Dumped GoDaddy Today!
I have been using GoDaddy since 2008, when I first began using WordPress. Before this I used a hosting/registrar by the name of HostWay. in the early 2000s, this was one of the top choice ones to use! Almost everyone on AOL used it and it was promoted there. Well, AOL was always crap and will always be crap, just like Microsoft - at least, as I see them! WordPress was the key to unlocking to cell of website development hell (Mozilla's infamous SeaMonkey) I was in at the time and GoDaddy was a welcome change to Hostway too!
Things don't stay the same...
Hostway had changed its name and took a nose dive in just about everything - and GoDaddy was the order of the day. It still is - kinda. WA encouraged its use up to recent years.
There are three reasons why I dumped it today.
1.They are tricky
They do have a wonderful front end when it comes to domain management, but when purchasing new domain names, it's confusing and it catches a lot of new people and gets them hooked to things they really don't need! Many, people on here are well aware of this and I'm not really telling anything new here. But it does lead to the next thing...
2. It's Upsell City!
I could shake a stick at it at a time before I started doing product reviews. Now doing reviews for awhile, comparing places like Wealthy Affiliate with other training platforms, we certainly have the best it can get for our time! I have acquired a really bad taste for upsells, and to me, having them is more times than not, a sign of an inferior product - or greed - or both. I may have never considered upsells in this light had it not been for the training here, which led to the creation of a review site!
3. It's No Longer a Wealthy Affiliate Top Recommendation
Time to listen to this and take action!
It's time to renew my main campaign, danieleuergetes.com, and when I went to do this, I got a sick feeling. Since WA began encouraging the use of NameCheap, I had a bad taste for them because of authentication issues. However, when it comes down to it, it's not their fault - it's mine. All I could see during the process of renewal at GoDaddy was drop-down after drop-down with pure rubbish being thrown in my face,..
"Buy this! Buy that! You need it!" Well I don't. I almost went through with it, and stopped dead.
I backed out of it. My domain expires today and I did myself a BIG favour - went over there to NameCheap and created a new account - and my chosen domain name now has a new home!
Tomorrow another domain will expire. It will go the same way! I have two domains that already expired but are still renewable. I'm going to let them go. I have one more domain that expires on Saturday. That one is out the door too.
It simplifies things, those two domains that are already expired were associated with my landlord's website. I'm resigning from working on that too, because my landlord is so stubborn and won't listen to good advice about what to do and what not to do on a website, that I will let him use that site management company I fought so hard to keep him from using.
He can go ahead and be like the rest - mediocrity like the rest. He wants links put on his site that will send his friends business. Okay so be it. I will put those links on. I don't care if he wants to tell his customers to leave the website.
For me?
It's that much more towards greater focus on my own work. When I'm finished with the changes in my life, I'm out of this environment, less domains to take care of, the following year should mean a full-time income from my work online!
Switching to NameCheap is just one of those little changes, how insignificant it is - it helps psychologically - even if I have to pay a couple bucks more per domain - it's well worth it to not have all those stupid upsells!
This alone makes NameCheap more reputable in my eyes. As my remaining domains become due, they will be moved.
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Hi Daniel. I'm always amazed at how much unwanted baggage we carry around with us.
We are afraid to dump it in case we need it later.
You sound as if you're getting your life back on track.
Good luck going forward.
Garth
Little by little and little. After awhile it adds up. I'm doing everything I can to get things on track so I can make this full time with minimal effects from outside circumstances.
Mostly about the shenanigans with the purchasing process. I've never had any issues with the rest of it.
Good move! I like namecheap and have never had any problems with them! WA has free hosting included in your premium account.
All of my websites are hosted here. I had HostGator and moved them all off to cut down on the expiense.
I have my domain names with Namecheap and my hosting with Hostgator. I was thinking of leaving Hostgator because I think they are expensive. Good move, Daniel.
Thanks :) I had HostGator and never had any issues with them. I do like WA's practice of not cramming servers full to the max. If I didn't have WA, I'd use HostGator for the hosting.
Moved to NameCheap years ago when that elephant video surfaced. Now with GoDaddy backing SOPA, PIPA, and their stance on net neutrality, it didn't make sense to give money to a company that was lobbying for a change that could impact my business. Solid move Daniel.
I wasn't aware of the SOPA PIPA alliances. Interesting. An elephant video? I will look into that later this evening after I've gotten some important stuff done here.
Yeah. I think this is a solid move. It costs a bit more, but I'd rather pay a little more than have all that rubbish, even though I knew the ropes and just flew past it all, I don't like the idea of it and even though NameCheap probably is about the same as GoDaddy, in my book, the straight way approach to purchasing without all that junk thrown up in front of you is far less intimidating to me.
I often talk about companies that pay it forward by not plastering that sh*t in your face every time you need to purchase something!
NameCheap is easy to use and your first year there the privacy is free as well. Even after that first year it is only a couple of dollars. I have domains there and also NameSilo. Privacy there is always free. GoDaddy still has a few of mine but when they come up for renewal...they are gone.
I didn't know about the privacy and come to think of it, I noticed something was free on there and included. That's probably what it was, even though I had a different account with them in 2010 and dropped it.
the privacy is important because it cuts way down on the spam and scam email and phone calls you get. Without the privacy set up anyone can see who owns the site, what their address and phone number is, etc. Scammers look for those to determine who to target.
I really don't have this bad experiences with Godaddy. All my renewals we without any problems and no upsells were offered. So perhaps you should be more explicative what happened.
When you purchase a new domain name, you get presented with a lot of suggestions about purchasing "extras." I don't know what you're being presented with, but just today I went to renew a domain and those upsells were there as well. It's all those drop-downs you get (they're already dropped down when you're presented with them and you have to scroll down to the bottom of each page. That's not a big deal really, but I'm going to use a company that has similar software (domain management, etc) but doesn't have all that extra stuff.
Don't get me wrong about the service itself. It's fine. I just don't like the extras plastered in my face every time I do a renewal or purchase a new domain. It's one of the reasons why it's not recommended here like it used to be.
And Steve, above, has a great point I never even knew about!
Thanks for replying :)
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Hi Daniel,
I am following this process to change my domain from GoDaddy to Namecheap.
https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/876/83/how-to-transfer-a-domain-from-godaddy
But I am stuck at "Domains By Proxy Service". Will I be expecting an email from them before I can proceed?
Any advice is appreciated. Thanks
The following instructions came from their Knowledge Base. Sounds like you're onto it already. If you've not received the email, you might have to get them to resend it.
Anyway, instructions I've found...
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How to cancel Domains By Proxy Service with GoDaddy?
1. Go to the Domains By Proxy website and login to your account (the login details are not the same as for your GoDaddy account.
2. Look for the email sent by support@domainsbyproxy.com for the login details)
3. Select a check box next to the domain name(s) you need to disable privacy protection for
4. Click Cancel Selected, OR click on the cancellation icon next to the domain name
5. In "Confirm" window click OK.
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If you've gotten these instructions already, just follow through once you've gotten past the email part.
I myself, don't know what's involved here. I never use proxy servers of any kind that I know of.
The following instructions are from GoDaddy where you have your domain set up privately. (I found out more about this...hosting companies have proxy servers so they're not always a bad thing! It helped to find out that these are merely private domain servers.) The following link will take you to GoDaddy so you get it from the horse's mouth...
http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/1625/canceling-private-registration-for-your-domain-names.
It will show you how to undo the privacy status which will then allow you to transfer the domain.