Creative Thinker

I am not sure of a particular reason that I hate GoDaddy, but I just know it sucks so much.

What takes 2 minutes for a thing to do in other domain registrars takes 10+ minutes in GoDaddy. And when it comes to PayPal+GoDaddy, its even harder...

Why do they even stay in business?

jjwantmoney

I love Godaddy because I can use domain names as my affilate link. Makes affiliate marketing alot easier for me.

talfighel

I like GoDaddy and have always been with them for any domain registrations. They are fast and they have a great customer service.

Plus I like them because the owner of GoDaddy got a CUSTOM bike from Orange County choppers who are in NY about 2-3 years ago.

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Nigel Greaves

I agree with you Creative Thinker. I've moved most of my domain names away from GoDaddy because of the way they make you battle through a forest of upsells, cross-sells, upside-down-sells and any thing else they can think of.

If you're getting great and fast service from them Tal you should run a WSO on how to do it because I'm damned if I can get that from them.

Nigel

LenyRP

I'm a newbie to IM however I used GoDaddy for my first site and had a wonderful experience. Customer service has been great, they have all the tools right there for getting your site up, and if you don't have html software, or use wordpress, they have a built in site builder. I plan on using them again for my next site and hope to continue to have good experiences.

triosolutions

I agree with Tal, My GoDaddy experience far better that other domain registerar. Compare to other domain registrar they are very fast.

I had horriable experience with namecheap so I moved my all domains to Go Daddy. Its very easy to manage domain with Godaddy Account

ExRat

Hi Creative Thinker,

I think that might have something to do with it...

It would appear that they are successfully targeting a certain subset of the market.

MicahF7

I cant not stand go daddy... I don't know how they stay in business.

Liam Hamer

Generally, I have reasonably happy with them for one of my sites, but recently using their sitebuilder to edit the site has been slow, frustrating and cumbersome.

Mike Hersh

Sometimes I really feel like you, but most of the time I really like being with Godaddy. The good thing about them is the interface which is so easy to use that I never need their help with anything. I'm a member of Godaddy for something like 7 years and I needed their support for maybe 4 times.

I can give you a good advice and it's to check your computer for adware, spyware, and viruses that may slow down your computer. Godaddy started to use all those pop ups who need better compters with less infections. In many cases those things hurt your computer and make it work slower, and hey, if one person tells you they are cool than it's probably true, if a few people say they are cool than they probably are, but if everyone is telling you their cool than you probably have something locally.

Wish you the best,

Mike G

Theresa Mayhew

I use GoDaddy's bulk domain selector tool to find out what domains are available with my list of keywords. Then I pick the domain(s) I want and purchase them at Netfirms. Their site is easy to use, fast to process, and inexpensive at $6.99 for a new dotcom domain.

kab1973

I've always heard horror stories about GoDaddy...taking over domain names, etc. But, fortunately, I've only ever had good relations with them. Besides it's one of the few places you can get a .com domain name for $6.99 anymore. I always do a search in google for "domains" and there they are with an ad for $6.99 domain names. Click on the link and order as many as you want at that price.

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CheapSeoContent

really have no idea as to why you hate godaddy but every one seems to be loving it.

Cerberus

I completely agree with you. I have tried a couple time to set up with GD but everytime their interface just ends up pissing me off.

I think they are so popular cause they spend so much on commercials although their service really isn't that good.

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Zanti

I also find that it takes to long to do some simple task with GD. I renewed some domains last week and wanted to take off the private registrar, kind of a hassle.

Customer service has been hit or miss. Last day week I had one person who was really helpful and provided real service, same day I had another person who just didn't give a damn and didn't care if I knew it.

I'm considering transferring my domains to namecheap, does anyone use them or have any first hand information about them.

Thanks,

Z

Cerberus

I have used 1and1 for over 5 years and I will never go with another host.

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Black Hat Cat

If it takes you 10 minutes to register a domain at Godaddy, the problem is you, not Godaddy. If it takes you much more than a minute, the problem is you, not Godaddy.

cypherslock

Give me NameCheap any day. Competitive prices and free privacy. And oh, no upsell/cross sell every page either. Add to HastyHost and you're set.

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Kelpsi Media

Godaddy is the best! Their functions and features rocks!

hipnol

Godaddy is good as my experience says, but they suck in few areas -

they suck in domain backorder that they mostly lost competition.
they suck because they won't provide free private domain registration.

I don't find any more reasons to say it sucks...

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Tonytsports

I have noticed performance issues with sites loading slower after I added my 10th domain.

