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I cannot believe how many people are using the worst domain registrar in existence, even if you don't consider SOPA support. Out of all of the domain registrars
by markbao 15y ago
I cannot believe how many people are using the worst domain registrar in existence, even if you don't consider SOPA support. Out of all of the domain registrars, why GoDaddy?
- rdouble 15y agoInertia. GoDaddy was great back when the other main option was Network Solutions. If you registered for multiple years, or simply forgot to transfer before the renewal period, it was easy to stay.
- commandar 15y agoNot to mention that even many reasonably technically inclined people don't realize that you don't have to wait until your expiration date to transfer to another registrar.
- thomasgerbe 15y agoBecause it's cheap, popular, and most people don't interact with their domain registrar aside from registration and renewal. Why do people buy clothes made in sweat shops or from chains that are terrible to it's employees? A lot of it just comes down to cost. And even if you know how terrible something is (morally or ethically), some people aren't willing to change.
- awt 15y agoI don't think markbao was referring to their morality in his post, simply their terrible, terrible usability. I think also cost is not the reason, especially for the low numbers we're talking about. I would say people use GoDaddy because of GoDaddy's successful online and on air advertising campaigns.
- thomasgerbe 15y ago"I think also cost is not the reason, especially for the low numbers we're talking about." While I agree that their campaigns have been effective, I tend to disagree that cost isn't an issue. Heck, even I was informed of other registrars a few years back when I was first starting to host my own sites but GoDaddy was cheaper than my webhost for domain registration. Plus easy to find coupon codes also give additional value. Why bother paying an extra 5-10 dollars when, for most people, there isn't much difference after the initial registration? (I ask that rhetorically)
- onedognight 15y agoName another registrar that is cheaper and comes with DNS?
- steve918 15y agoeNom, Namecheap, like all of them?
- vinhboy 15y agoThis is something I never understood. I am not a sys-admin by any means, but I have never used a registrar, or host that does not have free DNS. However, I have seen people pay for DNS hosting, separate from their registrar... which is odd to me. Is this one of those things that was not available back in "good ol-days", so all the sys-admin thinks you have to worry about it separately? Or is there some sort of benefit to having multiple DNS providers?
- hboon 15y ago* Ability to set a low TTL (usually temporarily) if you need to servers quickly. * Often better uptime and fast * Easier to change registrars * A central place to manage DNS if you end up with domains spread across many registrars
- justincormack 15y agoAbility to set SRV records, geographic dns, an API,... lots of reasons.
- BrandonM 15y agoWhy do people equate registrars with DNS? Wherever you're hosting your site is where you should be handling DNS.
- justincormack 15y agoThat is not particularly rational. It makes moving hosting providers harder and many provide very different dns services. You might want an api or support for different record types that otherwise good hosting services dont provide. I use zerigo just for dns because they are really goid at it...
- orblivion 15y agoImagine a world where GoDaddy was the only major registrar not supporting SOPA. Oh wait it's Christmas, not Halloween. Sorry.
- ForumRatt 15y agohear, hear! Hard to believe StackExchange used them in the first place.