GoDaddyReviews 517

Well, well, what can one say about godaddy.com. A lot -- most of the reviewers have been right on the money. Stay away. Yes, the site is cheap for domain registration, yet, there are tons of domain registrars out there, today. Do your shopping. Bob Parsons is frankly a weirdo! I would not give this troglodyte one penny. He's a gizzillionaire and supports -- Well, let's leave that one aside. Regarding the hosting services, stay away. I have spoken with too many friends and associates whom have had difficulty with this company's hosting.

I like GoDaddy. I highly recommend them. They make having a website easy as pie. I had a website with them for over a year and when it came time to cancel it, there were NO hassles at all! The only problem I had was when I had another website where I was switching domains the switch too a long time. I had to leave GoDaddy because they did not have the right hosting service for the platform of my website, otherwise I would have stayed with them. When I called Customer Service the techs always spoke over my head meaning beyond my ability to understand what hey were talking about. I felt kind of frustrated for that reason. They have since switched ownership so not sure if they have enhanced their services.

Still really fed up with these guys who turn a professional service into a money grabbing exercise. Every time you try and navigate they greet you with a request to upgrade, buy, change something which as you guessed, will cost $$.
They are real sharks and their attitude is if you don't like it, don't bother. Even their management area is a nightmare always trying to stop you transferring domains away and stalling the process. Quite a horrible american company to deal with. Ugh.

Why does anyone use Godaddy? Between their Elephant killing and sexist CEO to their lame servers that work different (and worse) than any other domain reigstrar/hosting company, there is nothing that Godaddy offers that you can't get better or cheaper from more reputable, caring, compassionate companies. However, if you are a Nascar fan that prefers to use the Hooters of the internet rather than getting good products and service then perhaps you want to stay with godaddy.

Truth be told... GoDaddy is like AOL used to be. They advertise a ton, but they are basically for people who are not familiar with domain names or hosting.

Their domain name signup is extremely spammy and uses hard upsells. They tell you that you "need" a whole bunch of stuff that in fact you don't need, is free with other domain companies, and doesn't do what it says it does anyway. I used to have a ton of domains with them, but have switched all of them to a company that is the same price, doesn't constantly harass you with phone calls, and provides free privacy protection, (which GoDaddy charges for).

Second, their hosting is probably one of the worst. In fact, I once had someone tell me that you can tell a "good web developer" by asking them their opinion of GoDaddy hosting. No one who knows anything at all uses them for hosting. They are terrible, and have all kinds of weird configuration settings that are a nightmare if your site uses any kind of database whatsoever.

Then... there is their marketing practices. A year ago, I complained to them about their "soft core porn" tv commercials, explaining that women own businesses too, and that the commercials are offensive. They flat out told me that women are not their demographic, and that the owner likes these types of commercials, (he obviously like to also post videos of himself killing elephants on YouTube). They told me that if I didn't like it, I could go elsewhere. Guess what? I did GoDaddy, and I'm spreading the word!

I would say a crap a company. There support staff has no sense of technical issues.
I had more than 20 domains registered and 3 hosting accounts, I transferred all the domains to my existing onlinenic reseller account and shifted the hosting to HostGator. Every week my site went down for 2-3 hours, and when you submit a support ticket, they would reply after 12 to 24 hours saying "Your websites are working fine for us. Please let us know if you have any other problem" lol...

They are all earning the business because of putting the hot chicks banners on their homepage and attractive web layout offering different stuff with many discounts.

I would strictly say anyone going to Godaddy, STOP and buy from some better company.

Viewing the many negative opinions of GoDaddy.com was really a surprise to me. I have about 90 domains with them, and have never had a problem with their service. On a couple of occasions I had to call their phone support, and they took care of my issues really quick... no long on hold.

As far as the many offers they want you to go through, who cares? I just happily click no, no, no, and save a good bit of money.

As far as the web hosting, it leaves a bit to be desired. I found it too slow and cumbersome for my needs and went elsewhere. Not a complaint, it just didn't fit my need for web development. As far as the one guy who claimed they wouldn't let him cancel, I find that review suspect at best. I have bought and canceled domains and other services over the last 5 or so years and have NEVER had them charge me for anything I canceled. And, cancellation was easier that most renewable services. I simply set that service to NOT auto-renew.

On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd rate them as follows:
Domain sales - 10
Web hosting - 5
Customer Service - 9
Ease of Website use - 8

Go Daddy is more like poop daddy! They are awful for hosting and spare no cheapness in overall layout options. Not to mention their poor support and hidden fees. If your hosting through them you have to pay for each additional page you want to add. I definitely would recommend anything other than GoDaddy. It stands for Go get your money dumb Daddy cause we want it all. Oh and never give them an e-mail address, that is bad, very bad!