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embrown

As an ex-godaddy employee, I have another little tip:

Buy youir domains through google: Sign up for Google Apps

Pro: Free privacy, your registrar and hosting is through Godaddy (or eNom, but GoDaddy is the default) and preconfigured to Google Apps.
Con: Its 10/year with no discounts (that I know of)

Info page: http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/...n&answer=53929

OnlineMasterMind

actually... godaddy transfers nameservers much quicker than most.

from your words it's very clear that you're a broke, miserbale im'er... and you're simply blaming a very successful company company... ha.. right....

justjames

bob parsons- marketing genius; godaddy.com- owns 28% of all tld registrations globally *rough estimate; phone help in all languages; they offer too many products in my opinion trying to scoop business not in their core; if they screw up, they'll fix it straightaway. the only bad thing about godaddy is their hosting- but then again, expanding on my comment about "not their core product" says it all- their servers are shizz

dv8

I've never seen another company get some many rave reviews as well as horrible reviews.

Never fails, every godaddy thread is littered with both good and bad. Me personally, never had a problem with them in the 4 years or so that I've been using them. Their upsells are VERY VERY annoying, but I am fully aware they are coming and that I don't need them so I just keep hitting "no thanks".

cypherslock

Godaddy is alright. I use them and NameCheap

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Loren Woirhaye

Is it because of the checkout process you prefer this method?

If Google checkout makes buying a domain a snap it might be worth it.

Godaddy's checkout process is a little byzantine and I've had things
go awry a few times due to the way their security system is set-up,
leading to more time invested for me in sorting it out.

I still buy from them though. Better the devil you know, eh?

embrown

Oops, I should have quoted the post that I was replying too. The poster that I was replying to mentioned that domain privacy was expensive. If you buy from Google, they will give your privacy for free - which is nice.

Normal .com registration is about 10.69/year without any discounts if you go through Godaddy. Add privacy for 8.99 and you are paying near 20/year for you .com, which sucks.

That's why I buy with Google. Plus, I love Google Apps. (I'm a Google fan-girl!)

Alexa Smith

This is exactly my position with them. I've heard a couple of bad things about them (mostly related to hosting, which you don't do where you register anyway), and the interface and checkout processes are a pain, but for a technically semi-literate halfwit like me, once you've learned how to do the stuff you need to know how to do, the idea of moving and learning another one makes the extra effort seem just not worthwhile.

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Pelician

I only recommend GoDaddy for domain now. Heard too many bad things about their hosting.

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Jacksprat

GoDaddy is ok for domain names but their hosting is too pricey and doesn'r seem to be great

Todd Sampson

I use godaddy to register my domain names, but that is it. I host all my
websites at Hostgator. I agree that the numerous upsells they like to throw
at you is annoying, but being in internet marketing you should be used to
upsells . I signed up for Russell Brunson's Microcontinuity and the number
of upsells/downsells you had to wade through was incredible.

-Todd Sampson

DussaultPR

The worst thing about Godaddy is trying to get them to do something about their customers who hijack website content, or complete websites. They make you jump through hoops even if the site being hijack is one you registered with them many years ago. As the largest domain name registrar, they should take the lead in this regard.

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Leanne King

There's a lot to like about GD their nameservers change in seconds - when I use Namecheap its hours and hours, they have great customer support but there are things that annoy me as well - the hosting sucks and I would never host again with them and the checkout process even on express checkout can be frustrating but over all I have more domains with GD about 450 in fact then any other registrar so they must be pleasing me most of the time

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emofree

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TheMole

Since GD is my domain Registrar of choice I often used them to check domain name availability and this function isn't working properly. It cancels the search and you have to re-search. Very frustrating. I now do domain searches on other sites and then register them at Godaddy

ChrisBa

The only thing I like about GoDaddy is the domain suggestions when my domain I want is taken.. but that's it!

cookiejim

It surprises me the complaints I have read about GoDaddy trying to upsell their customers. Isn't that how most of us make our money? One of the basic selling principles is to hook the customer, then introduce them to your other products. Why is that OK for you to do to your customers, but so wrong for GoDaddy? Am I missing something?

ricks2010

GoDaddy is great, Just have to be careful of the upsells. Customer service is always on point.

BrenOHara

Never had a problem with GoDaddy, and I have 40 or so domains registered with them. I suppose I chose GoDaddy right at the beginning of my IM career and never considered anyone else.

Customer service is first class.

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rollfresh

first time i've ever heard anyone complain about godaddy. wow.

international_deal

Godaddy is a crap very slow , I use name.com better 200%

phantom76

I dont know whats the big fuzz about godaddy. I use them all the time and never faced any issues in the last 4 years. I host my sites elsewhere and use them only for domain registrations. With so many coupons floating around, you'll get great deals from them every now and then.

Use them only for domain purchases and do your hosting with some good service like Lunar Pages.

apollocreed

I think the reason is simple, as ex-rat implied.

If you are new or have not used any other registrar, then you will think Godaddy are the bee's knees.

If you know a little about the technical side of IM and have been around long enough to have used more than 4 registrars, you probably will not think much of Godaddy.

I have used over 10 companies for domain registration of teh years, and Godaddy is probably 5th out of the 10 I have used.

Not great but also not registerfly either.

Apollo