Well I've read alot of mixed comments concerning Godaddy, so can you guys comment of either its a Go or No Go and why? And if it's a No Go, what is recommended indeed?

no go since so many probs are happening these days from their side

like blocking countries etc..

if you're from the states might be nice option for u, otherwise consider alternative like namecheap, registerfly etc..

why would they block countries from using their site/services?

do they not make money regardless of where someone resides in cyberspace?

:confused:

seems like an *** backwards business practice to me...

Im from holland and I have 2 domains there, and i ordered it sunday and the domain was up on monday! I have no problemms with country blocks or something

A NO GO. They blocked some countries (for credit card fraud?)without notifying their existing clients that belonged to that blocked countries.

Plus, they have lengthy and a bit complicated process of changing ownership of domains. Their control panel is not a thing to be called friendly, but it's not utterly inferior though.

No go, since they blocked my countries.

GO GO

I've been reading about the country blocking ,however since this doesn't affect me right now in the states I could care less.

99 yearly up to you.

I can send you screenshots of control panel if you can use a computer I doubt you will find it difficult. But I can also send you screenshots of enom,aitdomains,engineregister,etc

Don't know about everyone else here , but for me I want best price and good support. I've had no problems for the couple years I've used them and bottom line they offer YOU the most money.


dollar for dollar here is what you get if you charge 12.00 a year

godaddy/wildwest 3.94
enom (reg reseller) 3.05
ait 4.01
serverfly 3.05

all are free but godaddy. so its up to you .89 cents more a year and pay 99.00 a year or one of the other free ones.

and enom you cannot have a lower price than your parent reseller.

definitely no go for me. it was best before when they didn't block my country. but now they suck big time because they don't allow me tio manage my account with them and that they ignore all emails asking for support and help. they should cease offering applications to other countries than US because they will ban other countries without notice if they think that somebody in that country uses fraudulent cards, even though they have legitimate customers in that country.

Go Go for me since I live in the state. It's a no go if you live in one of the country that is being blocked, but otherwise, Godaddy is pretty good considering the price. Email support is quick, and the control panel, IMHO is one of the better one out there (just a personal preference).

Originally posted by Jeffreyw
Plus, they have lengthy and a bit complicated process of changing ownership of domains. Their control panel is not a thing to be called friendly, but it's not utterly inferior though.

Same here. I can't stand their transfer process. They offer way to many extras that turn off the "thrifty type." Plus I have a hard enough time competing with other resellers so why would I want to compete with the source. Let's see, as stated above, $12 for WWD reseller or $7.95/$8.95 from GoDaddy? Besides, it isn't always about the money. After several years of registrar hopping, I have found that eNom is worth the extra pennies for me. If somebody is registering one or two domains then GD is fine. If your are an avid domain broker/collector/etc then eNom is far superior to GD. DirectI, no comment because I have not used them. But there was something I couldn't stomach about sending a couple of $k overseas to a relatively new company I might add.

Sorry for the rant.

If your not a Macintosh User, this shouldn't matter to you, but does matter to your mac using clients
Godaddy has great service, but has now decided to not support certain browsers due to thier inferior SSL certificate service where it can not read some browsers with out error, that included Safari.

They ask you to go through a long list of to dos for your Safari using clients and self install a crt.

This would be what you would need to tell your hosting clients. There blunt solution was use another browser and then the guy on the phone at Godaddy said "personally we don't care about Safari"

That lead me to call Apple and get someone that is now handling this issue with them.

They handle Fire, Opera and all other, try telling a design agency or other high end site developers that are mac only and when they register domains to , Um yea, use IE and explain why.

I have 200 personal sites with them and will never use them again, unless dire needed. Not because of other resaons listed here, but the fact that I get errors on certificates on everypage combined with broken images.. This also affects wildwestdomains as well

This is thier email response to us

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Browsers that support our Root Certificate
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Our Valicert/Starfield root certificate is pre-installed in IE 5.01 and higher (PC and Mac), Netscape 4.7 and higher (including Mozilla and Firefox), AOL 5 and higher (which uses IE as it's embedded browser), and Opera 7.50 and higher (which will soon be released).
If a customer uses a non-supported browser, they will receive errors when accessing secure pages on any of our sites (Go Daddy, Secureserver, Wildwestdomains, etc). The customer will typically receive a warning message and can choose to continue despite the warning. They can permanently fix the problem by either (1) choosing to download and install the Valicert root certificate from the repository, or (2) upgrading to a supported browser.
To view and install the Valicert/Starfield Root certificate have them follow this link and click 'Install Certificate":
h***s//certificates.starfieldtech.com/repository/valicert_class2_root.crt***

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I agree with acts837

Go GO GO theyre great, I use them with all my domains.

