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The explanation is at the end of the article: another GoDaddy customer asked for the transfer of a similar-looking domain name, and they transferred the wrong d
by n_e 5mo ago
The explanation is at the end of the article: another GoDaddy customer asked for the transfer of a similar-looking domain name, and they transferred the wrong domain.
- gpm 5mo agoAnd then slow rolled support. And then flat out lied that they received "the correct" documentation justifying the transfer when they hadn't received any documentation, and denied the appeal. Frankly the whole thing is inexplicable. The best explanation is fraudulent business practices to save 60 seconds of looking for the documentation.
- nine_k 5mo agoWith all the publicity GoDaddy has received over the last 10 years or so, I wonder why anybody reasonable would deal with them any more. Maybe the prices are irresistibly low, IDK.
- 0_-_0 5mo agothey are not inexplicably low -- any rational person sees that any low prices are one year intro deals that revert to excessive after the first year. We have always hated working with them, and have moved all clients to cloudflare.
- gzread 5mo agoYou moved from the worst registrar to the second worst registrar. Cloudflare will call you up one day demanding an immediate payment of $150k and holding your domains hostage if you don't comply.
- kirubakaran 5mo agoThat's worrying. My search-fu is failing me. Link please.
- Silhouette 5mo agoCloudflare will call you up one day demanding an immediate payment of $150k and holding your domains hostage if you don't comply. [citation very much needed]
- vetrom 5mo agohttps://robindev.substack.com/p/cloudflare-took-down-our-website https://robindev.substack.com/p/cloudflare-took-down-our-web... - one of a number of citations. To find more insert the terms [Cloudflare, hostage] into your favorite search engine.
- Silhouette 5mo agoWhatever was really happening in that incident it seems clear that it was not a simple matter of having registered some domains with Cloudflare and then getting a shakedown for $100k+ because of that. If anyone else chooses to read the post then I suggest skimming the comments (that are mostly hidden by default) as well.
- vetrom 5mo agoThe point isnt the apologists that pop up whereever CF gets mentioned, the point is that they more or less have a built reputation for deceptive loss leader marketing. Maybe early/MVP product engineers should know better, but CFs own education materials do not teach you to expect that.
- otterley 5mo agoIf something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
- Silhouette 5mo agoI have no financial or professional connection to Cloudflare as far as I know and that's partly because I'm not sure I like the way they operate and the level of control over everyone's access to the Web they now have. But if we're going to criticise then I think it should be on a reasonable and preferably objective basis. The claim I challenged appears to be the complete opposite of that unfortunately.
- mixologic 5mo agoYeah, thats FUD. Cloudflare hasnt called anybody demanding huge sums of cash and holding your domains hostage. As a registrar they're fine, dont play scammy scum upsell games (because they have a real business model that isnt just registration skim).
- fragmede 5mo agoIsn't that exactly what https://robindev.substack.com/p/cloudflare-took-down-our-website https://robindev.substack.com/p/cloudflare-took-down-our-web... purports happened?
- A_D_E_P_T 5mo agoFor me, it's Namecheap.
- JoBrad 5mo agoCloudflare isn’t anywhere near being the second worst registrar. I’ve never had anything remotely similar to this occur, and I’ve had hundreds of domains with Cloudflare for years.
- boscillator 5mo agoThey show up as the #2 ad spot when you search "register a domain" and most people don't know any better.
- tedggh 5mo agoI was done with them the day I knew their founder and CEO bribed corrupt African governments to go kill elephants, pose for pictures and share them with family and friends. I hunt and fish, but there’s something particularly evil about spending a fortune to abuse broken systems in poor nations to go after one of the most social species on earth, which are also known for having a strong awareness of death.
- saddist0 5mo agoWhat are the good alternatives? In domain business, everyone like a service which has lived for decades. GoDaddy being the one helps a lot. I love Cloudflare for my .com domains but they don’t support a lot of TLDs till date.
- nine_k 5mo agoIf you prefer to use a service that's been around for a really long time, Network Solutions will happily sell you a domain! (Maybe Tucows, too; their domain-registering arm is now called OpenSRS, it appears.)
- _carbyau_ 5mo agoPorkbun.com Been around since 2015. You decide if that's long enough. For my extremely simple needs, the website is domain name magic for a plain customer wanting a plain service.
- nofriend 5mo agoThe bad publicity is all in tech spaces and they do ads IRL.