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Dopamine · Jul 16, 2009, 01:49:10

I recommend buying domains and email through godaddy.com, and have several plans of my own with them. They're one of the cheapest there is, their customer service, although in the USA, puts UK customer service standards to shame, and their email plans are very cheap; from $1.19/month for a single address, to $2.50/month for 10 addresses.

I've had godaddy hosting, domains and email for the last 4 years, and have not had a single second's down time.

I've just had a quick look and see that as a special offer domains can be bought for $1.99 if bought with a non-domain purchase, i.e., email. Using that offer, a domain plus email with 2GB storage and 5 addresses is $22.16 for a year (about £14). Excellent value.

http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/email/personal.asp?ci=9020

http://www.godaddy.com/default.aspx?ci=13334

somanyholes · Jul 16, 2009, 08:31:07

sorry to be a pain dopamine but i disagree with anyone recommending godaddy. Whilst you may have had good experiances with them many people haven't. They are a shady company to say the least.... I recommend having a look at the site below.

http://nodaddy.com/

and

http://nodaddy.com/#horror (really worth reading)

and

http://forums.nodaddy.com/

also this is worth reading http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/03/godaddy-uses-standard-tactics-to-warehouse-domains/ . The comments on here also seem to sum them up quite well.

their security also leaves a lot to be desired.

Sebby · Jul 16, 2009, 09:15:08

Quote from: badpianoplayer on Jul 16, 2009, 00:50:34
I have gone through it all and have the final page ready to order but I cant seem to see the final total I have ordered the domain name and the Email which seems too cheap.
The Email is 3 months free offer
the Domain name is £2.49

There is no sign of the total to pay and I cant seem to figure it out it only seems to work out at a few pounds

Is this with 1&1? If so, that sounds about right - they're very cheap.

David · Jul 16, 2009, 11:34:49

Yes Sebby it is1&1 I will finalise this morning after confirming

Thanks Somany

Dopamine · Jul 16, 2009, 21:43:13

Quote from: somanyholes on Jul 16, 2009, 08:31:07
sorry to be a pain dopamine but i disagree with anyone recommending godaddy. Whilst you may have had good experiances with them many people haven't. They are a shady company to say the least.... I recommend having a look at the site below.

lol. I have to chuckle at those that get taken in by the negative press that large successful companies always attract. Almost every single large company has a small percentage of customers or former customers who are so dissatisfied that they set up sites knocking them. It's a peril of being large and successful, but it doesn't often reflect the actuality. 99% satisfaction still leaves 1% dissatisfaction, and 1% of a lot is a lot - plenty enough to keep sites like nodaddy.com in business.

I work in one of the biggest, if not the biggest, branch of internet commerce, and amongst that branch GoDaddy has one of the highest satisfaction and recommendation ratings going. I know hundreds of site owners who host through godaddy, all of whom are completely satisfied. Of course, I don't dispute that there will be a number of legitimate complaints about them, but nodaddy.com is hardly a source of unbiased opinion. (and in case anyone's wondering, I have no affiliation whatsoever with godaddy. I'm just a satisfied customer)

It's a bit like me setting up a site IDNot.com, complaining about the poor way my outstanding complaint is being dealt with, the fact that I've had other customer support queries ignored or forgotten about, that my IDNet phone package has had its price increased by over 50% (daytime calls increased from 1.4p a minute to 2.5p, effective August) yet I received no notification of the pending increase and only discovered it by chance when I logged into my account. All of these things are true, and if IDNet was much larger there would be a substantial body of dissatisfied customers like me to populate IDNot.com. I would no longer recommend IDNet to anyone, but that's based on personal experience. Do you have a poor personal experience of Godaddy to share?

David · Jul 16, 2009, 22:11:27

Well thats certainly balanced it up

I had not heard of any of them but good point well made,I think

somanyholes · Jul 17, 2009, 07:35:48

QuoteDo you have a poor personal experience of Godaddy to share?

In response to that no I personally don't. I do know of 2 other "personal" friends who have not had good experiences. This does not relate to their actual web hosting, but their management of domains, and the tactics that they use. I have seen many many negative comments relating to godaddy on domaining forums. My issue with them relates to their handling of domains not their "customer service levels" or their "uptime" and the like. I fully appreciate other companies post negative comments, so keep on chuckling there ohh knowledgeable one.

I personally would not have any domains I value with them, or ever try to transfer out. I have nothing negative or positive to say about their webhosting it'sself.

Anyone thinking of using godaddy should at least make themselves aware of the type of company they are dealing with.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=%22godaddy%22+%22unethical%22&btnG=Search&meta=

Dopamine · Jul 17, 2009, 14:52:35

Quote from: somanyholes on Jul 17, 2009, 07:35:48
so keep on chuckling there ohh knowledgeable one.

I will.

Caution is always advisable, so thank you for the links.

Here is a tiny selction of internet companies that you should also avoid:

microsoftsucks.org
mac-sucks.com
whylinuxsucks.org
paypalsucks.com
one and one is rubbish

...umm. Maybe we should all abandon the internet altogether and go back to gossipping in darkened corners