I hate GoDaddy. Their control panel is a pain and hard to navigate. They don't give you many options and what some domain registars offer for free, they give you a fee for it. Since I'm in the USA I have no problem with the country block though. And I tried to "give" a domain to soemone and I had to fill out a form and this and that. Their a pain. I now go with www.namecheap.com

I don't dislike the godaddy control panel but hate having to go through all those screens trying to sell other godaddy products just to register and pay for a name. At the moment I am using enom much more than godaddy.

Why not register at places like

namecheap.com
viceplanet.com
registerfly.com

??... I've heard godaddy.com isn't too good - but then, :confused:

namecheap $8.88
viceplanet $8.88
registerfly $9.99
All resellers of Enom!?
It is expensive. You can find better deals. Ignore Godaddy, Enom and their resellers and look for the better deals.

Definitely NO GO. Just go with RegisterFly, IMHO they offer the most features for $9.99, best bang for your bucks.

no go! go daddy go suck

I hate godaddy. Namecheap.com is the best! :)

ok.........here's my view. To some, price is the bottom line, to others it may be other factors, like tools included with price or not. However you purchase domains, and whatever your end use of those domains are, you are left with a need and a price. If what you are paying for equals what you need, then in your mind you are getting the best price. In my experience, with the tools and price of godaddy and WWD, I save myself hundreds of dollars a year than at enom, namecheap.com, or anywhere else. Sorry about other countries and people having problems from buying domains for others, but I'm not affected and right now, godaddy saves me tons of $$$$$! The day that stops happening, I will move on. I'm not saying godaddy is for everyone, but they're right for me. I hate no business, they either get my business or they don't, period. Do the math. End of story.

Go for me. I like godaddy. All but two of my domains are with godaddy.

its a go

all 3 of my domains are with them and they are fine
easy to edit domains, easy to use CP

I have dozens of domains with Godaddy.
Never a problem and always very fast.

I don't know why some people don't like the control panel. I find it very, very easy and efficient.

I also have domains with enom, namecheap and ev1, but I prefer Godaddy.

Now there's 1and1.com - $5.88/domain. I have registered 2 there so far. If all goes well, may have to say goodbye to godaddy! Like I said before, the almighty dollar speaks. 1and1's system seems kinda slow though. Will test it over time to see how it compares. Same tools though as godaddy - catch all e-mail/forwarder, domain forwarding with masking, DNS control, and more. Looks like they have a 3 year promotion going on......hard to find details, but see how things last. Yeah, I think godaddy's interface is pretty smooth compared to other registrars.

godaddy's control panel is filled with ads, especially when you want to purchase something, thats what i dont like about them.

I transferred all my domains away from GoDaddy specifically because their site doesn't work on a Mac. In this day and age, particularly when it is so very easy to do, that's unforgiveable. The way they see it, if they don't want my business, I don't want to give it to them.

Originally posted by saluyot
definitely no go for me. it was best before when they didn't block my country. but now they suck big time because they don't allow me tio manage my account with them and that they ignore all emails asking for support and help.
GEE I wish all this had come out BEFORE I registered my domains with them. This must be a new thing because six months ago, this forum was nothing but praise for goDaddy. *sigh*

I've not been blocked (AU), but, like you, I have found their account management really f***ed-up. I created one domain, transferred another, and then trying to register a third and all the contact details and everything else are so entirely screwed up that I can't sort mark from marsha.

And, yes, their help is, well, non existant. If you can figure it all out yourself, you're sweet; otherwise, you're FUBAR!

I don't dislike the godaddy control panel but hate having to go through all those screens trying to sell other godaddy products just to register and pay for a name. Yeah. :D That's pretty crappy, too.

The way they see it, if they don't want my business (doesn't work on a Mac), I don't want to give it to them. Yeah, you tell 'em.
Doesn't work on a Mac?! That IS unforgiveable.

Is it just me, or is anyone else getting the impression they're run by amateurs?
*sigh*
To quote Adam Sandler, "again, something that could have been brought to my attention YESTERDAY!!!"

No question, I would certainly exercise caution. If you are looking for an alternative, try Moniker.com.

Good luck.

Originally posted by midnightz

Godaddy has great service, but has now decided to not support certain browsers due to thier inferior SSL certificate service where it can not read some browsers with out error, that included Safari.



There's no 'support' for any browser in an SSL certificate. It just doesn't work that way.The support responsibilities fall to the MAKER OF THE BROWSER. If Apple can't be bothered to install the Starfield root certificate by default with it's new browser, then GO COMPLAIN TO STEVE JOBS. The issue has nothing to do with GoDaddy or anyone else who chooses to use a particular cert. Geotrust certs aren't 100% either. No cert is ever 100% because there's always some idiot conjuring up another inferior 'beta version' browser and passing it off as a finished product.


Put the blame where it belongs - on the programmers who coded Safari and didn't bother to make it compatible with the REAL WORLD where the rest of us live and work.