I Quit You, goDaddy
Published August 20, 2009I can no longer stand to use goDaddy ’s services and I am letting my domains either expire or transferring them to nk" >NameCheap /" target="_blank">NameCheap. Here are my instructions for transferring your domain name from goDaddy to NameCheap.
A few years ago I had web hosting with them for about 1/2 hour. After cruising the control panel I said no way. Plus, all that proprietary crap they hang on it was too much. I cringe when people tell me they have web hosting with goDaddy. Why do they do it? Because they think Danica Patrick is hot? Because they see goDaddy’s ads on TV? Marketing bullshit.
Their unlimited web hosting plan for 3 years is $12.74 a month. JHC!!!! Get out the jar of vaseline. What an ass raping. I get a 3-year unlimited hosting plan at WebHostingPad for $1.30 a month. FUCK, man, I URGE you to transfer right now.
Back in the day I thought goDaddy was “the place” for registering domain names. Yes, it was and still is considerably cheaper than NetworkSolutions or Register.com, but that’s where it ends. NameCheap is way cheaper, especially with their monthly coupon code. Plus, NameCheap gives away FREE privacy protection with all domain registrations and transfers with dirt cheap yearly renewals ($2.88). DomainsByProxy privacy at goDaddy is another ass raping.
I just had some domains renew at NameCheap. Renewal was $9.96 and renewal on the WhoIs Guard privacy protection was $2.88. All of that would have cost me $19.18 at goDaddy, $6.61 more. Believe me, it adds up when you have a lot of domains.
Their site navigation is horrible. They make excessive use of opening new pages for just about every link you click on. By the time you’re finished with your business, you’ve got at least 5 new browser sessions going.
Oh, and they constantly sneak things into your shopping cart. DOUBLE-CHECK YOUR CART BEFORE YOU CLICK THAT BUY BUTTON!
They deliberately design their ordering pages to be filled with shit you DO NOT NEED. Even after the order is complete, STOP CLICKING BUTTONS because they’re going to try and upsell you with more shit.
Get the shovel. goDaddy is getting deep 6′d.
goDaddy Just Called Me…
Published July 31, 2009
I just had two domains renew at goDaddy . They called to tell me thanks for the business. They haven’t done that in a couple of years. Is business bad? Did Danica request more money? He said I also had a bunch that I failed to renew. Yea, I know. That was intentional. Sometimes marketing ideas I get don’t pan out and I’m not about to pay another $18-$19 to renew them.
I find it a little creepy that he rifled through my account. Don’t tell me what I have. I know what I have. That’s like solicitation calls from credit card companies wanting me to transfer balances and they proceed to recite the balances I have…with other credit card companies. Eeeew. Fuckers.
However, since I had him on the line, I felt it was my duty to tell him what I was REALLY up to.
- I said I was transferring the keepers over to NameCheap /" target="_blank"> NameCheap because I can get a .com name with free WhoIs Guard for only $8.81. I said goDaddy can’t compete with that.
- I told him that NameCheap doesn’t sneak things into the shopping cart during checkout process like goDaddy does. Wow. Dead air on the other end after I said that.
- I told him that NameCheap doesn’t have an affiliate program and doesn’t have to pad its prices to cover all of those commissions.
I should also have mentioned that NameCheap doesn’t have to pay Danica Patrick to show her ass and tits on TV.
Unfortunately, there are some domains I cannot transfer because of the downtime involved during the transfer process. Like the sites that are actually making me money or those tied to my main email accounts.
Transferring a domain can take anywhere from a couple of hours to several days. I find the best time to be on Sundays, provided all the necessary prep work has been done first like unlocking the domain and making sure Registrant email is is correct. (Not the email on the account, but the one on the domain name. I learned that the hard way.) Anyhoo, I’m getting off topic.
But all in all, it felt GOOD to let it out. He said he would tell his marketing department.
Microsoft to Google: Nee Ner, Nee Ner, Nee Ner
Published July 3, 2009
No Chrome Allowed
I like using Google’s Chrome browser for check stats on my affiliate and advertising accounts. I advertise almost exclusively on Google’s AdWords, but yesterday I decided to unpause a campaign I had in my Microsoft AdCenter account to see if I could replicate a very successful AdWords campaign over on AdCenter.
Imagine the shock I got when I went to AdCenter to check my account using Chrome.
The page loaded ok, but when I entered my username and password, nothing. I was in awe. Not the cute little baby aaaaaw, but disbelief awe. It just sat there. Shock and awe. What a bunch of pissy little bitches.
