Exposing the Many Reasons Not to Trust GoDaddy with Your Domain Names

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Found a good info about GoDaddy*com...

Many people don't think much about choosing a registrar, and simply pick one they have heard of. This often leads them to GoDaddy, who may be the leader in money spent on marketing and advertising (on the Super Bowl and elsewhere). Unfortunately GoDaddy doesn't seem to focus much on stability, security, or customer service. Instead that have devised innovative ways to overcharge customers and thwart customer attempts to transfer to superior registrars.

Read more at: http://nodaddy.com/
 
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thanks... I will take that and your warning as a valid landmine marker for the aforementioned company - SO -for an extra $5 at Directnic or wherever - it's worth it. As I recall, Directnic had someone in downtown New Orleans throughout Katrina - running the DNS servers on diesel back generators for weeks - AWESOME!... it doesn't get much worse than that... and if it does... well then, DNS won't really matter!
Just noticed that the Privacy addon on Directnic is like $5 + $15/reg... so that equals the playing field out w/ GPapa $10/reg $10 or so for so called "Privacy".
 
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yeah ill give yousomething worse
i got the domain
www.insure.me
I have the reciept for it
they then said sorry we made amistake
a few weeks back it then sold for
$30000 dollars
do you think i am a little pissed at godaddy
 
the .me disaster happened to a lot of ppl. i *thought* i had gifts.me ani.me and wikipedia.me (w/ receipts) and then the next day they call me telling me i dont actually own any of them.

they wrote it off as a server error and refunded everyone who thought they had bought domain names. it was a really shitty day indeed.

besides this incident, i've never had trouble with godaddy's service
 
simo said:
yeah ill give yousomething worse
i got the domain
www.insure.me
I have the reciept for it
they then said sorry we made amistake
a few weeks back it then sold for
$30000 dollars
do you think i am a little pissed at godaddy
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Godaddy receipts don't mean anything, this happens more often then you think when you register a domain through GD's checkout process and then discover the domain isn't registered in your name.

Their system screws up, it shows names as available while they aren't, so unless you have something else then a Godaddy receipt to prove the domain was registered under your name, like a historical WHOIS record to prove it...only then you have something to be pissed about.

You probably never had the domain in the first place, just on worthless virtual Godaddy paper...

And Yeah, Godaddy is a fucked up registrar. I would avoid them as much as possible.
 
you will hear a lot of domain stealing "stories" about godaddy. I'm with namecheap now when it comes to domain purchasing
 
Wow I never knew GD can be this bad. Can anybody recommend a better place to register domains?

Thanks,
UgorrogU
 
Namecheap(dot)com is the best for me.

I have moved most of my domains from Godaddy to Namecheap
 
Moniker.com or Fabulous.com - both are top notch registrars, Fabulous is offshore so in regards to certain laws you don't have the legal bullshit Godaddy can bring you due to them being legally obliged to adhere to certain legal requests.

And security and looking out for your domains is priority number one for both of these registrars, you can't go wrong with both of them.
 
Moniker.com or Fabulous.com - both are top notch registrars, Fabulous is offshore so in regards to certain laws you don't have the legal bullshit Godaddy can bring you due to them being legally obliged to adhere to certain legal requests.

And security and looking out for your domains is priority number one for both of these registrars, you can't go wrong with both of them.
 
I Had a similar experience awhile ago with registering a domain with godaddy, after the name checked out as available and purchased through godaddy i was then told it was a mistake and the name was not available....Surprising as it was a PR7 just expired.
Never again godaddy you've had your chips with me buying anything from you!
 
I'm not a big fan of godaddy either, however, I do use their other site tdnam.com, is there an alternative to that?

Thanks.
 
the worst ting about this was we did it over the phone.we asked the operator to check it out and he sad yep all yours then next day rug pulled from underme


SERPHunter said:
Godaddy receipts don't mean anything, this happens more often then you think when you register a domain through GD's checkout process and then discover the domain isn't registered in your name.

Their system screws up, it shows names as available while they aren't, so unless you have something else then a Godaddy receipt to prove the domain was registered under your name, like a historical WHOIS record to prove it...only then you have something to be pissed about.

You probably never had the domain in the first place, just on worthless virtual Godaddy paper...

And Yeah, Godaddy is a fucked up registrar. I would avoid them as much as possible.
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you cant sue over that? I would have definitely inquired with a internet legal attorney

simo said:
yeah ill give yousomething worse
i got the domain
www.insure.me
I have the reciept for it
they then said sorry we made amistake
a few weeks back it then sold for
$30000 dollars
do you think i am a little pissed at godaddy
Click to expand...
 
i have decided to transfer out of godaddy bit by bit when it comes time to renew or before a site i am making goes hot.
 
ugorrogu said:
Wow I never knew GD can be this bad. Can anybody recommend a better place to register domains?

Thanks,
UgorrogU
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I just use namecheap*com and name*com. 2 domain with namecheap and 3 domain with name*com.
 
I have over 3,000 PREMIUM domains on GoDaddy and have never seen a problem, ever.
 
let me tell my story: i got a domain at godaddy: searchwebcams.com, i wanted to make a webcam directory. after 1 day i saw my domain was named "serachwebcams.com". my ex grirlfriend laughed at me :D and she was right. but the old system made a directory for every domain you purchase. guess what was the name of the dir ? it was the first! the one i taped.
 
I've used Google, but they always try to sneak something else in on your purchase. Anyone had experience with 1 and 1.com purchasing domain names and/or hosting?
 
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