Experience is the best teacher.

My tip of the week👍👍👍👍

Use caution when searching for new domain names IF you are using godaddy.com!!!!!

Early on, I found that godaddy is/was a "domain scalper" (boo, hiss, boo)

When looking to buy domains for a client, I would search through godaddy for several similar alternative names for one business. As an example: xyz.com or greatxyz.com or myxyz.com etc. Let's say they were all available so I go to discuss with the client and the client decides to use greatxyz.com

It is now a day later, so I return to godaddy to register the name for the client but, what's this?, That domain is now already taken. So are all the others? Drat! You must search again and then settle for a less than ideal name of some other type.

Later you find your first choice domain is again available but now it is owned by (guess who?) godaddy and it is for sale at a highly elevated price. (in one case, ALL 3 of my search options were suddenly owned by godaddy!)

To me, this is a traitorous business practice showing the worst ethics possible... stealing ideas from you own customers using their "search" to show the way. How sneaky is that? My conclusion: Never... I mean NEVER use godaddy again! For anything. As long as they live.

This was years ago. Perhaps they have changed?

I will never know since, to me, godaddy does not exist. Forever.

PS: All is well that ends well, due to this, I went on to find an even better registrar with an even better price, search tools, etc.

Seek and ye shall find. 👍👍👍👍