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Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com
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Re: Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com
#382This was a thing back in the day where shady Adwords advertiser registrars would ‘register’ any unregistered .com that was searched.
That is when I learned my lesson to use a ‘trusted’ registrar for searching.
Re: Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com
#383I've had this happen plenty of times to be before in the past. Back when I did freelance web services, I used to tell my clients to never search on GoDaddy in advance for domains.
Re: Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com
#384As someone who works at a somewhat big registrar, it always amazes me how opaque the whole domain ecosystem and politics is to anyone not in the business.
Even some "basic" stuff like the difference between registrar and registries is widely unknown to the public.
It's a shame really, because knowing how it works is extremely empowering. Knowing where and how to escalate complaints (registrar -> registry -> ICANN if not a ccTLD) for instance is just mandatory.
Re: Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com
#385Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I only used godaddy once because I couldn't get the tld on namecheap. Interesting... I'd love to get a .as domain, but Namecheap don't offer that. Does GoDaddy have more TLDs or where would you suggest to look for obscure TLDs?
we haven't seen a lot of demand for .as but if there are other folks on here that want it, we could consider onboarding it! Just upvote this comment to +1 ;)
How about making sure you have all the countries? I think it was .it that I couldn't find.
Re: Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com
#386This is something I was always worried a registrar would do, but I always told myself not to be so silly. That they had better things to do. I guess godaddy don’t have anything better to do. Very crappy behaviour indeed.
Re: Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com
#387Earlier quoted context omitted.
Whenever I talk to startups, I check their domain. If they are on GoDaddy, it means that they are technically incompetent.
Absolutely. You sound like someone that could really be of benefit to my latest startup. We're doing bigly things. If you're interested in finding out more drop me a line... gator3827@aol.com
there's kinda that ironically-lame hipster vibe to using aol.com email addresses. they're coming back in style.
Re: Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com
#388100% same as my experience with GoDaddy several years ago. Checked for domain availability, found an open one, didn’t buy it and it was registered the next day.
I hope they go down in flames. Their whole business was built on misogyny and preying on ignorance. Their products are rough to work with, and their service hasn’t been kind to me. Super Bowl ads and loss leaders have worked to hook a lot of people into the type of subpar website ownership experience that gave rise to social networks in the first place.
Re: Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com
#389Ted from Namecheap here. I cannot speak to GoDaddy's practices. However, I can say that for Namecheap, this is not something we would ever even consider doing. In my experience though, lookups are more complex than most think. We are querying so many different sources to give you availability status, some of which are less reliable than others. For example, with smaller TLDs like .ai or .is, lookups may be less relia…
Lately I've noticed websites dynamically changing price for domain names using AI to determine how valuable that name is? I don't like that practice, it used to be same price for all domains names of certain kind (.org, .in, .com etc) but now not just the TLD but also what name you pick can dramatically increase the price.
Re: Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com
#390Earlier quoted context omitted.
If it's a good domain it would be snatched by someone who wants to make a profit flipping domains. The domain business is broken.
Domains that are blocked by people not using them for years are just as bad.
Perhaps, but it's easier to deal with a user you can contact at [alias]@registrardotcom versus a corporation you can contact at spam@corporationdotcom