Price Increase - Domain Discount Club

[DomainVP]

So GoDaddy sent me an eMail today telling me that my DDC will be $9.99/month when I renew it.

Uniregistry is looking better and better.

 

[N-A]

Join the real Domain Club (avoiding TM issues) and have no surprises like 5-click checkout with tons of up-sells and 5 year registration the default for all domains.

 

[JB Lions]

Join the Real Club and pay a lot more.

Price increases suck, still cheaper tho, especially on new gtlds:

https://www.godaddy.com/domains/discount-domains.aspx?#compare-plans

https://uniregistry.com/pricing

.accountants
GD - $77.99
Uni - $99.88

.bargains
GD - $23.99
Uni - $29.88

.club
GD - $8.99
Uni - $16.88

.sexy - beating them on their own new gtld
GD - $14.99
Uni - $19.88

the main one
.com
GD - $8.29
Uni - $10.88 - I know you can get single digit, but apparently it's a secret to what that number is

I picked some random ones, GD beats them every time. So it wouldn't take many for the Godaddy Discount Club to be worth it. Just looked some more real quick, couldn't even find 1 extension where they beat them.

The other thread here, the rep came and went and didn't answer many questions.

 

[forge]

So GoDaddy sent me an eMail today telling me that my DDC will be $9.99/month when I renew it.

Uniregistry is looking better and better.

Pro Tip: Turn off autorenew for DDC. Let the product expire. Repurchase DDC using a 35% off code.

 

[tomcarl]

Got the same email. What a way to show customer appreciation. You joined our discount club because you register/acquire tons of domains with our company throughout the year.... here's a price increase, thank you!

I won't deal with Uniregistry. Only because they don't have decency to even respond to emails you send to DomainNameSales support or even extend the courtesy to notify you if your account is approved or not after investing your time to apply. Emailed them 3 times no response. Can't see myself giving them business on their other sites after that... My personal experience anyway, they may be great for other people.

 

[forge]

I won't deal with Uniregistry. Only because they don't have decency to even respond to emails you send to DomainNameSales support or even extend the courtesy to notify you if your account is approved or not after investing your time to apply. Emailed them 3 times no response. Who wants to deal with a company like that...

That's how I feel about most "buyers" in the Requests/Wanted thread, here.

 

[DomainVP]

Pro Tip: Turn off autorenew for DDC. Let the product expire. Repurchase DDC using a 35% off code.

Yes I do this as well. Thanks.

 

[Name Trader]

I can spend only $5k at Dynadot and get $8.50 .com pricing. So far, I haven't been convinced of the value proposition of GoDaddy or Uniregistry. Although I do have a DDC Membership solely for the renewal charges on expired domain auctions won. $8.47 renewal cost against regular price (of what is it?) $15

 

[TheWatcher]

Same idea here.

 

[vivaldi]

Join the Real Club and pay a lot more.

Price increases suck, still cheaper tho, especially on new gtlds:

https://www.godaddy.com/domains/discount-domains.aspx?#compare-plans

https://uniregistry.com/pricing

.accountants
GD - $77.99
Uni - $99.88

.bargains
GD - $23.99
Uni - $29.88

.club
GD - $8.99
Uni - $16.88

.sexy - beating them on their own new gtld
GD - $14.99
Uni - $19.88

the main one
.com
GD - $8.29
Uni - $10.88 - I know you can get single digit, but apparently it's a secret to what that number is

I picked some random ones, GD beats them every time. So it wouldn't take many for the Godaddy Discount Club to be worth it. Just looked some more real quick, couldn't even find 1 extension where they beat them.

The other thread here, the rep came and went and didn't answer many questions.

That's the standard pricing on Uniregistry, I'm sure they would offer you better prices on your new gTLD's than that if reached out to.

 

[m0ss]

Cancel then repurchase using a coupon code.l, it's considered a new product at that point. There are 35% coupons available all over the Internet.

 

[JB Lions]

That's the standard pricing on Uniregistry, I'm sure they would offer you better prices on your new gTLD's than that if reached out to.

Don't have any new gTLD's, not a newbie. Plus, I would never in my life put my domains with a competitor, making them money, which they in turn use to compete with you in the aftermarket. It's just not too bright.

