GoDaddy Discrimination

[Ted.T]

GoDaddy is a discriminatory company.
By releasing only US and Canada promo codes they are discriminating customers from other countries.
Asked them about this situation, but they can't give me an answer, only "you are using an expired or restricted code".
I really liked GD, but now it is changing into a piece of "excrement"...

 

[Mister Liquid]

I've seen many members on Namepros complaining that there are no more working .99$ codes. Many of them were searching for discounts in the GD promo codes thread and were asking when GD will release new codes? 2.95 is too much, 4.99 is too much, 7.99 is way too much... And now, when they have those .99 codes, I see them speaking like big bosses:D

Stay calm, my friends! Be simple and people will like you.

I just told my opinion, you can disagree but you don't have the rights to judge me!

Peace!

You can judge a company by calling them racist but no one can judge you? HOLY COW. You passed JUDGEMENT!

I think I am going to stop here and not waste any more of my time.

Good luck with your endeavors. Hope you find many more 99 cent codes that work. No one is out to get you. Relax, life's short.

 

[NamespaceX]

Keeping possible legal issues 'local' is reason enough... as international trade agreements, and the anti-competitive clause against importing goods below cost, has been used by other countries to (milk) sue other web giants Google and Microsoft.

Also consider, the Godaddy brand reflects its founder's flag hugging USA patriotism... so US only codes could also be influenced by company politics -in part due to the perceived milking of American web firms abroad.

 

[Mister Liquid]

Promo codes can't be personal by default.
You can offer a discount to one certain customer using a customized code that can be used only by an account, but codes that are released in public and work only in certain countries are public.
Such things are inadmissible in a global company.

Pardon? What? Who are you to dictate corporate policy of ANY company? Are you going to tell me how to run my company next?

I think you are quite naive. Have a good day.:O

 

[Dave_Z]

That's obviously not true. Try discriminating against people based on the colour of their skin or sexual orientation.

If I'm in the U.S. or similar, their laws may not allow me to discriminate in more specific situations like accepting employment or customers. Though I can be wrong, it currently doesn't prevent people from discriminating against - say - assholes, nor does it prevent homeowners from choosing whom to let into their premises.

Heck, you can even discriminate against me from visiting your website or your property if I were there. And I won't hold that against you, knowing that I have that same ability for the most part.

Point is, we can choose - again, for the most part - whom we want to interact with or so for whatever reason without even owing an explanation. One may not like that, though s/he might be thankful if a scenario arises warranting that ability.

Whether it's arguably good or bad depends on what side of the fence one happens to be on, I guess.

 

[Mister Liquid]

It's easy to criticize while being on the other side of the wall...

But think about this situation from another view, a company advertising globally is discriminating you only because you are not living in a certain country.
Money paid by americans, canadians, europeans, asians, africans are all the same, even if everybody pays in local currency.
And if you think that there are more customers from USA and Canada than from other countries taken together, then sorry, but you're wrong, technically it's impossible.

Or you think the prices for renewals are different? No, they are the same. But some people pay .99 for registration while others have to pay 12.99$

And yes, this is discrimination!

Have any other opinion, you're free to say it!

You said racist, not discrimination. I dont know who changed your post but I have a screen shot of it because I couldnt believe someone would actually label a COMPANY racist because they were performing market segmentation. Look it up.

I KNOW for a fact that Godaddy caps codes on me. I've hit these walls before myself as well. So, yes, I speak from your side of the wall too. Thats life. Have a good day. May you come across 99 cent codes that work once again soon!

 

[bulga]

.com cost GoDaddy $7.85 to evil Verisign + $0.18 to ICANN + all the extra operational costs

Now you are complaining because there is a scarcity of $.99 or $2.95 coupons?
You can't be serious, right?
Those were gifts most probably not intended to us.
And because someone gets a gift, we shall claim no rights or whatever.
I'm just very pleased I could use 1 or 2 of those coupons, and I'm in EU not US.

 

[alien51]

You said racist, not discrimination. I dont know who changed your post but I have a screen shot of it because I couldnt believe someone would actually label a COMPANY racist

I was wondering about that racism. Since USA & Canada are countries built and populated by immigrants. I may be mistaken but i think half of people who live in America right now (and might be a Godaddy customer) are from India or Mexico. Even Barack Obama is from Kenya.

Steve Jobs is from Syria.

 

[teper]

I think after that Groupon thing, Godaddy has become more cautious regarding the usage of coupons. Earlier i can use various coupons for 7.67$ .Net renewals but now the max downward limit is 8.67 which is 1 $ higher. I think they want to recover the loss they incurred from so many 0.99$ coupons that too clubbed with Groupon offers.

If you really want a stable registrar with stable pricing + free whois privacy then my recommendation is Internetbs.net or Namesilo.com

But from all this we cannot say they are a racist or even discriminatory company. They have Rs. 163 new registration coupon for Indian customers plus now they are also providing option of NetBanking payment which is a boon for those customers who don't have Credit Cards. Not only this, they also have local Indian support now. How can you call them discriminatory now?

 

[Dave_Z]

How can you call them discriminatory now?

Oh, it's an online thing maybe. The Internet has since given some people the so-called power to say things even if they're not necessarily accurate or true, although it's often an expression of one's feelings about something.

If anything, this thread is yet another reminder of an all-too-important thing for some (if not all) of us: to hopefully think before to post. Hopefully.

 

[carob]

If they want to issue geo-specific promotions I have no problem with that - plenty of companies do that.

But it is not a good customer experience when you try to complete a transaction and it won't go through, and you get a message saying to ring the company in question. It looks like it could be some kind of malfunction or even a scam. I'd prefer it if they just told you that you can't use that coupon outside the US - but I have never got a message like that from them, maybe now I can see why they would choose not to do that.

 

[glaxxon]

If they want to issue geo-specific promotions I have no problem with that - plenty of companies do that.

But it is not a good customer experience when you try to complete a transaction and it won't go through, and you get a message saying to ring the company in question. It looks like it could be some kind of malfunction or even a scam. I'd prefer it if they just told you that you can't use that coupon outside the US - but I have never got a message like that from them, maybe now I can see why they would choose not to do that.

Exactly, if GoDaddy could just be a little more clear about all this, it would be much better.

I understand that coupons can be geo-specific, so that's all fine. But it's hard to even find normal coupons that work in the Indian GD version. Currently i'm paying nearly $15 for .com whereas earlier i used to pay $8.67 (besides the occasional $1, $2, $5 offers).

This is quite a huge difference IMHO.

 

[4pm]

cant believe the question - "does common geo market segmentation tactics mean racism/discrimination" - being seriously discussed here

marketing basics, happen all the time in nearly every market, nobody complains..

why it needs to be different with domains? probably because domainers' main concern unlike other business entities' is how to be losing less money instead of how to earn more..



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