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13 years ago

Is it really that hard for you to hit the go to check out button at the bottom of the page. It's actually pretty darn easy to skip all of the upsells on godaddy.

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Pluton

13 years ago

Once you understand that GD will try to sell you loads of additional services then you will have no problems.

As Christopher said - ignore the upsells and go straight to the checkout.

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Bradley J Anderson

13 years ago

Originally Posted by christopher jon

Is it really that hard for you to hit the go to check out button at the bottom of the page. It's actually pretty darn easy to skip all of the upsells on godaddy.

Exactly. I've heard this a million times and it's irritating as heck. Just click "Go To Checkout" at the bottom of the page. Couldn't get any easier. They don't 'sneak' anything in there. I always pay for exactly what I bought. BTW, I've never seen a webhost that didn't try to upsell other services. Privacy? Hosting? Email accounts? That's how all of them make their real money.

BTW, if you market products on the internet, don't you upsell, too? If not, you're losing out on a lot of money. Most of the WSOs here require you to go through at least 3 pages of upsells before you get to the download button.

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0b1

Banned 13 years ago

Hello everyone and thanks for your replies

Originally Posted by Bradley J Anderson

Exactly. I've heard this a million times and it's irritating as heck. Just click "Go To Checkout" at the bottom of the page. Couldn't get any easier. They don't 'sneak' anything in there. I always pay for exactly what I bought. BTW, I've never seen a webhost that didn't try to upsell other services. Privacy? Hosting? Email accounts? That's how all of them make their real money.

BTW, if you market products on the internet, don't you upsell, too? If not, you're losing out on a lot of money. Most of the WSOs here require you to go through at least 3 pages of upsells before you get to the download button.

Hi and thanks for your reply, I am alright with upsells, but i wished it was less in godaddy. Personally it is annoying when you have to hit the "no thanks" button 3 times just to renew your domain and i recall once when you buy a new domain from godaddy you'll have to untick something to avoid a special yearly charge? or something like that. I read many customers unsatisfied with that.

I have bought a couple of domains from namecheap last month because of the free who is guard( and I was thinking of sticking to them but still shopping for alternatives) and it was just a much better buying experience and managing my domains is just so much easier. Also the fact that its costly to make the domains private, I don't see the point sticking with godaddy.

The only reason i can think of using godaddy is the that they sometimes release great coupon codes where you can get .coms for as low as 99 cents. Other then that, I don't see much reasons to be with them.

-brandon

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smackey1 13 years ago

IF you are going to have many domain names or websites, I recommend Hostgator. You can get a reseller account for under 30 bucks a month and you set your own MB requirements for your own sites and control them all from one cpanel within the reseller account. And, if you have storage and bandwidth left over, you can provide website hosting for people and make some money.
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Robert Puddy

13 years ago

Originally Posted by 0b1

Hello everyone and thanks for your replies

Hi and thanks for your reply, I am alright with upsells, but i wished it was less in godaddy. Personally it is annoying when you have to hit the "no thanks" button 3 times just to renew your domain and i recall once when you buy a new domain from godaddy you'll have to untick something to avoid a special yearly charge? or something like that. I read many customers unsatisfied with that.

I have bought a couple of domains from namecheap last month because of the free who is guard( and I was thinking of sticking to them but still shopping for alternatives) and it was just a much better buying experience and managing my domains is just so much easier. Also the fact that its costly to make the domains private, I don't see the point sticking with godaddy.

The only reason i can think of using godaddy is the that they sometimes release great coupon codes where you can get .coms for as low as 99 cents. Other then that, I don't see much reasons to be with them.

-brandon

Go daddy lose money on every domain name registered they are a loss leader

its only the upsells that make them money, without them domain names would go back to being $100 instead of $10

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Liam Ireland 13 years ago

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- ankur420420 13 years ago
  
  Hi
  
  I guess almost everybody in the internet world upsells/cross sells
  
  What would you have yourself done if you were in Godaddy's place
  
  Moreover, you always have the option of checkout, go straight to that button, ignore the extra promotion
  
  Can this be the reason of switching from Godaddy to somebody else
  
  Think again buddy
  
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Adam J Wagner

13 years ago

I've never bought a domain from Godaddy- Namecheap all the way! But really if you hate upsells so much, you're in the wrong business...

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Steve L 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Adam J Wagner

I've never bought a domain from Godaddy- Namecheap all the way! But really if you hate upsells so much, you're in the wrong business...

