I've used godaddy for years. I do not like their cluttered site and constant upselling when all I want to do is a simple renweal. But I do trust them to not screw up or sell/squat-on my domain searches.
A few months ago I had a gripe about some auto-renews that I didn't intent to have happen. They gave me a refund without too much drama.
+1 for GoDaddy. They're not particularly interesting, but they (in my experience) get the job done, and don't front-run/pre-register domains you search for.
This is one of those things where I would go for the old/established/boring over new/startup/innovative/WebX.0 services - your chosen provider should be simple, long-lasting, and have a very good and long-established reputation.
Are people who get godaddy domains able to transfer those to other people without drama? I know one case where a domain owner wanted to transfer a domain to a successor owner, but godaddy instead transferred the name to a name-squatter on expiration. Maybe this was an aberration, or maybe this was routine practice. What is your experience?
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I've used godaddy for years. I do not like their cluttered site and constant upselling when all I want to do is a simple renweal. But I do trust them to not screw up or sell/squat-on my domain searches.
A few months ago I had a gripe about some auto-renews that I didn't intent to have happen. They gave me a refund without too much drama.
+1 for GoDaddy. They're not particularly interesting, but they (in my experience) get the job done, and don't front-run/pre-register domains you search for.
This is one of those things where I would go for the old/established/boring over new/startup/innovative/WebX.0 services - your chosen provider should be simple, long-lasting, and have a very good and long-established reputation.
Are people who get godaddy domains able to transfer those to other people without drama? I know one case where a domain owner wanted to transfer a domain to a successor owner, but godaddy instead transferred the name to a name-squatter on expiration. Maybe this was an aberration, or maybe this was routine practice. What is your experience?