$5.20 Domain Names From GoDaddy

You're awesome, man, I was about to buy a domain!

Nice, I will try that later tonight. I hope it works for more than one because I need about 10 more by next week.

Thanks - very useful

Just worked for me! Thanks!

Now I am not saying that this is not a nice thing but newbies listen up. Most of the marketers in the know will tell you that saving a few bucks isn't worth the hastle of go daddy

Thanks for mentioning that Troy. You are totally right. You definitely don't want to mess with the GoDaddy hosting. But their domain name services are pretty good. I personally use NameCheap, but for someone wanting to buy alot of domain names, saving $3 a domain is pretty good.

Yeah.. Shame on them for trying to upsell.. The nerve.. Just kidding. Seriously Troy, you were spot on bringing that up because GoDaddy does do a good job of getting you to a cart full of SSL certificates, private whois, hosting, traffic and a bunch of other stuff.

I was only able to use this code once, when starting to use this code for the second time theres no discount...

Your the best just got 2 new domains for VERY cheap.

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I am not sure how long the $5.20 discount lasts. I'm glad some people are having luck with it.

I agree, I am not sure if anyone here has heard of Mike Filsaime's reasoning behind why he wont touch Godaddy. Apparently it cost him $20,000 on a launch.

For anyone who doesnt know the story I will briefly mention it here:

Godaddy are one of the only domain registrars who WILL take control of your domain for spamming complaints.

Now remember, alot of people assume, if they dont spam, they wont get a spam complaint against them.. This is NOT neccessarily true! If you have a large list (or aim to build one) It doesnt take too many of those people forgetting how or if they opted in and hitting the junk/spam button or making a complaint for this to add up to becoming an issue.

Now most domain registrars will refer these complaints on to the hosting company involved. Hosting companies will usually look into the issue and deal with you directly to get to the bottom of it. (and worst case, if they suspend your account you can change the nameservers on a domain name to point somewhere else. Within a short amount of time you are back up and running)

Not Godaddy. Godaddy will restrict and lock your domain for you. (Even if you dont host with them) They will point your domain to a spam abuse url and hold the domain while they "investigate".

Now, you have to contact them directly and their abuse department do NOT have a phone number you can call. Ultimately it will take ALOT of running around to get your domain back, all the while, its being redirected to a spam abuse page. IF you do get your domain back (Godaddy reserve the right to reclaim a domain) they charge you an admin fee of what I believe to be around $90 (at the moment) to get your own domain back.

Now, whilst this might not happen to alot of people, the last thing you want to do is build your list up successfully, build a new product, launch it and send a message out to maybe 10,000 subscribers only to have 5 or 6 forget where they opted in, complain and then have your entire launch shut down and routed to a spam abuse page for a week or so while you deal with Godaddy.

Apparently this happened to Mike Filsaime in his early days online (costing him what he estimated as around $20,000 if I remember correctly) and he has never touched them since.

Because of this reason (and others) alot of IM's dont deal with Godaddy. They are well known for not being easy to deal with.

I personally use NameCheap and have found them not neccessarily to be the cheapest, but very easy to deal with.

A few dollars savings up front is just NOT worth the hassle and potential loss of income in future. (Remember, we are all trying to run a business here.. The old example of "would you use a budget brain surgeon?" comes to mind. i.e. Dont save dollars now at the expense of risking thousands later, in your business!)

As for Godaddy hosting, dont touch it! (There are alot of better options out there and id be happy to advise anyone who is looking)

I dont mean to bash Godaddy, it just seems their domain "abuse" department is a profit centre for them.

If anyone has other information feel free to post.

(And lastly, obviously.. I DONT condone spamming in any way)

Thanks for coupon code

Hey thanks! I was just heading over to them for some more domains and you saved me the price of a big pizza

I have just used the above advice for finding "godaddy coupon2 on google for namecheap it works for that as well if you are looking for an alternative to Godaddy. I did this after reading the illuminating post above by Josh that alarmed me a little.
I already have a few domains at Craynium (don't know if they are any good/ trust worthy) and godaddy themselves. I had been looking for a reliable alternative place to buy domains instead I found these coupons which might be better many thanks to those who have given the advice.

Cheers
Keren

Well, I got 1 domain at $5.20, but I couldn't use it for a 2nd. Must be a 1 time use per account. OYH3 still works for $7.69 though.