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I've had no problems with GoDaddy as registrar, and they're priced right (and that seems to be where they win most in that chart). I can't speak to their quali
by kevindication 17y ago
I've had no problems with GoDaddy as registrar, and they're priced right (and that seems to be where they win most in that chart). I can't speak to their quality as a hosting provider though.
Have they been screwing up as registrar for others?
- Locke1689 17y agoWell... I do have to make a slight UI criticism. Which would you rather see when managing your domains? http://www.godaddy.com/default.aspx http://www.godaddy.com/default.aspx or http://www.dyndns.com/ http://www.dyndns.com/ Also, I have had very good experiences with DynDNS. Support is helpful and their services are top-notch. I am always confident that I'll get someone knowledgeable at DynDNS, while my experience with GoDaddy was nowhere near as nice. Seems they have a good reputation as a company too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DynDNS#Awards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DynDNS#Awards
- kevindication 17y agoTo be honest I barely ever see the front page, so I don't think it's a useful comparison. The so-called "Total DNS Control" page that GoDaddy offers works well enough for me. Is DynDNS' control panel nicer? As far as support I'll have to defer as I haven't had any problems worth bringing up yet. I moved from Register.com some time ago and that was a breath of fresh air in so many respects.
- zandor 17y agoAs with Locke1689, I have only good things to say about DynDNS's services. Coming from GoDaddy, UI-wise, DynDNS are a bit nicer, but it's their support which really makes a difference.
- eswat 17y agoNo problems with GoDaddy here. My domains were at RegisterFly before the ICANN fiasco and subsequent move. Now THAT was a screwed up registrar.
- drusenko 17y agoIf you are running a user-generated content site and you get to a large enough size, it's near certain that GoDaddy will shut off your domain. We had a very, very close call with Weebly where someone from GoDaddy called at 10am on a Saturday, didn't get through, and started shutting off the domain. If I hadn't called right back it would have been disastrous. For some reason, GoDaddy sees it as their job to police the Internet, which is completely not acceptable for a domain registrar.
- danielrhodes 17y agoWere they checking the authenticity of the registration info? If so, that's them enforcing ICANN rules. They usually don't do that though unless somebody requested it.
- drusenko 17y agoNo. They field abuse requests for phishing sites, DMCA requests, etc. When notified, we take them down promptly. However, whenever someone makes a phishing abuse request on the .weebly.com subdomain to GoDaddy, they don't even look at your traffic or website and just override your DNS servers/records to be blackholed if you don't answer your phone when they call.
- jhancock 17y agoWho would you recommend that does not see DMCA take-down notices as "their job"?
- donw 17y agoI've had great service from GoDaddy as well, and it's a lot cheaper to buy a wildcard SSL cert from them ($199/year) than pretty much everywhere else I've looked.
- jf 17y agoI figured that price was the main reason why people buy SSL certificates from GoDaddy. (Speaking of which, it's worth checking retailmenot.com for GoDaddy discount codes: I recently bought several wildcard certificates from them and was able to get discount codes for 10-30% off.)
- kirubakaran 17y agohttp://www.google.com/search?q=godaddy+sucks http://www.google.com/search?q=godaddy+sucks Of course you'll personally have a great experience until you get screwed. Learn from others. I use namecheap.