Should I leave GD?

[kaplan]

Hi guys,

I need your advice.

I have been registering my domains with GD for the past 7 years, I have more than a few.
Most of my hosting is outside GD and I am moving the last of my hosting out of there these days.

GD doesn't give me good prices on domains renew and want me to pay $90 in order to get good prices and more money to share the parking revenue with them. On the other hand I am used to their system and will have to go trough a lot of trouble to move.

So, do I stay with GD or move? If move so to where should I transfer my domains?

Thanks

 

[kvmcable]

See who is offering the best transfer deals and jump on it. Remember the 60 day rule at GD (not sure if it's still in effect though).

As for hosting; nobody in their right mind hosts at GD.

 

[kaplan]

Thanks kvmcable,

Do you know about good deals at the moment?

 

[MojoSoDope]

Yeah screw GD, I use NameCheap.

 

[knall]

Theres going to be a $.98 cent transfer tomorrow at Namecheap.

https://www.namecheap.com/deals/30000-retweets-0.98-domains-july-2012.aspx

 

[webm4ster]

$90 per domain extension? Per year? Leave it man!

 

[Python700]

personally I would move, I really don't like gd sometimes they take forever just to update their nameservers

 

[Mountaineer]

$90 for what domain extension? May be its expensive on other registrars. If anyone beats this price, go ahead and move the domains, it wouldn't harm anything.

 

[webdesign]

As soon as I hear the words "Go Daddy" I shudder. How they're still in business I don't know..
I've slowly been moving my domains over to namecheap/internet.bs

I advise you do the same!

 

[leeboi999]

Arvixe (in my sig) give free .com with hosting. and free whois privacy if you want it

 

[PepeLePew]

I would recommend namecheap. I used arvixe years ago...they give you 1 free domain when you open a hosting account. In my case, I own over 4K domain and 1 free domain is a waste of my time.
Another question to ask is, what do you do with the domains? in my case I have to diversify my domains across 2-3 registrars.

 

[kaplan]

$90 per domain extension? Per year? Leave it man!

The $90 is to get in a program where they give you discount on domains.

 

[tami6699]

I always change the Domainhoster, depending on the price.

There is not a really big difference between the Major hosters, so there is no need to pay more.

I had the same way like u, before ALL Domains (~300) on GD, but renew prices, privacy etc. is to expensive there.

So i changed to Namecheap, if they have offers.
So i changed to Register/Dotster, if they have offers.
So i changed to Namesilo, they have in general good prices, and also coupons.

Now fact is, if domains are going to expire, i look about 3-4 Hosters about the prices (transfer or renew on the existing) and then i change/renew.

On GD i only have about 30-50 domains left and i am sure, after the end of the year 0.