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First, GoDaddy is a garbage company and I would avoid using them. It is very hard to purchase a domain without agreeing to some other high-margin, bs-service ad
by skeeter2020 4y ago
First, GoDaddy is a garbage company and I would avoid using them. It is very hard to purchase a domain without agreeing to some other high-margin, bs-service add-on. The dark patterns are off the charts.
That said, you did let your domain expire. This is really tough to do unless you're not getting admin reminders (I think you get 3 before it expires?). If your domain is important or valauble why would you save a piddly few bucks and wait until it's near expiry? Buy multiple years or auto renew. This is not a "brilliant new scam"; registrars and 3rd parties have been doing it since we all used verisign.
Also, how do you know it was purchased by GoDaddy? How can you tell the differnce between someone else registering and parking it with them?
- tsetsetaset 4y ago> That said, you did let your domain expire. They also let you remove your domains long before they expire. I once tried it, it gets automatically "catched" and offered for an eye-watering amount. Godaddy have nothing to lose, ICANN charges them only 18 cents per domain, why not cybersquat.
- miohtama 4y agoGoDaddy is the pioneer of dark patterns and the Silicon Valley SaaS model. Every step they take is a step to extract more money out from the user. Sadly, it is clearly a good business model.
- evad3r 4y agoShe did say in the tweet replies that yes, it’s on her that her domain expired, the credit card expired and the reminder emails went to spam. That’s not what she is complaining about though.
- scifibestfi 4y agoThey must not be aware that this was a common thing before GoDaddy joined. It happens to most domains that get traffic? These domain buyers all suck.