GoDaddy gave a domain to a stranger without any documentation
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Re: GoDaddy gave a domain to a stranger without any documentation
#2I have no reason why would anyone use godaddy 10 years ago let alone today
Re: GoDaddy gave a domain to a stranger without any documentation
#3The amount of dark patterns in product management (Domain renewal) UI related to selling additional services and general shadiness from godaddy make it a very poor choice as a registrar. Concur with the other person who has no idea why anyone would choose to use it.
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#4Godaddy is pretty awful in a lot of things. This doesn't even surprise me. But I will say that their broker services have done me well. But I do transfer domains away as soon as possible to dynadot
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#5The amount of dark patterns in product management (Domain renewal) UI related to selling additional services and general shadiness from godaddy make it a very poor choice as a registrar. Concur with the other person who has no idea why anyone would choose to use it.
Such an irony considering the claimed ethical pillars of their founders.
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#6> Lee is one of the most competent IT guys I know.
And yet he uses GoDaddy?
Re: GoDaddy gave a domain to a stranger without any documentation
#7The amount of dark patterns in product management (Domain renewal) UI related to selling additional services and general shadiness from godaddy make it a very poor choice as a registrar. Concur with the other person who has no idea why anyone would choose to use it.
Such an irony considering the claimed ethical pillars of their founders.
Bob Parsons has done a pretty good job cleaning up his Wikipedia and Google search results over the past decade, so a /sarcasm tag might be needed here for the benefit of people born yesterday
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#8This is a textbook case for suing for compensation and punitive damages. I hope someone opened an arbitration complaint on day one to get the wheels turning. Maybe they’ll consider reviewing https://www.icann.org/compliance/complaint (one can dream).
Re: GoDaddy gave a domain to a stranger without any documentation
#9Godaddy is pretty awful in a lot of things. This doesn't even surprise me. But I will say that their broker services have done me well. But I do transfer domains away as soon as possible to dynadot
Do you host with dynadot? From their website it seems like it's mostly domain registration?
Re: GoDaddy gave a domain to a stranger without any documentation
#10I have no reason why would anyone use godaddy 10 years ago let alone today
Came here to post the exact same comment. They have a history of amateur-hour stuff like this, too, don't they? For me, the brand has always been associated with "bet it all on marketing" rather than technical competence.