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Re: Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com

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Post by dheera »

ornornor wrote: post #641
lordnacho wrote: post #267

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Namecheap is so much better than godaddy. Interface : just give me the records. I don't want to buy more stuff. Somehow namecheap lets me but the same extras like email, without badgering me. Godaddy is just ads ads ads and interfaces to sell stuff to people who aren't tech savvy. Squatting: this definitely happens with godaddy, like the OP says. Never use them, it's a disgusting practice. I use namecheap for dozens…

Go daddy’s ceo is also a sexist[0] elephant killer[1]. Don’t give him your money. [0]: https://geekfeminism.wikia.org/wiki/Go_Daddy%27s_advertising [1]: https://science.time.com/2011/04/04/godaddy-ceo-on-shooting-...

Damn, not sure what's wrong with HN these days, but I think these kinds of things should be made known.

Re: Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com

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Post by miked85 »

dheera wrote: post #651
ornornor wrote: post #641

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Go daddy’s ceo is also a sexist[0] elephant killer[1]. Don’t give him your money. [0]: https://geekfeminism.wikia.org/wiki/Go_Daddy%27s_advertising [1]: https://science.time.com/2011/04/04/godaddy-ceo-on-shooting-...

Damn, not sure what's wrong with HN these days, but I think these kinds of things should be made known.

Parsons resigned as CEO 6+ years ago.

Re: Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com

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Post by manquer »

Aeolun wrote: post #540
lopmotr wrote: post #375

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Isn't it the police's job to be seizing property from criminals to prevent crime? Not individual victims. If the police won't demand Namecheap remove it, then sorry? They don't have to. It's not like Namecheap committed the fraud any more than a carmaker robbed a bank because the robber drove away in their car.

If Tesla is aware that a certain car is stolen, and they have the ability to remotely disable it, should they? And if they’re aware that the car will be imminently used for a terrorist attack, does that change the equation?

Tesla can do that at government instruction. They have no business doing that if private individual asks for it even if it is world ending nuclear threat terrorist attack.

Same for namecheap. They cannot be the judge of what is spam and not. they should not be asked to gatekeep for the justice system

Re: Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com

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Post by nottorp »

Always use the command line whois tool to check domains, never go through any registrar :)

Domain Name: FELONS.IO Registry Domain ID: D503300001186478247-LRMS Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com Updated Date: 2020-09-16T21:06:29Z Creation Date: 2020-09-16T10:42:26Z

Yep, created 2 days ago.

Re: Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com

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Post by thearthtyagi »

johnisgood wrote: post #592
EricE wrote: post #517

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Another very satisfied namecheap customer. It's so nice to not have to feel like you need to take a shower after visiting your DNS control panel.

What do you mean by that? I use Gandi and I think their UI is excellent. Their "DNS control panel" is top notch, straight to the point, can do anything you want, easily. It is intuitive, no bullshit.

I use Namecheap for domain registration and then Cloudflare for evrything else.

Re: Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com

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Post by amitheonlyone »

ted0 wrote: post #226

Ted 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…

The problem I have with Namecheap is that I can't make purchases with Indian debit cards while with Godaddy, Bank transfer, UPI and Indian Debit cards are accepted. I have a few domains which I really want to switch to another provider and checked out Namecheap twice but had payment issues. I even tried Paypal which didn't work either.

Re: Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com

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Post by WarOnPrivacy »

ted0 wrote: post #609
offmycloud wrote: post #600

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Export a zone file? Namecheap can't even export a text or CSV file of all of my domains and their expiration dates. This is a long-standing open issue that Namecheap support has dodged several times with us. I'm still a customer right now, but I'm looking for another registrar.

Dodged? Just not currently a feature in our dashboard but it's straightforward and we know there's demand for it. We have some major updates in the works. Happy to manually provide an export for you in the meantime.

> We have some major updates in the works.

Will one of those updates be the ability to export domains & expiration dates, from the dashboard?

If so, then say so; otherwise your response feels, well, dodgy. If not, why are you mentioning them in response to offmycloud's issue?

Past that, we appreciate your time here.

disclosure: I'm a 15 year Namecheap customer

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