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FWIW, Godaddy says they don’t do and have never done that: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24523901 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24523901 Their ev
by troydavis 6y ago
FWIW, Godaddy says they don’t do and have never done that: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24523901 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24523901
Their evidence is thorough. There are plenty of good reasons to change registrars, but the story you read probably wasn’t caused by Godaddy.
- viraptor 6y agoWhile what they do is a bit more nuanced, they do cause a mess: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2327499 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2327499 By reserving the domain they make it more likely you don't buy somewhere else and more likely that someone will spot the interest and front run you. "By February 2007, the CEO of Go Daddy reported that of 55.1 million domain names registered, 51.5 million were canceled and refunded just before the 5 day grace period expired and only 3.6 million domain names were actually kept." The fact that they don't actually buy for a long time is not really interesting IMO.
- troydavis 6y agoThe 2011 situation you linked to, domain tasting, wasn’t the registrar reserving a domain (like someone claimed occurred last week). Domain tasting was when an actual end customer reserved the domain, tested how much traffic it received, and let it expire without paying if it wouldn’t make them money. There was still an explicit purchase from a customer, the customer just didn’t actually pay. This obviously harmed the ecosystem and I’m sure not advocating for it (nor recommending Godaddy), but it’s not an example of a registrar front-running real customers.