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The guy that owns them has said/done some things that annoy me, too. That plus cheaper, less-hassle registrars were enough for me to avoid it.
He sold it a week ago. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405270230458400457642...
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I'm playing devil advocate here: You should do research before you buy things. And it seems that the author knew Godaddy is notorious for shady practices.
"Caveat Emptor" doesn't excuse shady business practices. If I lose my money to a scam artist, I may be partially to blame, but that does not mean that the scam artist is excused, from a moral point of view.
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It's unethical to charge someone one price for a recurring service and then more than triple the price, in an opt-out fashion. If you raise prices, you need to do your due diligence to make sure your customers are aware they're paying more. This kind of a price increase should really be opt-in rather than opt-out.
I totally agree with you. The same thing happened to me with another registrar/hosting company (ipage). Hosting for a year went from around $50 to over $100 with auto-renew. I did receive an email notifying me of the upcoming renewal but no price was included in the email. When I confronted them after the fact they told me that the information was on their home page where it says something to the effect of "Hosting o…
Gandi has been nothing but ethical in my dealings with them.
You don't have to deal with the abuses of the godaddys of the world, you just have to be willing to pay a bit more to support companies that aren't out to fuck you over.
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GoDaddy's UI is terrible. I use Dreamhost for all my domain registrations and most DNS. Great admin interface compared to the competition, still very cheap, domain transfer codes plainly visible, no unlocking or calling or any of that. You just transfer it away. They are the most honest of the bunch and you can move each part of your service off them as you outgrow it. Easiest to setup a domain for Google Apps too, j…
I used Dreamhost once, after I ended my hosting to move to a VPS, they locked me out of my administration panel completely. I still had my domain with them, but no access to it, and the website actually told me that I needed to open a hosting plan to get access. I had to go through their support process to get access (or really, to transfer out, there was no way I was staying after that). I immediately transferred to…
I know people who work for GoDaddy and the confusing website is part of the upsell. That GoDaddy would screw people with SSL certificates is no surprise. My requirements for hosting are always 'Anyone but godaddy."
Okay, I use godaddy for domains and DNS. Never had a problem with them. But these 'godaddy sucks' posts and the godaddy buyout are starting to worry me. Who would you recommend as a replacement for registration and DNS?
Shameless plug. My new startup Coffee & Domains does domain registration, free private whois, and DNS control for $10 per year. https://www.coffeeanddomains.com
I just tried to buy a domain but can't fill out the form.
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He sold it a week ago. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405270230458400457642...
If I'm reading that article correctly, GoDaddy is more than $1 billion in debt?