Is Go Daddy playing sneaky buggers?

UncleRuckus

UncleRuckus

UncleRuckus

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I found this today, if this is true it is very scummy and unethical behaviour.

I used them once when a friend had bought a domain and it was a terrible experience.



I happened to be on Go Daddy’s site recently for something work-related, and while I was there, I quickly checked if a domain name that had just occurred to me was available for my side project. It was. Cool, I thought.

Then, three days later, I remembered the domain name and went into my Web host’s (not Go Daddy) control panel to register it. I got this message:

Error: xxxxxxxxx.com is already registered and is not available.

Oh, really, you *******? A quick Whois search turned up this:

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, LLC (http://www.godaddy.com)

When I searched again for the domain name on Go Daddy, the site suggested I buy it through their “Domain buying service” and pay the associated charges. But I refuse to purchase the domain on principle. Go Daddy can go die.

I suppose there’s nothing “wrong” with this business practice of analyzing users’ interests and then buying up domain names before they can. It’s also partially my fault because I suspected something like this might happen. But regardless, I will never use Go Daddy’s services again. I’m going back to Domainr for future domain-hunting quests.
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http://thetechblock.com/why-you-should-never-use-go-daddy-again
 
Yeah I read about this happening a while ago as well, although never had any problems myself.

Use 123-reg. A little more for .com domains, but the support etc. is very good.
 
They've been doing it for a few years now. I remember reading a similar story from a member on another forum where the same thing happened.
 
Russinating said:
I just use Vidahost for my domains, don't understand why people make things more difficult in order to say £1/2 a year.
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Things change considerably when you have more than a handful of domains and even more so when you factor in various ccTLD's to manage on top. Those £1/2 and in some cases for ccTLD's £5+ yearly savings per domain quickly add up and it's far from difficult or time consuming transferring between good quality domain registrars.

I also don't like having 'all my eggs in one basket'.

I keep my domains with domain registrars and my hosting with hosting companies and let each focus on what they do best.

Russinating said:
I didn't say anything about a free domain? :confused: In fact I said the complete opposite...
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That isn't the point he was making. Some hosting providers who register a domain on a clients behalf register it with their own details meaning they are actually owners of said domain and not you.
 
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