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10-12-2005, 08:12 PM #1Web Hosting Master
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GoDaddy's Lies
Did anyone else catch this today? Here is the letter I sent to TheWHIR.com regarding the article they published today on GoDaddy.com's tdnam service.
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Hello,
I am writing in regards to this story published today online by TheWHIR: http://www.thewhir.com/marketwatch/god101205.cfm .
GoDaddy.com's The Domain Name Aftermarket is not a new service as GoDaddy claims. We setup our account at the tdnam site on June 1st of this year - if you would like, I can fax or email our receipt to you as verification of this. A simple whois lookup shows that the tdnam.com domain name was registered in February of this year.
So I find it to be inaccurate reporting, stating that GoDaddy.com just now released this service. It has been around at least since May (and even then, it had a good number of domains for sale), and just is not a new service, as the article states.
Thank you for your time.
Daniel J Briere
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Has anyone else here been using tdnam.com longer than we have? I find this to be a very underhanded move by GoDaddy.com to market what is, perhaps, a faltering service (?), by pegging it as 'new'.
What are some others' thoughts on this?Daniel B., CEO - Bezoka.com and Ungigs.com
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10-12-2005, 08:38 PM #2Disabled
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I don't see it as a big deal.
Lots of businesses are open for a while before making a "grand opening" announcement.0
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Originally posted by blue27
I don't see it as a big deal.
Lots of businesses are open for a while before making a "grand opening" announcement.Daniel B., CEO - Bezoka.com and Ungigs.com
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10-12-2005, 08:46 PM #4rogue element
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That still doesn't explain why you think it's wrong. I don't see any factual error in stating that a company is new, that's only six months old if that. Because that still qualifies as new to me. I also see nothing wrong with announcing a grand opening after a store has opened, regardless of how many businesses are doing it. How have you been harmed by any of this? No harm no foul, er, fraud.
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10-12-2005, 08:54 PM #5Retired Moderator
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Lots of businesses are open for a while before making a "grand opening" announcement.
They have probably used these months to fine tune their service and get ready so that when the site is officialy announced, everyone (hopefully) finds it working flawlessly..0
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Look at the manner in which this is done...
"The new site will offer..."
"...it has launched its Internet auction site for domains, The Domain Name Aftermarket..."
There is a very deceitful undertone to it, and GoDaddy.com wants it to appear as though this is a new venture.
I was raised and taught that there was right and wrong and no in between. I'm learning more and more every day that most of the world thinks there is some sort of 'utopian in-between' and this, to me, is very sad. Nobody has a backbone anymore, and it gets on my nerves.
No, this does not hurt me - at all. I myself am a user of the tdnam.com service. But it is deceptive, and deceit should not be rewarded.
Originally Posted by bigbisonDaniel B., CEO - Bezoka.com and Ungigs.com
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http://www.bobparsons.com/GoodbyeSai...m]=tdnam#c4622
Ok, so it was launched in April. I still feel, however, that announcing it six months later and making it sound brand-new, is deceitful. I also know for a fact that no fine-tuning went on at all, as I am a user of the service myself.Daniel B., CEO - Bezoka.com and Ungigs.com
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10-12-2005, 09:00 PM #8Disabled
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Originally posted by mynameweb
Just because lot's of businesses do it doesn't mean it is right...
Nor does it make it wrong.
You haven't explained what is so bad about this nor have you justified your thread title that Godaddy is lying in any way.0
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10-12-2005, 09:05 PM #9rogue element
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Originally posted by mynameweb
Ok, so it was launched in April. I still feel, however, that announcing it six months later and making it sound brand-new, is deceitful. I also know for a fact that no fine-tuning went on at all, as I am a user of the service myself.0
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Originally posted by blue27
Nor does it make it wrong.
You haven't explained what is so bad about this nor have you justified your thread title that Godaddy is lying in any way.Daniel B., CEO - Bezoka.com and Ungigs.com
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Originally posted by BigBison
When Google Maps is no longer beta, I'm sure it will have an official introduction too. You make a small point that the wording could be misleading, but I still don't see much more than sloppy editing there. When my local chamber of commerce does a ribbon-cutting ceremony, it always seems to be a few months in to things never beforehand.
