wins for GD, and the next year is another round, until it sells or drops. They do lose money if the domain drops with no buyers. That is the reason coupons are limited and only for .Com. The profit greatly outweighs the cost of the discounts over time. Essentially Godaddy was hiring us as domain researchers... at maybe a dollar per hour.


Corporate managers do not think outside the box, so they end the program, never seeing the brilliance. I imagine many of Bob's "special ideas" are fast falling away as Godaddy strives to attain mediocrity.

 

[Beezy]

I completely disagree.

Bob Parsons was a very smart businessman, the coupons were part of a clever strategy:
You are correct, the original intent was to bring in new clients, and it started with a 99 cent coupon good for a day or so, every two months or so. That's all. After a couple years the gates opened and there were hundreds of coupons. Why?

Because Bob Parsons noticed something. When domainers use a coupon one of three things happen a year later:
1 The domainer renews the domain
2 The domainer sells the domain. Now Godaddy has a brand new end-user (oftentimes) already signed up at Godaddy, ready to buy hosting or whatever.
3 He drops the domain, in which case Godaddy sells it or keeps it for themselves.

All are wins for GD, unless the domain drops with no buyers. That is the reason coupons are limited and only for .Com. The profit greatly outweighs the cost of the discounts over time. Essentially Godaddy was hiring us as domain researchers... at maybe a dollar per hour.


Corporate managers do not think outside the box. So they end the program, never seeing the brilliance. I imagine many of Bob's "special ideas" are fast falling away as Godaddy strives for mediocrity.

That's definitely an interesting argument, but under Parsons we were also using the coupons for renewal, so there wasn't much money being made there.

I even remember buying that groupon deal and combined with coupons I renewed like 70 of my domains for $35.

Good post, though. This is an interesting subject to debate.

EDIT: Here's an analogy I just thought of it, maybe it applies:

You're argument is like saying "tax loopholes are better than having corporations actually pay their taxes! Now they can create more jobs, innovate, make the economy better..."

Does it really work out that way?

I don't know.

But I think if a domain is good, it is still certainly worth $8.

 

[cdboard]

I had forgotten about the groupon. that was interesting to watch.

 

[DubDubDubDot]

All coupons are dead for me. Even the $5.99 ones that I never use.

It's probably over.

I have fond memories though. There was the unlimited 80 cent renewal glitch. The $1,000+ of Groupons that I loaded into my account and Groupon banned me for life. And the endless 99c bad registrations that made sense only because they were 99c.

 

[Vinod R]

It would have been nice if there is an official statement that this does not work anymore, from GD, so that we could have stopped the hunting for codes and looked for names.