 

[vivaldi]

Don't have any new gTLD's, not a newbie. Plus, I would never in my life put my domains with a competitor, making them money, which they in turn use to compete with you in the aftermarket. It's just not too bright.

My bad, looked like the new gTLD pricing bothered you. It ain't exactly only newbies that have gone for new gTLD's but that's another story. What registrar should you use then, where you don't feed your competitors and still get decent pricing?

 

[JB Lions]

My bad, looked like the new gTLD pricing bothered you. It ain't exactly only newbies that have gone for new gTLD's but that's another story. What registrar should you use then, where you don't feed your competitors and still get decent pricing?

Mostly GoDaddy, never had any issues. It's the cheapest out there with the number of domains I have. Everybody needs to do their own math, but that math has been gone thru in the GD coupon thread and for me it was the cheapest. Then if I ever need anything, I have a rep and they've been great for me. But it's all personal preference. If you're happy with your registrar, that's all that matters.

 

[Name Trader]

@JB Lions - I move away from GoDaddy several years ago. They are not Domainer Friendly, and I fear about all the stories of over-reach (or under-reach) all over the internet. I wouldn't want GD to suddenly lock my account for some unsubstantiated reason. I have found my account rep increasingly inflexible over the years. For example, I always used to get discounted DDC renewals, but since the increased pricing, no discounts. I have to wait for my DDC to expire, delete it from my account, and buy it again with a coupon. This doesn't make any sense.

Apart from that, the one thing that broke the camels back for me is they only allow you to do approx 120 whois lookups a day. After that they the ban your IP address for a 24-48 hours, which messes up any more whois lookups. With mid Xk domains, this was a real pita, for me. It messed up my database in a really big way. At Dynadot I get 5k whois lookups a day, and they went overboard with accommodating me, when I started doing this remotely.

The differences in support is as different as chalk and cheese.

 

[JB Lions]

@JB Lions - I move away from GoDaddy several years ago. They are not Domainer Friendly, and I fear about all the stories of over-reach (or under-reach) all over the internet. I wouldn't want GD to suddenly lock my account for some unsubstantiated reason. I have found my account rep increasingly inflexible over the years. For example, I always used to get discounted DDC renewals, but since the increased pricing, no discounts. I have to wait for my DDC to expire, delete it from my account, and buy it again with a coupon. This doesn't make any sense.

Apart from that, the one thing that broke the camels back for me is they only allow you to do approx 120 whois lookups a day. After that they the ban your IP address for a 24-48 hours, which messes up any more whois lookups. With mid Xk domains, this was a real pita, for me. It messed up my database in a really big way. At Dynadot I get 5k whois lookups a day, and they went overboard with accommodating me, when I started doing this remotely.

The differences in support is as different as chalk and cheese.

Again, personal preference. Cheapest for me, I have a great rep. No issues. The stories are vocal minority type stuff. They are the biggest registrar out there, to see a few stories wouldn't be surprising.

"I wouldn't want GD to suddenly lock my account for some unsubstantiated reason"

With that, you're usually only hearing 1 side of the story. Do companies make mistakes sometimes? Sure. But I would bet most of the time they would have a very good reason for locking an account. They have no reason to lock an "innocent person's" account, that would be self-defeating, bad for their own business.

 

[Name Trader]

Obviously we won't agree. But I get cheaper registrations at Dynadot, and you can get even cheaper at NameBright. I don't like the fact their fraud/abuse department is only open M-F 9-5 and you can only email them and wait days for a response. You cannot speak to them on the phone. Where is their sense of urgency when they have cut the legs off somebodies business, or they are dealing with a stolen domain. I think they are deliberately obtuse. It is great that it's an easy push to another GoDaddy account, and I actually like very much their control panel. But that's where my liking them stops.

But their policies, I'm just not comfortable with. What is it their previous Legal Counsel proudly announced, paraphrasing. " We can do anything we like with any domain at any time". If that isn't a red flag, what is?

 

[Electric-Shadow]

I don't use DDC because it's not worth it for someone with a small portfolio, if I need to renew a name I can transfer it elsewhere FAR cheaper as standard.