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alternate: use godaddy, but only their loss-leading coupons when they appear. For example, I registered a domain last week using a code that got me $1.00 domai
by gravitronic 15y ago
alternate: use godaddy, but only their loss-leading coupons when they appear.
For example, I registered a domain last week using a code that got me $1.00 domain registration.
The code expired last week unfortunately so posting it would be irrelevant.
- libraryatnight 15y agoI always do a coupon search, or just take the code from whatever their lowest Google ad price is. Just google "domains" they're always the first ad for me, and it's usually 4.99, 5.99, or 7.99 at the absolute most. (For .coms)
- shimon_e 15y agoOr if you follow a deal website, you'll be notified when they are running a $1.18 coupon.
- jonursenbach 15y agoWhy even support them at all?
- neutronicus 15y agoS/he's saying you should only buy things on which you're pretty sure they're losing money, so that you're actively hurting them by buying them. It's like buying a PS3 and never buying any games - I suspect people buying PS3's by the truckload to use as Linux clusters is what made Sony pull the Linux support.
- thebigshane 15y agoThe purpose of loss-leading products/services is to get consumers to purchase other things and that is where they make a profit. If a large enough group only purchases loss-leading products/services and don't purchase anything else, GoDaddy should be at a loss.... until they change their pricing models, and then you can just boycott them all together.
- pyre 15y agoEniugh people dropping the service altogether + recommending against it when asked for advice would probably deal a larger blow. Especially if Godaddy can no longer claim the top spot and ride that popularity to get people to sign up that *don'tV only buy loss leaders
- gravitronic 15y agoI bet most of the people smart enough to know about SOPA and fight it are not the people godaddy makes the majority of its profits on (ie, their "privacy" features, email and web hosting with all the unnecessary bells and whistles)
- ceejayoz 15y agoSame thing's true for their SSL certificates. $12 if you Google, $60+ if you don't.
- sunchild 15y agoCareful, they'll autorenew those at a much higher price. Mine went up to $100+ when it renewed last month. I'm kicking myself for being stuck with that cert, especially since the GoDaddy badge isn't exactly the mark of trustworthiness.
- ceejayoz 15y agoYeah, I turn off auto-renew always with them.