I use Namecheap as well!
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Darth Vader 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Adam J Wagner

I've never bought a domain from Godaddy- Namecheap all the way! But really if you hate upsells so much, you're in the wrong business...

I totally agree with you , it's funny when i hear marketers complaining about successful companies using successful methods. Just learn from godaddy and move on if it weren't making them boatloads of money they wouldn't be using that method.
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RichardF

13 years ago

Another vote for Namecheap here, though I also like Dynadot a lot.. If you don't qualify for their bulk pricing they're quite expensive though. Namecheap always has a coupon you can use to bring the price down.

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AmandaT

13 years ago

Namecheap works great but godaddy has better coupon codes off and on.

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Alfredo Carrion

13 years ago

Namecheap for sure!

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Oliver Denton

13 years ago

Go for namecheap. Excellent service, plus you get privacy guard free, unlike Godaddy that charges for it.

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Badger

13 years ago

Another Namecheap fan here

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paintbrush4u

13 years ago

Upsells has become a way of life... just urban graffiti... just get good at ignoring the upsells...

I myself am completely turned off by upsells...

"Would you like fries with that" started it all.....

and now you can't get away from it....

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Brian Terry

13 years ago

As long as people keep on buying from upsells they'll always be around.

Sometimes you only get the great deal on the original purchase because of the upsells the marketer has put in place.

As a marketer would you not use them if they helped you increase sales?

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abhi1

13 years ago

NameCheap all the way. For a better price you get a free Whois Guard and a
free SSL certificate.
And no up-sells obviously.

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celente 13 years ago

Originally Posted by abhi1

NameCheap all the way. For a better price you get a free Whois Guard and a
free SSL certificate.
And no up-sells obviously.

Yes NameCheap is a great alternative.

but it all depends on who you are and what you want to do.

Everyone has different needs.
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Rod Cortez

13 years ago

Originally Posted by 0b1

Hello fellow warriors

Recently some of my domains required renewal and its just a pain to renew them on godaddy, so many upsells and even purchasing domains on godaddy,alot of sneaky upsells your unaware off.

Any recommendation, I'm thinking of namecheap

-Brandon

Upsells bother you that much? Interesting. I would think that GoDaddy's ridiculous Terms Of Service would be more relevant in not wanting to use them. You couldn't pay me to use them as they are not IM friendly, despite what their high-cost ads state. Host Gator or Blue Domino are solid hosts I've been using for years.

RoD

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JamesGw

13 years ago

Godaddy can be really annoying. Namecheap is good, as others have said.

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healingoasis

13 years ago

You can try out name.com

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pmbrent

13 years ago

I think it's interesting how we hate upsells when we're shopping for products, but when we are selling products we upsell as much as we can.

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sting82

13 years ago

I think namecheap is good.

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thehypnoguy

13 years ago

I've gone to namecheap. There is always a new Discount Code every month so that you pay less on .coms and it comes with privacy protection for free. Best part is it doesn't put you through all those upsells and it is a lot easier to find the location to fill in the nameservers for your domain.

As for renewing your domains why are you doing it manually. If you just put a CC on file it will take care of it for you automatically. I know I have too many domains to have to play the manual renewal game.

Martin

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magnates

13 years ago

Namecheap.com man . You will love it

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Ellen Sanford

13 years ago

I use Bluehost, it's inexpensive and no upsells.
Also I use 1 & 1, they do a bit of upselling

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makemoneywithben

13 years ago

namecheap for domains.
hostgator for hosting.
simples.

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unlimitedmarketing

13 years ago

I use webhostingpad.com, really good deal on yearly hosting, I would check it out. As far as domains go, I buy them through netfirms.com since webhostingpad charges $15. But their hosting is reliable and it is a good deal for unlimited domains for $53 for a whole year.

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lukehunt

13 years ago

I know what you mean. It takes 25 clicks to renew with Godaddy. They try to add junk like website builders into the cart without you knowing.

Plus they charge newbies 12 for a domain. Namecheap is $10 without coupons. After all, someone has to pay for the supper bowl commercials!

Namecheap also gives out the Whois guard for the first year which is nice.

No brainer - use namecheap.com

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Tsnyder 13 years ago

Originally Posted by lukehunt

I know what you mean. It takes 25 clicks to renew with Godaddy. They try to add junk like website builders into the cart without you knowing.

I don't really care who anyone used but the statement quoted
above is just pure nonsense. I've been using GoDaaddy for many
years... I've never had to click 25 times to do anything and they've
never once tried to add anything to my cart without my knowledge.

