Godaddy issue today

I use godaddy, and like it. I have never had any issues.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

I'm not a techie at all - I just went with the hosting company that most people suggested that I used (and I asked a LOT of people). I'm with 1and1.com for my site registration and hosting. I've been happy with them so far and I am hoping to have my site up in the next few months.

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I have hosting accounts with both GoDaddy and 1and1
From my experiences 1and1 have given much better value and support.
If you are a newbie or not technical 1and1 is probably the easier to work with.
The only reason I have not moved all over to 1and1 is GoDaddy refuses to release my domains when 1and1 sends them the requests.
GoDaddy claims that changes have been made to my registration information in the last 60 days. According to their terms transfers are not allowed on Domains that have been purchased or modified within 60 days of the request.
Have not changed anything in over a year and I checked it just to make sure.
That is my only real issue with GoDaddy, they try to make it hard to leave them.

I've noticed with godaddy that if you search a domain name a few times in a row, the next day it is sold but you can "buy" it back for twice the amount.

I do my hosting through Heath Warren (tekwarren is his screenname here) and I've never had any issues in 3 years now. He's relatively cheap and he's more on a personal level with his customers. You get up to 5 personal emails too, I think anyways. It's pretty much unlimited space too.

Ah yes - Heath :gj:

Very unfortunately our domain name is registered with GoDaddy and we may never be able to transfer it elsewhere due to impossibilities imposed on the account by GoDaddy.

I HATE GoDaddy with a passion. HATE! And yes, I do have reasons for this--many, many, many reasons. I do a lot of freelance web design work and every once in a while I have to work with GoDaddy when a customer is already registered/hosted with them and it is always a humongous pain. Their support is good--I will give them that, but that is really the only decent thing about them. And no, they aren't the cheapest way to go by any means. Some of the simplest things simply cannot be done via their control panels and if you are a newbie or don't know much about web hosting, domains, and how things work, doing much of anything beyond the absolute basics would be practically impossible (if you even manage to get that far). And their add-on applications are absolutely terrible. Ever have to work with their Quick Shopping Cart? Go ahead and start stabbing your eyes with a fork now because that is about the only way to distract yourself from the pain in the BUTT it is going to be, not to mention once again--all of the simple things that you just CAN'T do with it! Seriously--I could go on and on--just don't GoDaddy! :rage:

i use godaddy for my hosting, i also bought my domain though them.

i am not web savvy for this stuff. and godady has been very understanding when i screw something up inevitably. they have AMAZING customer service, and for me to say something about that means its good.

i would suggest you look around and see which ones work for you. some people dont like godaddy but i have had a fantastic experience, and have been using them since the end of november 08.