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...What, other than price & support, do you take into account?
It’s popularity. In my case, I use GoDaddy because, in my experience, about 8 out of 10 endusers already have an account there and 10 out of 10 at least know GoDaddy. This increases trust and helps me close more sales.
GoDaddy isn’t necessarily the best registrar. I may even prefer NameSilo, but my preference is irrelevant if my sales stats point in a different direction.
Nobody mentioned security yet ? And trustworthiness.
Nobody mentioned security yet ? And trustworthiness.
What do you use API access for?API access.
What do you use API access for?
Where do you find customer reviews that you trust?Customer reviews, and how long they've been in business
It’s popularity. In my case, I use GoDaddy because, in my experience, about 8 out of 10 endusers already have an account there and 10 out of 10 at least know GoDaddy. This increases trust and helps me close more sales.
GoDaddy isn’t necessarily the best registrar. I may even prefer NameSilo, but my preference is irrelevant if my sales stats point in a different direction.
How does end user having an account with and/or knowledge of GoDaddy, help with sales?exactly what i was going to say - if you are actively selling to end users, best to go with a register that is widely known and used
Where do you find customer reviews that you trust?
I would rate 1) Good Control Panel (flexible, complete features, easy to use), 2) Good Support, 3) Price, 4) Domainer friendly, in that order, but must have all 4 rated highly. 1) would also cover API and bulk modifications, which others have mentioned. I don't give a damn about popularity (else we'd all be using GoDaddy). It's a bit more of a pain transferring a domain to GoDaddy than pushing a domain to another account at GoDaddy. Especially with somebody who has never done it before. I would also say that GoDaddy is one of the least Domainer friendly registers I've ever come across. It's all about the sales and upsales at GoDaddy. Awful experience.
1-3 and 5-7 all seem to be a bit “Domainer friendly”. That said, what would you consider to be?Oh!.... I forgot them. Sorry. 5. Security, 6. Trustworthiness. Maybe even;7. Reputation within the domainer community (excl GoDaddy)
Ah!Registering / managing domains from a remote computer. Usually for a client.
Where do read reviews?Exactly. I don't read positive reviews any more. I look for the absence of legitimate negative reviews.
Where do read reviews?
Got it, thanks!Nowhere in particular. Google is your best friend.
1-3 and 5-7 all seem to be a bit “Domainer friendly”. That said, what would you consider to be?
Locking domains for 60 days after a push. Is definitely NOT domainer friendly. Their up-selling is NOT domainer friendly. You cannot trust GoDaddy to NOT close your account (without any reason, and with no possibility of appeal).
I'm not a big Godaddy fan myself but they don't lock your domain for 60 days anymore.
Thanks. Can anyone else confirm this before I stop asking sellers to push the domain without any ownership changes? (I think I have three currently sitting in my account owned by somebody else) So I'd just like to be double sure that I don't need to do this anymore. When did GoDaddy change this, exactly?