GoDaddy supports SOPA, redditor proposes "Move your Domain Day"

Post by Anechoic » Thu, Dec 22, 2011, 7:59 PM UTC

someone13 wrote: post #124

pg wrote: post #114

Even if domains are just a loss leader for GoDaddy, they surely look at their numbers, so this is a way to send them a message they'll hear. Maybe it will work, maybe it won't, but no one who still has a domain at GoDaddy will be entitled to complain about SOPA if it passes.

I'm going to piggyback on your comment here, since it's at the top of the comment thread. From the Reddit link: "Name Cheap messaged me with a special discount code for reddit users: BYEBYEGD I'm not taking any positions i'm just reporting it. I asked him to give reddit users a better deal." I'm not affiliated with NameCheap at all, but if you're going to move your domain, this might make things easier.

Post by jackowayed » Thu, Dec 22, 2011, 8:02 PM UTC

dchest wrote: post #152

a_a_r_o_n wrote: post #137

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Spend less.

How is this relevant? I don't spend much, and use cash in real life. But I need a card for online purchases for my business (hosting, etc.) and for access to my bank accounts in a different country. Maybe I can replace most of it with wire transfer, but Amazon, Rackspace, etc. won't accept it.

Post by thebrokencube » Thu, Dec 22, 2011, 8:16 PM UTC

tdfx wrote: post #153

someone13 wrote: post #124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm going to piggyback on your comment here, since it's at the top of the comment thread. From the Reddit link: "Name Cheap messaged me with a special discount code for reddit users: BYEBYEGD I'm not taking any positions i'm just reporting it. I asked him to give reddit users a better deal." I'm not affiliated with NameCheap at all, but if you're going to move your domain, this might make things easier.

I transferred my domains to NameCheap from GoDaddy during their last PR nightmare. I wish I had done it sooner. NameCheap's interface isn't the best in the world, but not having to use GoDaddy's site is worth more to me than 5x the transfer fees I paid. Plus the domain privacy option is bundled, meaning cheaper domain registrations ($11 for a .com vs. $17 at godaddy -- at least for the first year).

Post by MBlume » Thu, Dec 22, 2011, 8:28 PM UTC

unreal37 wrote: post #130

solipsist wrote: post #120

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While I understand your sentiments towards SOPA, are you really going to distance yourself from all of these companies? http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/Rouge%20Websites/SOPA%20Su...

That list would be a whole lot shorter if you removed the names of Law Firms. Why are they even on there? And the Congressional Fire Service supports SOPA? That's "stretching it" for supporters.

Post by dchest » Thu, Dec 22, 2011, 8:35 PM UTC

jackowayed wrote: post #163

dchest wrote: post #152

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is this relevant? I don't spend much, and use cash in real life. But I need a card for online purchases for my business (hosting, etc.) and for access to my bank accounts in a different country. Maybe I can replace most of it with wire transfer, but Amazon, Rackspace, etc. won't accept it.

You can give Amazon direct access to your checking account: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=1...