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What are the specific concerns with GoDaddy? I've been using them only as a domain registrar, and, well, they do register my domains.. I didn't know there were
by graffitici 11y ago
What are the specific concerns with GoDaddy? I've been using them only as a domain registrar, and, well, they do register my domains.. I didn't know there were issues of the same magnitude as with SourceForge. What registrar do you use?
- Osiris 11y agoI used to work there. People complain that they use deceptive practices, like a low intro rate and then very high cost automatic renewals. About 3-4 years ago they were bought by some private equity firms and they have been in the process of basically rewriting all their products. I was involved in a one year full rewrite which was later scrapped in favor of reselling Office 365 instead.
- graffitici 11y agoInteresting. As someone from the industry, which other companies would you recommend?
- cstrahan 11y agohttps://dnsimple.com/ https://dnsimple.com/ I'm a happy customer, and I also used to work with the founder, Anthony Eden. He's a great guy, and so is the product.
- johnkpush 11y agoDNSimple is amazing, and we do our reselling on SimplyBuilt.com through them.
- scott_karana 11y agoI regularly see Name.com, Namecheap, and Gandi as answers here.
- gnopgnip 11y agointernet.bs
- at-fates-hands 11y ago>>> People complain that they use deceptive practices, The last company I worked for had all of their public domains registered through them. The funny thing they figured out was if they registered for a domain or a service, they would get all the way through the order, then wait a day before processing. Like clockwork, the next day the sys admins would get a 30% off coupon for the stuff they had just started to sign up for the previous day. It was an easy way to game the system, and made you wonder how over priced their stuff really was.
- Osiris 11y agoGoDaddy doesn't make money on domains. They make money on the auxiliary services like email, hosting, etc.
- kaishiro 11y agoActually, it sounds like GoDaddy simply doesn't make money. "The company lost $143 million last year. Granted that's less than the $200 million it lost in 2013, and the $279 million lost in 2012 -- but GoDaddy admits it hasn't turned a profit since 2009..."[1] [1] http://www.zdnet.com/article/godaddy-ipo-to-value-company-at-2-87-billion-but-profit-concerns-emerge/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/godaddy-ipo-to-value-company-at...
- davidandgoliath 11y agoThe 1.5 billion in debt is sort of brutal too. Either way, not my favorite provider. (I admit bias though, as I run a competing hosting co.)