Is GoDaddy a good domain registrar?
by adria.richards
Question by Mario: Is GoDaddy a good domain registrar?
I’ve heard it’s good, but has terrible Customer Service. If my domain is about to expire, will it handle this for me? Would you recommend GoDaddy? I’m thinking that maybe I should register with HostGator. Is GoDaddy only good for its speed? When the nameservers are transferred to HostGator, will HostGator handle the payments? Sorry, I’m new to this. x_x
Best answer:
Answer by mdigitale
I use them for registrar, not hosting. No problems for registrar.
What do you think? Answer below!
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about 1 year ago
Excellent, and no, they have some of the BEST customer service of ANY registrar. The people you her complaining, are ones where godaddy has cancelled their domain for doing something against the TOS (Terms Of Service) like spamming, child porn, scams etc.
GoDaddy reacts a lot faster than most as closing down bad web sites. If you aren’t planning on spreading a virus, child porn, spam, etc, go ahead and use them, If you ARE planning on one of these kinds of sites, I’d suggest using a different registrar.
about 1 year ago
I’ve got all of my domains (about 20) hosted with GoDaddy and don’t have any complaints at all. Super quick with customer service, both online or via telephone, and the interface is extremely easy to navigate.
You can set your account up to automatically renew at the end of your term – which GoDaddy will automatically bill to the credit card on file so you don’t have to worry about losing any of your names.
The reason you hear a lot of complaints about GoDaddy is the same reason you hear more complaints about Wal-Mart. It’s the tallest man on the totem pole. And when that happens, there’s going to be more buzz about you, good and bad. The fact is, more people are going to report about bad experiences they had with a company than good experiences.
The most famous case against GoDaddy that you’ll hear dredged up is one from 2006 where the owner of FamilyAlbum.com entered incorrect information into his domain when he was registering it (as someone has already pointed out here, that’s a standard practice of many people setting up illegal websites). It’s against ICANN compliance to do that, so GoDaddy attempted to contact him via email for two months, to no avail, after which they shut off the domain and put it up for sale again. Suddenly the guy came forward playing victim and blamed GoDaddy for the entire thing and accused them of ‘stealing’ his domain to sell it to another customer for a higher profit (which turned out to be a whopping $18 for a backorder). GoDaddy eventually settled the entire incident with both the new owner and the dufus that originally entered his information incorrectly – and gave him his domain back. But even then, they went above and beyond to make sure both customers were happy.
about 1 year ago
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