godaddy is a fucking joke, and at ten times the price [of what I use instead]!
and they burrow their stupid certificates into your computer, you can thank microsoft for that one I guess
GoDaddy gave a domain to a stranger without any documentation
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#142GoDaddy is the worst registrar, consider it a liability in any of your setups and switch immediately. I've had similar experiences, save yourself the trouble.
Nah, that honor goes to Network Solutions. GoDaddy is definitely in 2nd place though.
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#143Earlier quoted context omitted.
they are not inexplicably low -- any rational person sees that any low prices are one year intro deals that revert to excessive after the first year. We have always hated working with them, and have moved all clients to cloudflare.
You moved from the worst registrar to the second worst registrar. Cloudflare will call you up one day demanding an immediate payment of $150k and holding your domains hostage if you don't comply.
Cloudflare will call you up one day demanding an immediate payment of $150k and holding your domains hostage if you don't comply.
[citation very much needed]
Re: GoDaddy gave a domain to a stranger without any documentation
#144At the risk of sounding snarky; Last Saturday afternoon one of his client’s domains vanished from his GoDaddy account. Lee is one of the most competent IT guys I know. 'Competent' and 'client's domains [hosted on] GoDaddy' don't go together.
Why not? GoDaddy is a valid domain registrar. The customer had dual MFA set up. The customer did all the right things. I’ve never heard of Godaddy making this kind of egregious mistake before. I’ve heard of some doozies, sure, but nothing like this. Don’t blame the victim. “It’s their fault they got robbed, they left their door unlocked” is not a valid response to a situation like that or like this. The robber still…
After you read this mess and still call it valid? Keep having it your way, we probably will read your tragedy post too.
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#145He mentions these 3: "- Every email address that exists out in the world is now wrong. - Every piece of marketing material is now incorrect. - All of the SEO is gone." but it seems to miss even the biggest one, which is that you are effectively locked out of any online business accounts, your bank, your crm, anything that says "we noticed an unusual login, please enter the code we just sent to your email to verify th…
Really toxic security anti-pattern.
I’m locked out of my 20 year old wikipedia account because they instituted 2fa without asking and my email on file was no longer valid.
Re: GoDaddy gave a domain to a stranger without any documentation
#146Friends don't let friends use GoDaddy, it's an absolute nightmare.
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#147Re: GoDaddy gave a domain to a stranger without any documentation
#148Earlier quoted context omitted.
they are not inexplicably low -- any rational person sees that any low prices are one year intro deals that revert to excessive after the first year. We have always hated working with them, and have moved all clients to cloudflare.
You moved from the worst registrar to the second worst registrar. Cloudflare will call you up one day demanding an immediate payment of $150k and holding your domains hostage if you don't comply.
Yeah, thats FUD. Cloudflare hasnt called anybody demanding huge sums of cash and holding your domains hostage. As a registrar they're fine, dont play scammy scum upsell games (because they have a real business model that isnt just registration skim).
Re: GoDaddy gave a domain to a stranger without any documentation
#149Friends don't let friends use GoDaddy, it's an absolute nightmare.
What’s a good alternative?
Re: GoDaddy gave a domain to a stranger without any documentation
#150Register your domain as a trademark. It costs a few hundred dollars, and can be done online. This gives you stronger rights with ICANN, against anybody who illicitly acquired the domain, against typosquatters, the registrar, and the courts. You can send intimidating lawyer letters, and quickly escalate from the registrar's support department to lawyer-to-lawyer phone calls. ANIMATS®
That is a really fd up system. Pay more to own more.
"You get what you pay for" has been true ever since capitalism was invented. Whether it be the "get a registered trademark" route or the "pay more for a competent domain registrar" route, you pay either way.