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Was charged for a domain they never ordered; GoDaddy said a staff member with account access made the purchase and gave no clear explanation of how.

Has used GoDaddy for over 12 years and feels it declined; contact-form emails stopped reaching their inbox and GoDaddy branding is on their emails.

Calls starting a website with GoDaddy the worst decision of their life.

During GoDaddy's certificate mass revocation, certificates had 3 hours or even negative warning, and GoDaddy's delegation settings were a joke.

GoDaddy-backed certificates were mass revoked with only 3 hours notice at 2am on some and no notice on others, forcing rushed renewals.

GoDaddy revocation emails arrived at 20:30 CET and 80 certificates had to be reissued overnight.

GoDaddy gave a generic ChatGPT-style answer that would have cost the company its data during an outgoing migration.

During the GoDaddy certificate mass revocation, communication was generic, the portal did not show affected certs, support was clueless and Europeans got 3-4 hours notice.

Needed nearly four hours on the phone with GoDaddy support to renew an OV certificate after the revocation purge.

GoDaddy phone support transferred the caller and a 65 minute wait ended with no help because a customer ID was needed.

All certificates went untrusted after hours during the revocation and GoDaddy's cert manager was crawling.

Accounts get locked for identity confirmation, taking 3-4 days and public pleas to get a human to review documents, with no way to upload them early.

Super happy since moving from Namecheap to Porkbun a couple of years ago, only missing an iOS app.

Cloudflare sells domains at cost, about 10-11 dollars for a .com.

Ten years with Namecheap with stellar support until recent months, when renewing a basic hosting plan went badly and they migrated sites to company-managed cloud servers.

Porkbun made a mistake with their domain, admitted it and renewed it free for three years.

Namecheap disabled a domain with 20k user sites over an outdated abuse report with no prior notice; it came back quickly once they answered the email.

Says Porkbun is fine but demands ID verification if the account is created over a VPN with no way around it.

Has been with Namecheap for 15 years with only good experiences.

Has been with Porkbun since Google domains closed, with no issues and 7-8 domains, pairing it with Proton email and GitHub pages.

A change to Namecheap’s renewal process required re-enabling auto-renewal on a domain they had auto-renewed for a decade; it lapsed and was auctioned off with the profits kept.

Years ago one Namecheap email in spam led to everything being disabled in 72 hours; answering the info request unlocked the account and they transferred out.

Dumped Namecheap, which marks costs up well beyond actual ICANN fees.

Has used Namecheap since 2019 and appreciates the support for SSL certificates and getting them installed.

After a hijacked session set URL forwarding on their Porkbun domains, support replies were AI nonsense and they gave up; an earlier domain registration was also blocked without explanation.

A Namecheap domain expired without a single expiry reminder email, which they had received in prior years, so they are moving it to Porkbun.

Says Namecheap hijacked their account by blocking password reset after they forgot the old registered email password.

Moved away from Namecheap after several years because customer service was terrible.

Has never had problems with Namecheap and has been a customer since asking a founder early on about exit pricing.

After 12 years Namecheap locked their account and disabled all domains behind a 72-hour ID verification demand, knocking their company email offline, with support only deferring to a risk team.

Has used Porkbun uneventfully for three domains.

Namecheap accused them of fraud for parking a new domain, locked them out and refused a refund for a month, so they had to reverse the charge through their bank.

Uses Porkbun and says it has been great.

Left Namecheap because the UI could not set IPv6 nameservers, forcing a support request per domain that was sometimes done wrong.

Porkbun locked their whole account for a week after a transfer because the domain contained the word server and warned it could seize all domains on any complaint.

Got access back within 30 hours after providing the documents, then transferred domains out, noting the transfer was surprisingly fast.

Moved everything from Namecheap to Porkbun, which was quick and easy, with great support.

Lost three domains through an error on Namecheap’s side while abroad and found support of zero help, even their marketplace card payment buggy.

Porkbun has been awesome so far.

Moved all domains from Namecheap, which charged 18 for .coms, to Porkbun at around 11.

Used Porkbun for many years and it is the favorite by far.

Used Namecheap for many years for registration and DNS and it was fine before they moved to Cloudflare for price.

Has had no problems with Namecheap for well over a decade.

Moved to Porkbun when Namecheap was bought and has been happy enough.

