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

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

bobergstrom wrote: post #157

someone13 wrote: post #124

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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.

Name.com also has a rocking transfer special if you use the promocode "NoDaddy" as a response to their SOPA position.

Post by amartya916 » Thu, Dec 22, 2011, 8:36 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 evandena » Thu, Dec 22, 2011, 8:37 PM UTC

Anechoic wrote: post #161

someone13 wrote: post #124

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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've been seeing a lot of recommendations for NameCheap, but there is one thing that makes me hesitate: I get a staggering amount of spam from domains registered by NameCheap with the Whois info shielded by WhoisGuard. Yes, I've used their reporting tool to report spammers, but it still comes. Is this about scammers flocking to NameCheap because it's, well, cheap? Or is NameCheap somehow marketing to spammers while t…

Post by evandena » Thu, Dec 22, 2011, 8:40 PM UTC

kulkarnic wrote: post #144

dchest wrote: post #132

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Both MasterCard and VISA are there. What to do? :(

I am planning on using my Amex everywhere they take it. I know they're not non-evil with their commissions, but I'm picking from what we have.

Post by akkartik » Thu, Dec 22, 2011, 8:48 PM UTC

citricsquid wrote: post #84

akkartik wrote: post #73

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Those '120 domains' they're talking about aren't newly registered. Most people have been renewing them with godaddy every year for $12 a pop ($15 for .org).

They do renewal coupons too, they often work out cheaper than initial registration (assuming you register for ~$8). For example, gdz1229c today will take 31% off of renewal, gets my .com renewal down to sub $8. Nobody is paying full renewal price unless they don't care about cost, it takes ~5 seconds to find a 30%+ off coupon, there are always a lot available.