Please vote for one and tell me why you have voted for them?
Please do tell me is it safe to give out credit card info to them?

I've dealth with Godaddy and don't see what's wrong with giving them my credit card number. If any unauthorized transactions go through, just call your financial institution.

You can not compare them. GoDaddy is ICANN accredited registar NameCheap use to be a Enom reseller. Even NameCheap are good enough GoDaddy is bigger. they use to run promotions on domain registration so you can get discounted .info, .us or other extensions. At the same time GoDaddy always try to snatch more money from you by offering a lot of products within the domain registration process.

But if you need a domain you can get it from both of them.

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I have domains registered with both, and so far I think they're both good. They have my credit card info and have not abused it. I would give Namecheap a slightly better endorsement for their Whoisguard being less expensive than Godaddy's Domains-by-Proxy while still providing good enough user selected options.
Both provide domain forwarding.

Well somebody told me this:
This is the message:

Here are my reasons for stating 'NO' to GoDaddy.:

First of all, GoDaddy is banning and blocking several countries.. Not mine ( yet ), but as I am not a US resident, what if they just decide to do so and block.? One would not be able to update and manage, or even transfer domains away, from them..

Second, I just recently moved my last domain from GoDaddy to NameCheap.. And even after I moved all Domains and even after opting out of the GoDaddy newsletter I still received quite a few newsletters, offers, so to say 'Spam' from GoDaddy..

Third, If you try to search the various domain registration related web forums, and WebHostingTalk, you may find various negative postings and reasons for not registering with GoDaddy..

There was also a rumor that, if someone reports your ( GoDaddy ) domain to GoDaddy, for abuse or for having a wrong whois info listed, even if you dont, they shut and close your domain down, without clearing the facts with you, first.. ( As well, especially if you are not located in the US.. )

Just to make clear, none of my Domains got closed or deleted, by GoDaddy, but reading several of the stories and seeing the proofs, made my decision clear to transfer away from them..

So, I, myself, dont trust them anymore..

I am done with GoDaddy.. That sums it up, well..

But, if you are an legal US resident, and none of my reasons, or the other ones you may find on the web, make you rethink, please, feel free to register your domain with GoDaddy..

( But, you may want to do some more research, on various boards, about GoDaddy, for other first hand reports.. )

Hopefully this may help you..


Is this correct?

Originally posted by GizmoPhreak
Please do tell me is it safe to give out credit card info to them?
Like it or not, with more than 6 MILLION registered domains, GoDaddy is currently the second (2nd) largest registrar on earth (and the fastest growing too). So there shouldn't be the question of whether it's safe to give out credit card info to them: it's as safe AND unsafe to do so with ANY OTHER establlished merchants on the Internet.

fcolor is correct in saying that you can't really compare GoDaddy with NameCheap, the latter of which is only a reseller for eNom (another ICANN-accredited registrar), and their total registered domains are less than one tenth (1/10) of the former.

I find namecheap easier to use. But that's just my personal opinion.

I found godaddy support by email is faster (1-2 hours) comparing to namecheap 4-8 hours. But maybe they answered so slow only to me?

Originally posted by lanas
I found godaddy support by email is faster (1-2 hours) comparing to namecheap 4-8 hours. But maybe they answered so slow only to me?

It depends a lot on the timezone. I'm guessing this is related to their claim, i.e., they do not outsource support. So for those living in a non-US timezone, the support is pretty slow. I am GMT+08h00, and a "good" GoDaddy support time for me is 8h to 12h.

Namecheap for the affordable whoisguard.

If you want faster support you may opt for godaddy

I don't need support for a domain name at least.

Originally posted by nameslave
Like it or not, with more than 6 MILLION registered domains, GoDaddy is currently the second (2nd) largest registrar on earth (and the fastest growing too). So there shouldn't be the question of whether it's safe to give out credit card info to them: it's as safe AND unsafe to do so with ANY OTHER establlished merchants on the Internet.

fcolor is correct in saying that you can't really compare GoDaddy with NameCheap, the latter of which is only a reseller for eNom (another ICANN-accredited registrar), and their total registered domains are less than one tenth (1/10) of the former.

infact #1 largest registrar if you combine godaddy+wildwestdomains (their sister registrar for resellers) :)

personally i haven't faced any issues with em but so many i mean SO many had issues as i noticed in the forums.

there is no best domain registration provider, there is the best domain registration provider for you :D (even if it has 6 domains and based in planet Venus :D)

i can complain about namecheap.com control panel... it su* (support too)

Control panel is like control panel, but some of their help topics are old and far away from reality. I.e. help topic how to push the domain to another account says there is the button in the left side for it. In fact, now there is no such button, there is an category "more options" in the opposite side of the window.
Some of namecheap options also sound strange: "tranfer DNS to webhost", instead of domain redirect. They don't allow passwords longer than 10 characters.

lanas,

As Bashar said "there is no best domain registration provider, there is the best domain registration provider for you". There are plenty of Registrars around, just stick to the one you find the best.

For me namecheap has been the best.

I like Godaddy last week when they had a glitch that offer domain price at 3.24$, i bought 3 domains and 2 transfers. And when they found out and fixed their system/programming error, and i dont like them again. :D

Transferring domains to another user takes 30 minnutes to hours. While Namecheap--in less than a minute!

I haven't used GoDaddy, so my positive feelings towards NameCheap may be biased... but then again I may contradict myself yet.

You can find a lot of negative posts about GoDadd, and there is no argument that GoDaddy is a giant in comparison... but then we should also expect more negative posts since people are much more likely to take the time to say negatives than positives, and the more transactions/customers, the more negatives you'll find... but percentage of satisfied customers?? And a customer who has two or three domains views things very differently than the one who buys two or three hundred... or thousand.

I wouldn't worry too much about NameCheap being a reseller and not accredited... it's not like they are selling domains from a dark alley or the trunk of their car. In fact, the reason there are so many positives in NameCheap's favor may be because they are smaller and not overloaded... yet.

Personally, the only reason I will be moving my domains from them is because I just became a reseller myself, so it makes sense to move my domains under myself. My only disappointment with them is that they have an annual charge for their reseller program-- yes, they have one, and I liked the fact that they don't go pushing that heavily on their site.

I also like that they provide a link that web design firms or hosting companies can direct their customers too that "removes" the web hosting info about their sister company, PeopleHost, to anyone you refer to them. Which is also good as I wasn't overly thrilled with PeopleHost when I used them. But talk about rare! That tells me that this is a company that is really thinking about how best to serve their customers and the different needs of their customer groups.

Take in the opinions of others, but also take a little time to look around their websites, send an info request email to both, and see which one you feel better about.

I learned from someone else on the hosting forum that Godaddy does not sell privacy protection for co.uk domains. I don't know who else does. One thing upsetting is that was not made clear in advance by Godaddy when they sold the .co.uk domain registration.

I have been using Godaddy for a while and no problems so far.

I have domains with Both Godaddy & Namecheap. I like them both. Difference in $$$ is not much so shouldn't affect selection.

But, I like the look of Namecheap. I don't know why. Feel like registering more with them.

But, one this is for sure, Godaddy's CP is very heavy & Namecheap's CP is Simple, Light & Straightforward. I like Namecheap CP more.

EDIT: I voted for Namecheap. :)