****ing godaddy!

Godaddy is rubbish. I've never liked it.

I mean, it asks you so many things and like signups and newsletters and additional domain things.

But then Namecheap, my favourite, you just buy the domain and 5 seconds later its registered. Very cheap, Free whoisguard and awesome options.

I dont get what all the complaints are about, godaddy is the cheapest in the business, im not sure what you expect besides crap.

Originally Posted by Village Idiot I dont get what all the complaints are about, godaddy is the cheapest in the business, im not sure what you expect besides crap.

I wouldn't call it crap, really. It is pretty cheap, but I've never had a problem with them. When I registered my first domain, I actually got a call the next day making sure that I wasn't having any problems...I've never received that kind of customer service from an online company before. Plus I've bugged their 24/7 support several times at 3 AM or so, and received quick help from nice, native English speaking tech reps.

I haven't ever used another registrar, so I don't know what to compare against, but I definitely wouldn't call GoDaddy crap.

Back on topic: the fact that a register button's missing from the main page is kind of lame, but considering their main audience will register when they buy a domain, it's not that unreasonable - as other people have already mentioned

It's not the cheapest, NameCheap is and provides such a much better service.

There is a fee you have to pay when transferring domains to a different supplier.

So i just decided to sign up instead of paying the fee, which i didn't at the time have in my paypal.

I've never had to pay to transfer a domain. Is your registrar charging to do it?

Coming from someone who's 'been a great fan of GoDaddy for the past years and never had any problems' - you didn't notice that they have a charging fee of something like $2.89 or something..

I don't see a fee for transferring a domain to another registrar, only transferring to GoDaddy. Can you send a link?

Normal procedure is to have Craddock unlock the domain. Then you submit a domain transfer request via your registrar. A request will be made to Craddock via email. Once he approves the transfer, it's done. We've done this many times for our clients and not once was there a mention of payment to GoDaddy for doing so. Only by the registrar the domain is being transferred to.

Many registrars offer free 'transfers' between their customers (eg, GoDaddy → GoDaddy) and charge for incoming transfers from other registrars (NameCheap → GoDaddy). If you're the person holding the domain and wishing to give it to someone else, there's generally not a charge to you.

Thanks Salathe...that's what I was trying to say.