Namecheap vs. GoDaddy Rip-Off?!

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I see many people asking in chat which is the best domain name registrar.

It's usually a question of Namecheap (the WA recommended choice) vs. GoDaddy. In my case I have used both.

GoDaddy seems to win a lot because of very cheap prices. But even if you ignore the upsells many people do not always ask about other costs. GoDaddy charge a lot for domain privacy when the first year is free at Namecheap.

A year ago I bought a domain and privacy because there was an offer at Godaddy $2.98

The price seemed to be a bargain, just $ 3.13 + $ 5.99 for privacy. OK, so far, so good, but then there's the renewal cost.

What about after the first year?

Here a surprise!

What?! $ 24.98 for a domain renewal for one year? I'd have to be raving mad if I renew my domain at GoDaddy!

My choice not to renew

I don't have any idea why it's so expensive to renew a domain with them. I'm still trying to understand how they make up their prices.

From my point of view NameCheap is at the moment the best company to register a Domain. No hidden fees, free privacy for a year, so fair price, trustworthiness, consistency and they really give great technical support.

Right now I buy all my domains at Namecheap and I am in the process of transferring my other domains from Godaddy to NameCheap

I hope this blog help you to choose a better domain registrar provider and not be fooled by upfront misleading prices.

Just my 2 cents.

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Well they have to pay for that huge advert in Times Square somehow :/

Hey Gozito you are right!. Those Nasty (XXX) from Godady ugh just ugh!

I know ALL Godaddy customers is paying that Adverts :(

P.S. All those adverts was create in MacBook Pro :P

Gave Godaddy the heave ho, a while ago, got fed up with their Upsell every time I turned around!! Here is the post: https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/fisheagle/blog/the-godaddy-upsell-what-s-up-with-that

Hey David thank for sharing your blog.

I know the spam that does GoDaddy is Irritating as you said. I recieved every week around 5 - 10 email about saving money but they are waste of time and money.

I still 3 domain at godaddy I am looking for to transfer my 3 domains at Namecheap. Unfortunately I have to wait 60 days for every transfer

Nice blog post. I stick with Namecheap - no hidden fees, easy to setup and it's a good price out there.

Thank you Glen!

You are right and I am agree with you!. When I bought a domain I know is very easy the prices they are very very honest.

Namecheap Support are the est. I submitted some tickets and I got a response in less than 1 hour!

I always recommend Namecheap. :)

Thanks for this post - I'm a big fan of NameCheap as well. They seem to be upfront and honest with all of their charges.

Hey Jeff I am glad you like it this Blog. I am a big big fan of Namecheap!

You are right they are very honest in their business and great support. I love I haven't much issues with them and the renewals are WOW the same price without a coupon!

I love the mail services as well :)

Thanks for the heads-up. Lee

No problem Lee. Glad you like it this post. For me is very important say that!

Thank you for posting this! I would've gone with godaddy just because I've heard of it so much before, but now I know a apparently better one, thank you! :O)

Glad you like it Melissa. Godaddy was my fist domain register provider but during the time they just makes me cry with those all fake prices!:

Thanks for commenting :)

Hi, Thanks for the article, if you buy from Go Daddy are you stuck with them or can you renew you domain into someone else like NameCheap or anyone else who is offering a good deal?

Hi Leo, after owning a domain for 60 days you can transfer it to another registrar. Some registrars charge for this, some do not (I'm not sure if NameCheap charges for this). If they do charge for this, it's a rather small price to pay to get away from GoDaddy IMO.

Hi leo you can transferin Any time! Before to do a transfer follow this knowledge from Namecheap: http://d.pr/Cywr.

Namecheap Charges you around $9.50 and they give you 1 year + Whois Guard!

Hi Jason. Great Comment and yes Namecheap charges you but give you 1 year and whoisguard and great deal :)

Is it a complicated process to move from GoDaddy to Name Cheap?

Not at All

1) Namecheap when you are transfering your domain refer to the transfer process and how to do it in the GoDaddy end: Here the steps: http://d.pr/Cywr

2) Godaddy send you a notification like this http://d.pr/i/NH3x.

I accepted Immediately that domain transfer and in less that 15 min you have the domain added to your namecheap account!

acfter that you should add manually your DNS

Thansk for sharing your experiences. When you renew at goDaddy you can still use coupons, so the domain name price is not so absurd.

You are welcome!

I know you can add coupon but the problem is they didn't send me a reminder to renew! But if you think just the domain and Priva itself is so expensive but in namecheap maintains the prices

How long does it take for changes you make to take effect at namecheap? Such as hanging DNS servers and such?

I registered one domain at 1and1 and it would take 12 hours for changes to be updated. With godaddy it's usually within a few minutes from my experience.

Hey Thomas. If i during the check it out at Namecheap you can add the DNS and after the purchase (In my case) the process is immediately!

But seems during the check it out process in a namecheap does not allow you to add DNS

When you did the transfer you receive emails from Godaddy and Namecheap!

1) Namecheap send the steps to the transfer process and how to do it in the GoDaddy end: Here the steps: http://d.pr/Cywr

2) Godaddy send you a notification like this http://d.pr/i/NH3x.

In my case I accepted Immediately that domain transfer and in less that 15 min you have the domain added to your namecheap account

Then you can add the DNS and depending the domain can take immediately or wait. I had to wait just 2 hours to get my site running again.

Hmm, interesting that the DNS changes can be immediately or take 2 hours. 2 hours is still a lot better than 12 hours at 1and1.

Exactly! I did it and is good :)

2 hors is great :)

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