mage-156" title="expired" src="http://gettheshovel.com/wp-content/uploads/expired.jpg" alt="expired" width="136" height="141" />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.