As for ribbon-cutting ceremonies, that's a little bit different. I am sure those companies take a little bit of time to get up and running - they're local, physical, and short on $$$. Again, tdnam.com was up and running fine and WAS NOT in beta mode when we registered our account on June 1st, 2005. Also, no new features have been added since that date to the tdnam.com service.Daniel B., CEO - Bezoka.com and Ungigs.com
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10-12-2005, 09:26 PM #12Invented the Internet
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Six months old is infancy stage for a major new product. Consider also that The Whir was probably working on that article for at least a couple of months. There is an article in The Whir this month that includes an interview with me...and I gave that interview approximately 3 months ago.
I see nothing wrong with what Godaddy did. Let me ask you, how "new" would you consider it appropriate to announce it as such?
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Originally posted by mynameweb
I also know for a fact that no fine-tuning went on at all, as I am a user of the service myself.
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Also, no new features have been added since that date to the tdnam.com service.
The other thing to take into account here is that it is afterall an auction site. They may have been holding off until it's popularity grew because if they announced it the day it opened, then it would have been pretty empty.
6 months is not long for a business, I personally see nothing wrong with the article.0
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Originally posted by AH-Tina
Six months old is infancy stage for a major new product. Consider also that The Whir was probably working on that article for at least a couple of months. There is an article in The Whir this month that includes an interview with me...and I gave that interview approximately 3 months ago.
I see nothing wrong with what Godaddy did. Let me ask you, how "new" would you consider it appropriate to announce it as such?
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Well, I think a new service should be announced as soon as it is made available. It is fine to announce it at some later date, but to announce it as new, when it is in fact not new, is not right.Daniel B., CEO - Bezoka.com and Ungigs.com
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10-12-2005, 09:37 PM #15Aspiring Evangelist
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i know you are but what am i. This thread is retarded.
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It's no big deal, of course, unless it's a big deal.
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Originally posted by 3rdcoast
i know you are but what am i. This thread is retarded.
Guys, honestly, I'm not looking to start a fight. I just find it kind of underhanded that GoDaddy.com would announce a service as new when, in fact, it's been around for six months. This will be my last post in this thread as I feel I've made my case well enough.Daniel B., CEO - Bezoka.com and Ungigs.com
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10-12-2005, 10:37 PM #18Web Hosting Evangelist
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Also consider the source. I find theWHIR useful, but it seems anyone can submit to it if they take the time.
Of course, I could be wrong, but a lot of the emails I get are useless "company x promotes employee y to position z" type stuff...
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10-12-2005, 11:54 PM #19Disabled
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Six months to a year actually is generally considered a new stage for any company. Sometimes it takes a while to formally release a site/company or prepair to formally release a site/company. You may have started using it six months ago, but how long did it take them to prepair the release of the product? When it comes to a company as large as go-daddy theres more cogs and gears in effect there than a smaller company.
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10-13-2005, 02:57 AM #20Web Hosting Master
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I do not see how that article would hurt anyone in anyway possible? It is not as if they are scamming people
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10-13-2005, 01:02 PM #21Junior Guru Wannabe
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Don't most companies test new products, before they announce them to the world?
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10-13-2005, 01:42 PM #22Junior Guru Wannabe
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You have to pick your battles, mynameweb. It sounds like a combination of backend fine-tuning and allowing users to sign up so its active when they announce it. Imagine hearing about eBay and when you go to the site there are no auctions yet
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Originally Posted by AH-TinaDaniel B., CEO - Bezoka.com and Ungigs.com
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Originally posted by mynameweb
http://www.bobparsons.com/GoodbyeSai...m]=tdnam#c4622
Ok, so it was launched in April. I still feel, however, that announcing it six months later and making it sound brand-new, is deceitful. I also know for a fact that no fine-tuning went on at all, as I am a user of the service myself.0
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10-13-2005, 07:03 PM #25Aspiring Evangelist
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what is the purpose of having a "grand opening" after already being in business? that's lame. yeah, it brings more people, but still.. it's not an opening if a place has already been open.
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