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How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy
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Re: How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy
#73GoDaddy is one skanky company. Buying a domain is a chore. You have to walk through a minefield of up sells. The ads are gross. All that hassle is just not worth the couple dollars I save every year.
Not sure you really save anything anymore. I've moved most to omnis.com - renewals are $10 for renewals unless you scavenge some coupon. No coupon needed at omnis.com.
Re: How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy
#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
I dont mind the downvotes but I could like the education on what people who believe in gun rights believe in.
The motivation of pro-gun people generally falls into one of three categories: 1. Self/property protection 2. Fun/sport/hunting 3. Assertion of constitutional rights( and sometimes duty ) That said, this thread is in danger of political derailment.
yeah, sorry - just a little touchy on the whole NRA = killing elephants is ok.
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#75Wow. Just wow. Having been to Africa and seen elephants in the wild up close, among other animals, I simply can't stomach that I'm supporting a bunch of fat white Americans flying half way around the world to destroy a magnificent animal simply because they can. I'll be moving my domains away from GoDaddy asap.
I've been thinking of moving for some time now (even before I watched this video). My question is: how? They kind of own my domain names now, how can I simply change registrars?
GoDaddy doesn't own your domains at all, and they'll be more than happy to help you transfer away to a competitor.
It's simple! Just find the place in the GoDaddy UI to unlock your domains, then the other place to request the authorization code required to transfer the domains (you need to request this in an email per domain), then disable private registration if you have that enabled (but don't change your personal info, or you'll have to wait another 2 months), then wait for the correct registration info to propagate (wait a day to be safe, because if you do this wrong it really gets tricky), then start the transfer process at the competing registrar, and follow similarly byzantine steps with them.
At some point, GoDaddy will send you an email telling you that you can confirm the transfer, but they don't mention how. Instead, they give you the steps how to cancel the transfer. Follow those steps, if you can (make sure to click on the correct "My account" link or you'll never find the right forms) and just change the last step to say "confirm" rather than "cancel".
A few days will pass, and then your domain will be transferred!
Now, was that so hard?
Re: How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy
#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've been thinking of moving for some time now (even before I watched this video). My question is: how? They kind of own my domain names now, how can I simply change registrars?
Transfer to: Gandi: https://www.gandi.net/domain/transfer 1and1: http://order.1and1.com/xml/order/DomaininfoMove NameCheap: http://community.namecheap.com/blog/2011/03/30/elephants/ Basically go to any registrars home page and either search for "Transfer" on the page itself or in their search box if provided. They will all offer it together with easy how to steps - and I am sure their support team will help as well.…
I'd encourage you to avoid 1and1. Horrendous customer service, crippled control panels, etc.
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#77Can't believe this thing. I bought a domain name just 5 minutes back, and now I am feeling disgust.
I have around 60 domains with godaddy, and after watching this I don't think I will go for any more. Let the unimportant ones expire this year, and I'll transfer the rest to somewhere else.
Can someone suggest me a good registrar?
Re: How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy
#78It's almost as if Achewood's 2011 predictions are coming true three months early: http://achewood.com/index.php?date=01052011
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#79I blame Disney. Killing an Elephant that is clearly a pest is no different than the thousands of businessmen that shoot Deer and Tahr for sport every year.
Dickish move by Bob tho, he's truly testing the adage that "any publicity is good publicity".
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#80I guess I'll be the lone discenting voice and say I don't think it's that bad. Bob Parsons has always run his company the way he wants, and he has particular freedom to do so since he has zero investors and is the sole owner. He does certain things for shock value, such as the super bowl commercials, which by the way caused outage with a completely different demographic of people. Slaughtering an elephant might offen…
Thank you. Agreed. He fed a village (or more), saved the crop, and it looks like the people there find this to be a noble act. Our U.S. grocery stores have stock piles of meat stacked in open refrigerators, butchered behind closed doors. Animals are fed and bred to be slaughtered so we can have a juicy burger and fries. Out of sight out of mind I guess. Now... MAYBE the CEO of a hugely popular brand should not have p…
> I'm certainly not moving my domains over this.
Me neither. I'm moving my domains because this reminded me of the silent, seething rage I have for Bob Parson's face.
When I go to a site that registers and manages domains, I don't want to see your face. I also don't want to see ads about how great your company is. When I buy a domain, I don't want to wade through five pages of bullshit you put up in the hopes that I won't notice some default or will misclick somewhere and inadvertently buy your useless services. I just want to register and manage my fucking domains.
Seriously, GoDaddy is the expertsexchange of domains.