I have worked with Go Daddy for several years, choosing them as registar for many of the domains I've owned.

I've had good experiences with them, especially with my .us domains. I notice that sometimes the new domains resolve within hours. How is this possible?

.com domains appear in the normal 24-72 hour window.

What has other peoples' experiences been with Go Daddy?

Does anyone know what their facility is like? Staffing? Stability?

I am considering getting into hosting, and would choose them as the registrar of choice, perhaps attempting to get into a reseller relationship.

Any input would be welcome. :D

We really liked their service, especially the Web based management interface as well as fast domain activation. One time, we had a .com domain activated in less than 3 hours. Their service is stable as well.

Not to mention the cost. ^_^

Originally posted by hostingasia
We really liked their service, especially the Web based management interface as well as fast domain activation. One time, we had a .com domain activated in less than 3 hours. Their service is stable as well.

Not to mention the cost. ^_^

I've truly appreciated their prices..especially the sales on .us and .com domains. It's not at all like the old days of having to punk down $80 up-front for two years when Netsol was the only game in town and abused people as such.

$80? I remember when domains were $100/yr., 2 year minimum. I also remember when they were free. I also remember how bad I felt a few years ago when I had owned clickhere.net and forgot to pay InterNIC. Back in those days, you could register a domain and be billed for it later. It used to take them months to drop names nobody paid for...

Those were the days.

I love GoDaddy. I don't know anything about their facilities, but I don't think you can go wrong if you use them as your registrar of choice for hosting.

Back in those days, you could register a domain and be billed for it later.

I remember those days! Of course, as with anything, it got taken advantage of quite quickly, but hey.

I've used godaddy for the past 2 years, currently have 24 domains residing there. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them, as they are top notch. With GoDaddy, your domains won't automatically expire if you forget to renew them (with multiple domains, it really IS hard to remember expiration dates), and they've got absolutely excellent services. Top notch crew, and all for around $8/domain per year. Talk about sweet deals!


I've had good experiences with them, especially with my .us domains. I notice that sometimes the new domains resolve within hours. How is this possible?

This has nothing to do with godaddy at all actually, rather the parent servers (yes, there is such a thing), and how frequently THEY update the domains and whatnot. Just the other day I tossed anoher 6 domains on the account, and all but 1 were active by 5pm, the other one was active a bit slower (something like midnight I believe).

Here's what happens when you register a domain:
Each tld you register has a separate parent server, and each of these has different rules and regulations for updates. Some update quick, some updat slow. Some require numeric (127.0.0.1) addresses for nameservers, some are just fine with ns1.domain.com, etc.
I've found (and I don't know why, but this is what I've found) that the .com , .net , . org parent servers are slower to filter down information than the .biz, etc servers. Like i said, i really DON'T know why but this is the case, and it's been something I've seen over the past few years. This is why you're told "It can take up to 48 hours to register your domain". Godaddy doesn't control these servers.

Personally I find their interface poor and their advertisements annoying. As far as domain resolution: that has nothing to do with godaddy, it depends on the registry, .org/.info/.biz resolve nearly instantly.

Originally posted by silentmike
It's not at all like the old days of having to punk down $80 up-front for two years when Netsol was the only game in town and abused people as such.
I don't recall NetSol charging $80. It was $100/2yr (free before that), then $70/2yr, and finally $35/yr.

Originally posted by pergesu
I don't know anything about their facilities, but I don't think you can go wrong if you use them as your registrar of choice for hosting.
Many did (and I'm one of them). Just run a search on this forum.

As for hosting, go with a REAL hosting company. When did you start buying furniture from your grocery store? :D

Sorry, that's not how I meant it at all.

For silentmike's hosting business, he can't go wrong using GoDaddy as the registrar. They're great for registering domain names. There's no chance in hell I'd use them to host a site...

I apologize for being unclear in my first reply.

godaddy is pretty good, in the years i use godaddy i used also some others and godaddy was my better experience (only as registrar for domains btw) for webhosting i have other solutions

I would never use a registrar as a web host.

Originally posted by dmaven
I would never use a registrar as a web host.

I second that. Best to use a registrar for your domain
and a separate web hosting company for your websites
& email.

If your registrar does your website & email hosting &
either one or both go down for some reason, the
registrar won't compensate you for those. Check their
service agreement to be sure.

Considering how many .COMs & .NETs there are & the
demand for .COM especially and how much the registry
has to handle , I guess it shouldn't be surprising that propagation for them is slower than the others.

They are located in Scottsdale, AZ
All the 1st level tech support go thru a 2 week training class to make sure they know the products and how domains and hosting works.

I've heard that they are going to be starting dedicated servers....

From my own personal experiences, support may lag a little but everthing else has been great (registering domains, hosting, user interface, etc.).

Originally posted by kohashi
Personally I find their interface poor and their advertisements annoying.
There, I agree 100% . It takes 3-4 pages to actually get the domain REGISTERED, because they try to get you to buy all their frills and whatnot, not a good thing.