As stated early in the thread... it's pretty easy to click the go to
checkout button and bypass the upsell process but you actually
have to be paying attention to what you're doing, I guess...

That... and NOBODY has better customer service than GoDaddy... NOBODY.

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Black Hat Cat Banned 13 years ago

Originally Posted by lukehunt

I know what you mean. It takes 25 clicks to renew with Godaddy.

What Godaddy are you using?

They try to add junk like website builders into the cart without you knowing.

Not once have they ever added anything to my cart without me knowing it in 8 years.

Plus they charge newbies 12 for a domain.

They charge everyone $12 for a domain.
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jerytohn

13 years ago

Yeah....it's such a chore clicking on the "no thanks" button

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DomainSky

13 years ago

Namecheap!

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JohnnyDaBoy 13 years ago

Namecheap sucks. Try getting them on the phone - you can't, because they don't give you a number to call.

Worst possible thing to entrust your domain name - the core of your online business - to a company that doesn't list a phone number.

Godaddy is the known devil here. Go with them.

- JDB
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truly_gifted

13 years ago

Definitely Namecheap. I've never seen them do an upsell...you either want something or you don't. And if you don't pick it out, they aren't going to do it for you.

They have excellent customer service, good pricing, and they have lots of great deals and promos throughout the year. Aside from their domain registration services, I'm actually a bit curious as to how well their hosting stacks against the competition.

Anyone have some insight?

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trytolearnmore

13 years ago

Namecheap is awesome. It's awesomeness lies in its simplicity.

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ibmethatswhoib

13 years ago

Enough said

GoDaddy CEO kills elephant, videotapes act - Business - US business - msnbc.com

I'm done with them.

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pronwnk 13 years ago

Ohh wahh! Boo Hoo >>> ibmethatswhoib
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James_Harkin

13 years ago

I use $6.99 domain names, $2.99 website hosting, $0 Internic Fees .com, .net and .org are $6.99 a year, no coupons just set fee per year.

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proxified

13 years ago

Namecheap.com is good
If you can pay few pennies more for each domain, moniker.com is your best choice.

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pronwnk

13 years ago

I use 1and1 but the only drawback with them is you can't purchase a 10yr domain. Google likes sites with 10 yr domains. You can use both providers and run your operations with 1and1...which I will be doing soon. Only up-selling 1and1 does is e-mail (to me), which you can unsubscribe from.

-Pronwnk

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talfighel

13 years ago

I have been using Godaddy for years now and am very happy with them.

Bob and his team are very professional and they are very smart because they do a lot of their business with the upsells.

Nothing wrong with that.

Everyone does it.

You go to a coffee shop and you order a cup of coffee. Then the person behind the counter asks you if you want to add a doughnut with that order. That happens to me almost everyday.

You go to a Mcdonalds restaurant and you order combo #6. The lady asks you if you want a warm apple pie with that order. That is an upsell too.

So a lot of companies do this and this is normal.

I don't see why not if it makes the company MORE money.

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TheBigShow

13 years ago

I am about to give namecheap some business. I have used godaddy from the start, I just want to experiment a little.

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webmaster1742

13 years ago

Nothing wrong with GoDaddy.
It's easy to skip all of the upsells on GoDaddy
and checkout.

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xMarkPro

13 years ago

Personally, I like GoDaddy. I can't remember the last time I've paid more than $1.17 to register a new domain.

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Michael Shook 13 years ago

If you get a cheap domain registration, you can pretty much bet that when it is time to renew, the registrar is going to get as much of the cost back as they can.

If you are looking at building a business based on a website, and the difference between starting a business and not starting a business is $9.00 or so, then you are more than likely in the wrong business.

I realize that was not the subject of the OP. But if your other expense is time, and you are only registering one domain, that amount of time is negligible. And it is easy to skip the upsell process. If you are registering a bunch of domains, then you would probably already be past the point where you would be making posts about GoDaddy's upsell process.

There are other reasons to go with other registrars. Diversity of portfoilo, TOS, interface design, previous bad experience, there could be a lot of reasons.

They are one of the top companies in terms of selling you upsells, though, and their process is an interesting experience that can be learned from.

And it helps to know what you need before you buy the domain, so you know what to avoid and what might prove to be of value.
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Adaptise

13 years ago

Most definitely another vote for Namecheap. I left Godaddy for the same reason - hated being badgered with upsells and trying to trap me into upgrading. I HATE being sold to, and every time I went there, I was having it shoved down my throat. No thanks.