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Re: Chart of YC companies' hosting decisions

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Post by jf »

donw wrote: post #16
kevindication wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've had no problems with GoDaddy as registrar, and they're priced right (and that seems to be where they win most in that chart). I can't speak to their quality as a hosting provider though. Have they been screwing up as registrar for others?

I've had great service from GoDaddy as well, and it's a lot cheaper to buy a wildcard SSL cert from them ($199/year) than pretty much everywhere else I've looked.

I figured that price was the main reason why people buy SSL certificates from GoDaddy. (Speaking of which, it's worth checking retailmenot.com for GoDaddy discount codes: I recently bought several wildcard certificates from them and was able to get discount codes for 10-30% off.)

Re: Chart of YC companies' hosting decisions

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Post by potatolicious »

sant0sk1 wrote: post #21
charliepark wrote: post #2

It's surprising how many cells of that table say "GoDaddy."

s/surprising/depressing/ GoDaddy's "used car lot" salesmanship makes me loathe the company. I'm in process of transferring all my domains elsewhere.

Likewise. Have a fairly budget-price but not-so-shady registrar in mind?

[edit] WTF guys, why am I being modded up? I asked a question without providing additional insight - this doesn't deserve +points.

Re: Chart of YC companies' hosting decisions

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Post by tdavis »

bradgessler wrote: post #20
charliepark wrote: post #2

It's surprising how many cells of that table say "GoDaddy."

Their UI is horrendously busy for YC founders, but as everybody else is saying, "the price is right."

Everybody complains about the UI -- but it's domain registration! How often do you really use the UI? A couple times a year, maybe?

GoDaddy is super cheap and reliable (for domains). Until somebody makes something better (and equally cheap), I'm staying.

Re: Chart of YC companies' hosting decisions

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Post by sant0sk1 »

potatolicious wrote: post #23
sant0sk1 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

s/surprising/depressing/ GoDaddy's "used car lot" salesmanship makes me loathe the company. I'm in process of transferring all my domains elsewhere.

Likewise. Have a fairly budget-price but not-so-shady registrar in mind? [edit] WTF guys, why am I being modded up? I asked a question without providing additional insight - this doesn't deserve +points.

I have been happy with http://www.name.com (so far).

$9 .com's with free private WHOIS and they don't mess with you at all. Actually, I called them today to check on a transfer and the customer service was good too.

Re: Chart of YC companies' hosting decisions

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Post by run4yourlives »

Could somebody please explain why you would use a DNS provider that is not your web host?

I've always just used the host's DNS servers for my domains, but I'm curious as to the decision making of others... are there real concerns that would lead you to separate these services?

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