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Poll: Did you transfer your domains from GoDaddy today?

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Re: Poll: Did you transfer your domains from GoDaddy today?

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Poll is missing option: "I never used GoDaddy to begin with because of their bad track record"

Some of us purchased domains during the era that godaddy was the best registrar. They were not always this bad.

Honest question: when was that, and what was the criteria for "best"?

I've been purchasing domains since the time when you had to mail in a check for the payment (and the grace period was like 6 months). I don't ever recall GoDaddy being any version of "best".

Re: Poll: Did you transfer your domains from GoDaddy today?

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I switched away a long time ago, and frankly, I'm surprised how many otherwise intelligent people are still using them.

They're big, cheap and safe. Have you ever tried to rescue hundreds of domains from a reseller who is gong out of biz or from a company being acquired? I have and it blows. I'll stick with the evil I know and skip the headaches of smaller registrars.

Re: Poll: Did you transfer your domains from GoDaddy today?

#75
Sorry but if I'm going to have to reevaluate all my tech providers each time some shitty tech legislation is beng voted on I'll have a lot less time to spend actually creating something useful for the world.

If we all had to analyze the political positions of corporations we do biz with we'd have a lot more to complain about than just SOPA.

Re: Poll: Did you transfer your domains from GoDaddy today?

#76
I had no complaints about their service (other than the fact that they send tons of emails trying to sell more...) but, as a Canadian, I felt that was one of the few ways in which I could do something to express my serious concern with and disapproval of SOPA.

Re: Poll: Did you transfer your domains from GoDaddy today?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some of us purchased domains during the era that godaddy was the best registrar. They were not always this bad.

Honest question: when was that, and what was the criteria for "best"? I've been purchasing domains since the time when you had to mail in a check for the payment (and the grace period was like 6 months). I don't ever recall GoDaddy being any version of "best".

I remember switching to them from Network Solutions or Register.com, who still charged like $99 or $29 per domain (I forget which). It was amazing that they had $9 domains AND they provided DNS (it used to be you'd be stuck needing an ISP for this)

Re: Poll: Did you transfer your domains from GoDaddy today?

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post #71
post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some of us purchased domains during the era that godaddy was the best registrar. They were not always this bad.

Honest question: when was that, and what was the criteria for "best"? I've been purchasing domains since the time when you had to mail in a check for the payment (and the grace period was like 6 months). I don't ever recall GoDaddy being any version of "best".

The first domains I got were from register.com at over $30/year. I assumed I was getting great service or something. When I finally had an issue, I sat on hold for over an hour and then got disconnected. I decided to switch to godaddy, the cheapest well known brand.
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