Namecheap since 2009 without issues until the buyout; now planning to migrate.

Transferred 4 domains from Namecheap to Dynadot in 20 minutes.

After 10+ years, Namecheap shut down all their domains over a compliance flag and support was powerless.

Left Namecheap after 21 years for Porkbun, which still charges under 12 a year for .com with no promo codes, and is glad they moved.

After 10+ years Namecheap refused to match the cheaper price of its sister company Spaceship, so they moved.

After a decade on Cloudflare registrar, a contact verification bug threatened suspension and support took 3 weeks to reply.

Paid about 55 total for 10 years of a .eu domain on Porkbun.

Namecheap without problems for a long time, but prices crawl up and the API went behind a paywall.

Switched to Cloudflare, which charges at cost with easy DNS for Let's Encrypt renewals.

Porkbun is an absolutely fantastic, no-nonsense experience.

Moved all domains away from Namecheap because renewal was too expensive.

Moved a domain from Namecheap to Cloudflare in about an hour for less than half the price.

Migrating a domain from Namecheap to Porkbun could not be easier.

Namecheap since 2010 with no problems, quick customer service and free WHOIS privacy.

Moved from Namecheap to Cloudflare in 10 minutes and saved 40-50 dollars in renewals.

Ditched Namecheap for Porkbun a few months ago and is happy.

Namecheap chat support quickly verified identity and disabled 2FA so an expired domain could be renewed.

Happy with Porkbun, which works well and lets nameservers be set freely.

Namecheap used to be cheap but now creeps up every year.

Moved all domains to Porkbun: great pricing, flexible configuration and super customer service.

Namecheap announced another .com price increase; renewals were 16.88 not long ago.

Customer since 2002 who says Namecheap went downhill a long time ago.

Transferred 5 domains out of Namecheap because it has been overpriced, particularly on renewals.

Namecheap renewals reached nearly 20 dollars for .us and 54 for .digital.

Uses Cloudflare for domains and renewals have stayed competitive at $10.50.

Domain registration orders took almost a day to process, so some domains were registered by someone else in the meantime, and they moved all their domains to another service.

After about 25 years they left Gandi because domains renew at 30-40 euros after a normal first year.

Many years on Gandi with an easy process and great support at a half decent price.

Likes GoDaddy because DNS record updates apply right away.

GoDaddy support misunderstood how to set a DNSSEC DS record and the first rep put 10K of products in the cart.

Cloudflare solved the ACME automation need and was easy and less sales-spammy than other registrars.

Has used Namecheap since 2007.

Over a decade with Porkbun, never a problem, and the API is great.

Nearly 20 years with Name.com.

A client with 30 GoDaddy domains had every transfer out be a nightmare, and support is like talking to a wall.

Moved from GoDaddy to Cloudflare a while back and it has been solid.

Namecheap is fine but pricier than Porkbun with more marketing for other services, so they migrated to save a few dollars.

Needed over 8 calls in a week to get GoDaddy to remove an outbound email block.

Bought a first domain at Cloudflare and found it very easy to set up without experience.

30-year web developer who has used Namecheap forever with no issues.

Buys domains through Cloudflare because it is just easier.

Always used Namecheap with no issues for simple needs.

GoDaddy SSL support offered only tier 1 and said senior support cannot talk with customers when a rekey revocation needed fixing.

Found the Porkbun website very slow and not working.

GoDaddy cancelled a 10,200 dollar premium domain sale and refunded only 9,900.

After cancelling hosting, GoDaddy website email costs 107 dollars per address per year; everything is a la carte and the site is confusing.

Customer since around 2009 who used to recommend it because it avoided upsell pages and sneaky charges, but says it has morphed into something worse and is now researching new registrars.

After 20 years as a customer GoDaddy purchased the poster's name to try to sell it back.

GoDaddy phone support was unhelpful: its own IIS guide says export the PFX but the rep said it could not be done.

GoDaddy's new root CA did not exist until the final hour, causing a 3 AM outage and ongoing SSL errors on some devices; dropping them.

Installing GoDaddy UCC certificates on SBS servers for years required re-keying on every renewal.

Dropped GoDaddy over a decade ago and found support utterly incompetent.

Moving domains off Namecheap because cheaper options exist and Namecheap offers nothing to justify its higher cost.

