[ale] Godaddy Suxs!!!

[DJPfulio at jdpfu.com]

There are these magical things called calendars.  You can put a reminder into them for 60, 90 or 120 days BEFORE your domain is about to expire.  Sometimes, 90 days isn't enough time, I've learned.
At this stage, I renew or migrate to a cheaper registrar every 10 yrs - that's the longest I've seen.

I used GoDaddy. It was cheap.  Did 10 yr registrations to minimize hassles.
When GoDaddy started charging $20/yr for a renewal and I couldn't find a coupon to get the initial price anymore, I found a better deal and transferred.
Once, I didn't have a expiration reminder early enough to transfer the domain, so I paid for 1 yr, I was pretty pissed about that, and set a reminder to find a cheaper registrar starting in 6 months.  Found a transfer and $7/yr deal, rather than the $20/yr from GoDaddy, so the xfer was done.  $70 for a decade.  I'll worry about it it 120 days before each domain expires sometime in the 2030s.

A calendar reminder will remind me when it is renewal time.

I've always kept hosting, DNS, and registrar separate.  Harder for any single company to hold me hostage that way.  I know it seems easier to bundle, but then they have you by the balls.


On 12/6/24 11:42, Chuck Payne via Ale wrote:
> Two years ago, I made the unfortunate mistake of letting my domain
> expire by just three days. Due to a recent name change at Facebook,
> Godaddy took advantage of the situation and demanded an exorbitant
> fee of $1700 to reclaim the domain, solely because it contained the
> word "Meta."
> 
> After consistently checking for opportunities to regain control, I
> finally managed to win a bid for the domain last week at a much more
> reasonable price of $25.
> 
> I've been a long-time customer of Godaddy, but their recent decline
> in quality has been disappointing. I'm considering switching to a
> different domain registrar as soon as possible.
> 
> It seems that Godaddy's decline began around the time they stopped
> their iconic Super Bowl ads. The company has become too corporate and
> less customer-focused.
> 
> 
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