Stackoverflow for president... Woah there is an idea.
StackOverflow also planning to switch from GoDaddy due to SOPA concerns.
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Re: StackOverflow also planning to switch from GoDaddy due to SOPA concerns.
#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
Gandi locks my Chase credit card each time I pay them. Using (ugh) PayPal is the only way I can use them.
The only time American Express has called me has been twice on my Gandi payment. Makes you wonder about their fraud algorithms. Surely Amex can see I make the same payment every year, or maybe that is the mark of a patient and not greedy fraud. FWIW I haven't had any troubles in the last few years.
The one time I had a credit card number stolen, Wells Fargo noticed the problem before I did. When I asked their fraud guy what the charges were that I didn't make he said they were a couple of domain name registrations.
Presumably attempting to register domains is something card thieves do to verify a stolen number actually works before they resell it or use it for "real" purchases... but why they use domain fees for this, I have no idea. Also, this was years ago, so one would assume that by now the card thieves have moved on to new methods that don't red flag so fast?
Interestingly enough, none of my own real domain registration fees has ever tripped up a card block and I've owned dozens of domains over the years.
Re: StackOverflow also planning to switch from GoDaddy due to SOPA concerns.
#13I recently started to point all name servers to Amazon Route 53. Clean and super easy to use now that it's available in the AWS Management Console. GoDaddy has been reduced to a registrar only, all DNS is managed from AWS now.
And good riddance of GoDaddy's crappy Domain Manager UI.
Re: StackOverflow also planning to switch from GoDaddy due to SOPA concerns.
#14Wow...this is like hearing that Github plans to quit Dreamweaver because it was feuding with Adobe.
No it's not. Domain name registrars are a dime a dozen, people don't invest hours learning to use their panel, they also don't write "I know how to use GoDaddy" on a resume. As you can see, the switch from one to the next is trivial. People often procrastinate to do it because it's a bit of a pain, but it's simple enough that the motivation to do it is just one frustration away.
It just shows that if you're about to express your unpopular political opinions as a business, at the risk of pissing off a good chunk of your customer base, you should make sure your product is so damn good and unique, that people will be compelled to use it despite their contempt for you. But in this case, people just went nah, fuck godaddy!
Re: StackOverflow also planning to switch from GoDaddy due to SOPA concerns.
#15I cannot believe how many people are using the worst domain registrar in existence, even if you don't consider SOPA support. Out of all of the domain registrars, why GoDaddy?
Re: StackOverflow also planning to switch from GoDaddy due to SOPA concerns.
#16Why did anyone ever use GoDaddy in the first place? There are much better options out there. Dynadot, Moniker, Gandi, ... the list is endless.
> Why did anyone ever use GoDaddy in the first place? Price ($1.xx .coms occasionally) pulls you in, inertia keeps you there. If all you do is use them as a registrar, you'll probably never have a problem, so no reason to reconsider. Plus, it's the biggest registrar, trust in numbers.
This is precisely the reason I stuck with GoDaddy for so long. My first domain was registered on 07-Sep-01 and, at the time, GoDaddy was the cheapest registrar I knew about/could find. I think this was even before they really started pushing their "edgy"/sexist advertisements.
Since then I haven't really had a compelling reason to leave, though earlier this year I decided to--as my domains expire--move to name.com. Of course as of today I initiated the transfer processes on the remaining 12 domains.
It's a win-win for me.
Re: StackOverflow also planning to switch from GoDaddy due to SOPA concerns.
#17I cannot believe how many people are using the worst domain registrar in existence, even if you don't consider SOPA support. Out of all of the domain registrars, why GoDaddy?
Inertia. GoDaddy was great back when the other main option was Network Solutions. If you registered for multiple years, or simply forgot to transfer before the renewal period, it was easy to stay.
Re: StackOverflow also planning to switch from GoDaddy due to SOPA concerns.
#18I cannot believe how many people are using the worst domain registrar in existence, even if you don't consider SOPA support. Out of all of the domain registrars, why GoDaddy?
Because it's cheap, popular, and most people don't interact with their domain registrar aside from registration and renewal.
Why do people buy clothes made in sweat shops or from chains that are terrible to it's employees? A lot of it just comes down to cost.
And even if you know how terrible something is (morally or ethically), some people aren't willing to change.
Re: StackOverflow also planning to switch from GoDaddy due to SOPA concerns.
#19I cannot believe how many people are using the worst domain registrar in existence, even if you don't consider SOPA support. Out of all of the domain registrars, why GoDaddy?
Name another registrar that is cheaper and comes with DNS?
Re: StackOverflow also planning to switch from GoDaddy due to SOPA concerns.
#20I cannot believe how many people are using the worst domain registrar in existence, even if you don't consider SOPA support. Out of all of the domain registrars, why GoDaddy?
Because it's cheap, popular, and most people don't interact with their domain registrar aside from registration and renewal. Why do people buy clothes made in sweat shops or from chains that are terrible to it's employees? A lot of it just comes down to cost. And even if you know how terrible something is (morally or ethically), some people aren't willing to change.
I don't think markbao was referring to their morality in his post, simply their terrible, terrible usability. I think also cost is not the reason, especially for the low numbers we're talking about. I would say people use GoDaddy because of GoDaddy's successful online and on air advertising campaigns.