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I'm still confused why would anyone want to by their domain name from GoDaddy, after all this press they get. It looks like a horrible company in general (not j

by imrehg 15y ago

I'm still confused why would anyone want to by their domain name from GoDaddy, after all this press they get. It looks like a horrible company in general (not just this story) and everyone giving them money just helps them suck more. If I could see they are improving, then a current suckiness can be forgiven, but when actually getting worse?

lazyjeff 15y ago
It shouldn't be confusing. It's the price. Domains are a commodity, and $7.69 for a domain (after applying one of the widely-available coupons) is the lowest price in the industry. If someone registers many domains, this adds up quickly.
- buff-a 15y ago
  Netsol, register, etc all charge $6.99 if you ask.
  - dspillett 15y ago
    > if you ask There is the explanation. That is the point. GoDaddy ram their cheap price down the public's throat by TV, magazine and online advertising. If people see an advert and decide they might want the product at that price then look at some other site to compare and see a higher price, most won't ask.
  - nknight 15y ago
    In my book, that makes them about as slimy as GoDaddy. It's one thing if you're a huge-volume customer or have unique needs, but companies that have two price lists -- one for the far more efficient (for BOTH parties) online sales channel, and a lower one for the human-intervention sales channel, just disgust me.
    - sudont 15y ago
      You get that everywhere in media buys, and yes, a large segment of people interacting on the web—the ones who don’t know code—view the domain name as a media buy. Remember color.com?
- terrapinbear 15y ago
  networksolutions has sales occasionally. I just registered a domain name for two years for $13.00.
- blakeperdue 15y ago
  I think it's more name recognition. Nearly all of my freelance clients who bought their own domain name for a new venture used Godaddy. Why? Because it's the only domain registrar they've ever heard of. They don't know about Godaddy's bad press or it's upselling techniques. They just know they saw a superbowl ad saying "need a domain name? use godaddy"
- karlzt 15y ago
  this is the cheapest I know of: http://www.namecheap.com/ http://www.namecheap.com/
  - ams6110 15y ago
    I've used them for years. Never an issue.
orenmazor 15y ago
because if you google "godaddy promo", you're likely to buy the .com/.net/.in/.whatever for $1-5 at any given time.
libraryatnight 15y ago
I've used GoDaddy for registrations for years, never a problem. My DNS is managed elsewhere, but for registrations I haven't had an issue with GoDaddy ever.

by imrehg 15y ago

lazyjeff 15y ago

It shouldn't be confusing. It's the price. Domains are a commodity, and $7.69 for a domain (after applying one of the widely-available coupons) is the lowest price in the industry. If someone registers many domains, this adds up quickly.

buff-a 15y ago
Netsol, register, etc all charge $6.99 if you ask.
- dspillett 15y ago
  > if you ask There is the explanation. That is the point. GoDaddy ram their cheap price down the public's throat by TV, magazine and online advertising. If people see an advert and decide they might want the product at that price then look at some other site to compare and see a higher price, most won't ask.
- nknight 15y ago
  In my book, that makes them about as slimy as GoDaddy. It's one thing if you're a huge-volume customer or have unique needs, but companies that have two price lists -- one for the far more efficient (for BOTH parties) online sales channel, and a lower one for the human-intervention sales channel, just disgust me.
  - sudont 15y ago
    You get that everywhere in media buys, and yes, a large segment of people interacting on the web—the ones who don’t know code—view the domain name as a media buy. Remember color.com?
terrapinbear 15y ago
networksolutions has sales occasionally. I just registered a domain name for two years for $13.00.
blakeperdue 15y ago
I think it's more name recognition. Nearly all of my freelance clients who bought their own domain name for a new venture used Godaddy. Why? Because it's the only domain registrar they've ever heard of. They don't know about Godaddy's bad press or it's upselling techniques. They just know they saw a superbowl ad saying "need a domain name? use godaddy"
karlzt 15y ago
this is the cheapest I know of: http://www.namecheap.com/ http://www.namecheap.com/
- ams6110 15y ago
  I've used them for years. Never an issue.

orenmazor 15y ago

because if you google "godaddy promo", you're likely to buy the .com/.net/.in/.whatever for $1-5 at any given time.

libraryatnight 15y ago

I've used GoDaddy for registrations for years, never a problem. My DNS is managed elsewhere, but for registrations I haven't had an issue with GoDaddy ever.