GoDaddy Review - Domain Registrar

Posted on 03 July 2008

GoDaddy is undoubtedly the most popular domain name registrar in the world. About one-sixth of all domains are registered through GoDaddy, which is twice as many as its nearest competitor.

The company’s business practices are controversial to the degree that they attract some customers and repel others. GoDaddy uses major sporting events and even models to promote their services. However, even detractors agree that GoDaddy has excellent prices and good customer service.

Promotions are frequent, and domains are discounted when bundled with other services. You can always find godaddy coupons for registering new domains , transferring domains as well as for renewals. Regular pricing for .com domains is about $9.00 per year, however with coupons you can get that down to as little as $6.99.

Support is through e-mail, online help, and toll telephone calls. My biggest complaint is that GoDaddy’s interface is difficult to use. Its easy enough to get used to the control panel, however interface is very slow and makes my 3ghz pentium dual core feel like a 486. Aggressive up-selling continues after the sale just after checkout and even through emails. Even so, this hasn’t seemed to affect GoDaddy’s popularity.

I have over 150 domain names at GoDaddy, mainly .info domains due to their $0.99 info registration promotion. I have other extensions too, but not so many .com’s - most of my .com’s are at either DynaDot or NameCheap … I just feel more secure using DynaDot / NameCheap, don’t know why.

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10 Comments For This Post

1. PhilGood says:
   July 3rd, 2008 at 11:42 pm

   haha godaddy and their unethical business practices makes me laugh. its unbelievable how they get away with the stunts they pull. com’on topless models promoting domain registration???? lol

   and what a name “Go Daddy” lol sounds like a adult site just from that.

   but yeh i still use them now n again. services r good and the godaddy coupons always come in handy

2. TopReg says:
   July 4th, 2008 at 2:23 am

   I’d still rate godaddy in my top 3 registrars. Well… 3rd best.

3. dnbug says:
   July 5th, 2008 at 2:04 am

   godaddy is my best friend hahaha i love them and would use them for registering domain names before i use other sites

   i dont care about how they advertise or whatever coz at the end of the day they r cheap n they r good. who cares about how they advertise

4. tHawk says:
   July 7th, 2008 at 11:46 am

   godaddy is a rubbish
   dont ever use their back-ordering service,, you will lose your money
   plus they forget to refund u
   for domains you didnt get
   appraisals are sh*t too
   they appraised one my domains for $15k when wasnt even
   worth $15

   namecheap is number 1
   godaddy is the worst registrar

5. bob says:
   July 18th, 2008 at 12:35 am

   GoDaddy tracks the names you look up, and if you don’t buy it right away, they do so they can sell it to you for more later! this just happened to my business partner today. We called up Godaddy, and they didn’t flat out deny it. I’m sure they have bots that scoop up domains if they are deemed as worthy.

6. chandan says:
   August 2nd, 2008 at 6:21 pm

   i like the gd very much but expect the payment which they need by cc verified paypal

7. kabonfootprint says:
   August 2nd, 2008 at 7:12 pm

   Some of my domain were registered on GoDaddy

8. wailedhero says:
   August 2nd, 2008 at 7:36 pm

   One reason why godaddy.com is famous because of its good customer care services!

9. adda4u says:
   August 3rd, 2008 at 4:42 am

   godaddy is good but i feel it is little expensive ….

10. Tyler B says:
    February 1st, 2009 at 6:16 am

    I had a domain name with godaddy, and tried to transfer it to my site’s host, who gives me a domain with my package. Godaddy make the process arduous enough for me to just wait for the name to expire (not too long), seeing as there was absolutely no information on their site to help me.

    Now that it has expired, they put it up for auction after a few weeks, it didn’t sell, now it’s up again for a smaller price. A quick search showed me that godaddy warehouses any high traffic websites for their own profit. I will never use or recommend GoDaddy ever again.

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