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I have 63 domains and 5 SSL certs with GoDaddy. While they're definitely not a favorite company, I don't hate them so much that I'm willing to go to the trouble

I have 63 domains and 5 SSL certs with GoDaddy. While they're definitely not a favorite company, I don't hate them so much that I'm willing to go to the trouble of transferring everything. If you really can't handle their upselling or bad UX, then just use their mobile site (http://godaddymobile.com http://godaddymobile.com) or iPad app. If you have issues with Parsons or their way of doing business, fine–I get that. Otherwise, meh ... just buy your domains and get to work.

drivebyacct2 15y ago
You clearly have missed a lot when it comes to GoDaddy. You've made the same mistakes that many have made repeatedly. Everytime it's the same, "we thought we were fine, just hosting some domains", right before they have downtime because their hosting was suspended or DNS info dropped at a whim that GoDaddy acted upon with little short-term recourse. It's not hard to transfer, that's just laziness.
- callmeed 15y ago
  Just to clarify, I don't use GD for actual hosting–just domain registration and SSL certificates. And I've never had DNS issues with them. Not the first time I've been accused of being lazy :)
  - drivebyacct2 15y ago
    >And I've never had DNS issues with them. And neither did any of the many others, until they did. Google "GoDaddy domain problem", "GoDaddy horror stor(y/ies)", etc (I'm too lazy to hyperlink the first 5 links I found in less than a minute of searching). It's just silly to rely on GoDaddy at all these days, in my opinion.
- pbreit 15y ago
  No one uses godaddy hosting and few use dns. For domains and ssl, godaddy's prices are tough to beat.
- leftnode 15y ago
  Right, it's the PayPal Law. You'll use PayPal fine for 8 years, and then one day they'll totally fuck you over in ways that you can't imagine. Same with GoDaddy. You'll use them fine forever, and then they'll totally fuck you over. This is from a GoDaddy customer of at least 4 years, and I've never been fucked over by them, but I've seen it happen a lot.
  - dholowiski 15y ago
    Is there any proof that this won't happen with the alternatives?
newmediaclay 15y ago
I totally agree. We have over 100 domains and 10 SSL certs with GoDaddy. Sure it gets a little annoying opting out of upsells, setting the domains to manual renewal, and changing the registration to 1 year with every purchase, but it adds a net of maybe 15 seconds to the purchase. That's well worth the savings and the flexibility they actually provide through DNS controls. Their customer service is great and you can always get in touch with someone if you need any kind of support. Also, the iPhone app is really great. I don't know why that doesn't get more attention, but it's the most powerful Domain or DNS management app I've seen out there. Like Callmeed, if you want to avoid them 100% b/c of Parsons, then I respect that. Otherwise, they're a budget provider that does a good job when stacked up against other budget providers in different verticals.
- silencio 15y ago
  One of my criteria for a good registrar measures how much effort it takes to transfer a domain away from the registrar. I love godaddy's customer support even though I am no longer a customer, don't get me wrong. I loved that I could just call them at 4 in the morning with a random problem. What I didn't love was that I had to call them up and live through upsells and boredom in the process of trying to initiate a domain transfer. I unlocked my domain in question, verified the email address, but then I couldn't send an auth code to a known-working admin email and...yeah. I've also moved clients' names away from Network Solutions, since those support people were just beyond unbelievable. One particular support person was telling me that there was a chance I was going to lose the domain if I initiated a transfer and that there would be nothing they could do about it if that happened. I almost lost my cool at that point. No company is perfect and sometimes they have really aggressive retention policies for their support people to follow. I get that. So I'm willing to pay extra for registrars that make it braindead easy for me to do what it takes to get away from them should the need arise. I use dynadot and gandi right now quite happily and have never had problems with the company or their management or their UI for managing domain names.
pavel_lishin 15y ago
You suggestion to avoid upselling is to buy an iPad, and their app for it?
- callmeed 15y ago
  Actually, I'd prefer you buy and iPhone and an iPad and put their app on each.

drivebyacct2 15y ago

You clearly have missed a lot when it comes to GoDaddy. You've made the same mistakes that many have made repeatedly. Everytime it's the same, "we thought we were fine, just hosting some domains", right before they have downtime because their hosting was suspended or DNS info dropped at a whim that GoDaddy acted upon with little short-term recourse. It's not hard to transfer, that's just laziness.

callmeed 15y ago
Just to clarify, I don't use GD for actual hosting–just domain registration and SSL certificates. And I've never had DNS issues with them. Not the first time I've been accused of being lazy :)
- drivebyacct2 15y ago
  >And I've never had DNS issues with them. And neither did any of the many others, until they did. Google "GoDaddy domain problem", "GoDaddy horror stor(y/ies)", etc (I'm too lazy to hyperlink the first 5 links I found in less than a minute of searching). It's just silly to rely on GoDaddy at all these days, in my opinion.
pbreit 15y ago
No one uses godaddy hosting and few use dns. For domains and ssl, godaddy's prices are tough to beat.
leftnode 15y ago
Right, it's the PayPal Law. You'll use PayPal fine for 8 years, and then one day they'll totally fuck you over in ways that you can't imagine. Same with GoDaddy. You'll use them fine forever, and then they'll totally fuck you over. This is from a GoDaddy customer of at least 4 years, and I've never been fucked over by them, but I've seen it happen a lot.
- dholowiski 15y ago
  Is there any proof that this won't happen with the alternatives?

newmediaclay 15y ago

I totally agree. We have over 100 domains and 10 SSL certs with GoDaddy. Sure it gets a little annoying opting out of upsells, setting the domains to manual renewal, and changing the registration to 1 year with every purchase, but it adds a net of maybe 15 seconds to the purchase. That's well worth the savings and the flexibility they actually provide through DNS controls. Their customer service is great and you can always get in touch with someone if you need any kind of support. Also, the iPhone app is really great. I don't know why that doesn't get more attention, but it's the most powerful Domain or DNS management app I've seen out there. Like Callmeed, if you want to avoid them 100% b/c of Parsons, then I respect that. Otherwise, they're a budget provider that does a good job when stacked up against other budget providers in different verticals.

silencio 15y ago
One of my criteria for a good registrar measures how much effort it takes to transfer a domain away from the registrar. I love godaddy's customer support even though I am no longer a customer, don't get me wrong. I loved that I could just call them at 4 in the morning with a random problem. What I didn't love was that I had to call them up and live through upsells and boredom in the process of trying to initiate a domain transfer. I unlocked my domain in question, verified the email address, but then I couldn't send an auth code to a known-working admin email and...yeah. I've also moved clients' names away from Network Solutions, since those support people were just beyond unbelievable. One particular support person was telling me that there was a chance I was going to lose the domain if I initiated a transfer and that there would be nothing they could do about it if that happened. I almost lost my cool at that point. No company is perfect and sometimes they have really aggressive retention policies for their support people to follow. I get that. So I'm willing to pay extra for registrars that make it braindead easy for me to do what it takes to get away from them should the need arise. I use dynadot and gandi right now quite happily and have never had problems with the company or their management or their UI for managing domain names.

pavel_lishin 15y ago

You suggestion to avoid upselling is to buy an iPad, and their app for it?

callmeed 15y ago
Actually, I'd prefer you buy and iPhone and an iPad and put their app on each.