Should I leave GD?

kaplan

Junior Member

Oct 11, 2010

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• Jul 15, 2012

• #1

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

Supreme Member

Dec 28, 2010

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• Jul 15, 2012

• #2

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

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Oct 11, 2010

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• Jul 15, 2012
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• #3

Thanks kvmcable,

Do you know about good deals at the moment?

 

MojoSoDope

Regular Member

Feb 6, 2011

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• Jul 15, 2012

• #4

Yeah screw GD, I use NameCheap.

 

knall

Regular Member

Apr 16, 2010

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• Jul 15, 2012

• #5

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

Newbie

Jan 16, 2012

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• Jul 16, 2012

• #6

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

 

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Python700

Newbie

Jul 18, 2012

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• Jul 20, 2012

• #7

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

 

Mountaineer

Senior Member

Oct 14, 2011

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• Jul 20, 2012

• #8

$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

Regular Member

May 9, 2009

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• Jul 21, 2012

• #9

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

Junior Member

Apr 8, 2011

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• Jul 22, 2012

• #10

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

 

PepeLePew

Junior Member

Aug 19, 2009

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• Jul 24, 2012

• #11

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

Junior Member

Oct 11, 2010

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• Jul 25, 2012
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webm4ster said:

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

Click to expand...

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

 

Last edited: Jul 25, 2012

tami6699

Regular Member

Oct 8, 2009

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• Jul 25, 2012

• #13

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.