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GoDaddy is scum. They are known for selling domain searches to squatters. It goes something like this: 1. You search for a domain 2. Praise Jesus! It's a

GoDaddy is scum. They are known for selling domain searches to squatters. It goes something like this: 1. You search for a domain 2. Praise Jesus! It's available! 3. You come back in 24 hours. 4. :( sorry, a squatter has taken it because GoDaddy whored out your search to them. They are complete sleaze. Their mascot is a girl with big tits. They try to offer every imaginable rip-off feature with a domain registration. They are the car salesman of domain name registrations. I can't believe nobody else managed to get the "place where you buy domain names" brand. It's sad.

psadauskas 18y ago
For your first point, I know network solutions was caught [1] doing that. Never heard of GoDaddy doing it. Your other points, I'm willing to ignore for the benefit of /really/ cheap domains. They're not the car salesmen of registrars, but more like the grocery store, putting the candy bars in the checkout isle. Disclaimer: I have 4 personal sites registered with godaddy. I was using a couple others, but I transferred them all to godaddy for simplicity's sake. [1]http://www.dotsauce.com/2008/01/08/networksolutions-scandal-hijacking-domain-searches/ http://www.dotsauce.com/2008/01/08/networksolutions-scandal-...
breck 18y ago
I've never heard of GoDaddy doing this (heard of someone else who did though), and I've personally bought hundreds of domains from GoDaddy (and many times a few days or weeks after the initial search). I do dislike some things about them (the cleavage in the ads is a cheap trick and their UI is terrible), but: 1. Great prices. 2. Amazing support(for the price). 3. I respect Bob Parsons and really enjoy reading his blog posts which always share hard data which is rare and helpful. 4. It works! (I have a number of servers with them and hundreds of domains and it's been 100% reliable for me in the past 5+ years) If GoDaddy had an API so I could develop an alternative UI for their services, I would never consider leaving them (besides hosting--for big sites I use other providers).

psadauskas 18y ago

For your first point, I know network solutions was caught [1] doing that. Never heard of GoDaddy doing it. Your other points, I'm willing to ignore for the benefit of /really/ cheap domains. They're not the car salesmen of registrars, but more like the grocery store, putting the candy bars in the checkout isle. Disclaimer: I have 4 personal sites registered with godaddy. I was using a couple others, but I transferred them all to godaddy for simplicity's sake. [1]http://www.dotsauce.com/2008/01/08/networksolutions-scandal-hijacking-domain-searches/ http://www.dotsauce.com/2008/01/08/networksolutions-scandal-...

breck 18y ago

I've never heard of GoDaddy doing this (heard of someone else who did though), and I've personally bought hundreds of domains from GoDaddy (and many times a few days or weeks after the initial search). I do dislike some things about them (the cleavage in the ads is a cheap trick and their UI is terrible), but: 1. Great prices. 2. Amazing support(for the price). 3. I respect Bob Parsons and really enjoy reading his blog posts which always share hard data which is rare and helpful. 4. It works! (I have a number of servers with them and hundreds of domains and it's been 100% reliable for me in the past 5+ years) If GoDaddy had an API so I could develop an alternative UI for their services, I would never consider leaving them (besides hosting--for big sites I use other providers).