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A boycott would only work if there were a concerted effort behind to spread the word as far as possible. The recent Whole Foods boycott was a good example of h
by conoryoung 17y ago
A boycott would only work if there were a concerted effort behind to spread the word as far as possible.
The recent Whole Foods boycott was a good example of how to do it - organizers used the forums section of the Whole Foods website to get the word out and Whole Foods didn't prevent it.
A couple of people changing hosts on HN is not going to amount to a hill of beans and would most likely just inconvenience those people since Godaddy is the cheapest option available (if you use their frequent coupon codes).
- jacquesm 17y agoIf the 'couple of people' on HN are anywhere near on average compared to the few that I know personally then it will have a huge effect.
- buugs 17y agoI think the majority of godaddy domain purchasers are first time buyers or small businesses that do not know of other domain companies (especially considering godaddy's large advertisement investment).
- jacquesm 17y agoI think many big time operators / hosting providers use them too because of the price, their inbound transfers are actually sold at a loss (when you take into account all the fees they have to pay). Most other registrars that do larger volumes will sell you at about $1 over their cost.
- jhancock 17y agoI'm starting the process of moving from godaddy over the next week or two. Long overdue, but name reg is a "sticky" business which is why a boycott although a great idea will take consistent pushing. After some review, it seems namecheap will be an acceptable route. One concern is the recent lawsuit lost by namecheap for private whois info. I hope this doesn't make them legally gun shy. Although the lawsuit results should effect all U.S. based registrars equally. Anyone have recent opinions on namecheap or any others?
- jacquesm 17y agoUsing moniker and very happy with them, not a single glitch since I started there when enom bought out bulkregister (and I decided to preemptively move out instead of waiting until enom and BR system integration).