[Hidden-tech] Uniregistry was bought be GoDaddy. Who do folks recommend now. Godaddy is awful

[Sam McClellan]

> Bob Parsons left a long time ago, and good riddance.
It's good to hear a positive report about GoDaddy. It has gotten 
noticeably better since Parsons left the board in 2018, that's true, but 
it was pretty disgusting back then. They are no longer actively trying 
to prevent people from transferring out, that's good. Still lots of 
nickel and dime-ing now, many add-ons cost a lot compared to other 
domain registrars and hosts, and a lot of products are advertised as 
being very cheap, you have to read the fine print to see that that's 
just for the first year. For example:
https://www.godaddy.com/domains
.com pricing is show as $0.01, then in fine print "was $19.99" is 
crossed out and "2-year purchase required. 2nd year billed at ‪$19.99*‬" 
below that. Most domains are shown as "starting at", .com is one of only 
a few actually tell you the per year price. If you click on the Check 
Availability button, it still doesn't tell you the actual yearly price. 
I find that slimy and manipulative, and the prices are comparatively 
high for anyone with a few domains.
> If you buy the "bulk" reseller account, domains are only about $9.50 a 
> year, depending.
Pricing is good for owners of hundreds of domains. The bulk domain plans 
are $95/year for (for example) $11.99/year .com domains so you'd need to 
own around 50 domains to get down below $14/year per domain. The premium 
membership advertises an $8.85 .com price, but membership is $239/year, 
so with 200 domains the price would be around $10/domain. You can get 
comparable pricing from other reseller programs without having to pay an 
upfront price.
https://www.godaddy.com/domains/discount-domain-club

Sam



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On 4/22/2022 11:47 AM, Michael Muller via Hidden-discuss wrote:
>
> I have 550 domains at GoDaddy and find them excellent, especially the 
> advanced domain management window. Searches work. Folders for larger 
> classes of domains. Select multiple domains and apply changes to all. 
> Changes are applied and propagated immediately. If you buy the "bulk" 
> reseller account, domains are only about $9.50 a year, depending. Some 
> are cheaper. Their support is great, and is located in the midwest, I 
> believe.
>
> Shrug.
>
> Bob Parsons left a long time ago, and good riddance.
>
> Mik
>
> Mik Muller, president
> Montague WebWorks
> 20 River Street, Greenfield, MA
> 413-320-5336
> http://MontagueWebWorks.com
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> On 4/22/2022 8:56 AM, Lisa Hoag via Hidden-discuss wrote:
>> Hi Folks,
>> who do you recommend for a domain registrar service these days. I
>> liked Unigegistry. Now GoDaddy bought them. The GoDaddy user interface
>> is horrible.
>>
>> Best,
>> Lisa
>>
>
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