Moved everything from Namecheap to Porkbun after noticing they were paying double the rate.

They buy domains with Cloudflare and say renewal costs the same as the purchase price. They automate zones, DNS and SSL issuance there.

A web developer spends much time offboarding clients from GoDaddy because of its products, support and pricing tactics.

Says GoDaddy treats consumers shamelessly, with unclear site and domain information and a support chat rep who dismissed their complaint.

All domains at Namecheap with never an issue, a straightforward interface and clear documentation.

Hundreds of hours wasted on GoDaddy before transferring to Namecheap.

Has used Namecheap for ages without issues.

GoDaddy is fine as a registrar but hosting and email should go elsewhere.

Years of GoDaddy domain registration with no issues, though would never use them for hosting.

About 30 domains moved from GoDaddy and Namecheap to Porkbun, which is nicer with support that works with them on issues.

Nineteen years on GoDaddy ended with annual cost near AU$800 for 5 emails, 1 site and 2 domains versus under AU$100 elsewhere.

GoDaddy hosting upsells everything, including PHP upgrades and downloading paid-for backups.

A domain searched on GoDaddy was taken by the next day.

.ai domains left in the GoDaddy basket were 20 times the price when the poster returned.

Let the last domains lapse at GoDaddy after being tired of the upselling.

A domain the poster searched was parked by GoDaddy as a 1,500 dollar premium.

Locked out of their domain for over a week with no response from Namecheap risk management.

Got spam calls after buying a domain, which they say exposed their personal details in WHOIS, and stopped buying domains there despite the lower price.

Had the same flood of spam calls after registering a .us domain, which has no WHOIS privacy.

Long-standing Toronto-based registrar that has worked reliably for years.

A Spaceship domain customer of three years stays because renewal pricing is very competitive.

Good domain registrar overall, though billing is only available in USD despite being Canadian.

Transferred a domain from BigRock for about $5.97 and is currently getting the same $5.97 a year for future renewals.

GoDaddy domain backorders repeatedly failed then the program was sunset with credits lost and no compensation.

Has kept domains at Namecheap for around a decade without any billing problems.

GoDaddy's IIS certificate instructions were unclear; the R1 cross-signed chain caused ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID until the cross certificate was installed.

Renewing a GoDaddy SSL cert for an appliance failed repeatedly, so they bought a cert from the vendor they planned to move to.

Has had multiple issues with GoDaddy certificates on ClearPass and other systems.

A shortlist of domains checked on GoDaddy had one bought by GoDaddy the next day, happening twice.

Porkbun is their personal favorite: top notch with modern domain management and UI.

Satisfied with Porkbun, only domains there, pricing excellent at 4.07 USD per .de renewal.

A searched domain was listed for sale by GoDaddy an hour later at 995 dollars.

Namecheap customer for 20 years with ~200 domains; DNS always awesome and kept resolving during the outage, though would not host there.

Moved from GoDaddy to Porkbun and highly recommends it.

400+ domains at GoDaddy over 25 years and never saw domain front-running.

Used Namecheap only as registrar and DNS and never had a problem.

Moved domains from Namecheap to Porkbun about two years ago and is happy with them.

GoDaddy refused to drop a domain from Proofpoint until annual licenses expire despite three calls in a week.

Twelve years on Namecheap for domain, email and SSL; a great GoDaddy alternative.

In GoDaddy's M365 setup, changing a user display name took 46 clicks.

Has used GoDaddy for years for a basic domain, DNS and cert setup and never had problems.

Never had problems with GoDaddy.

Had the same domain-grab experience with GoDaddy.

A brand domain checked repeatedly on GoDaddy went from 15 dollars to 2,000 and a second case ended up for sale at 3,000.

GoDaddy domain email was set to forward all tenant mail to a GoDaddy address for its AI chat by default, needing support chat to remove.

Calls Porkbun very reliable and uses it as their registrar, with Fastmail for email.

A searched domain was registered through GoDaddy four hours later and GoDaddy offered a paid broker route.

Years with Porkbun and recommends them.

Cloudflare ticket support was unhelpful for a .uk transfer, so new registrations went to Porkbun.

GoDaddy bought a domain on expiry day and tried to sell it back for 3,000 dollars for a year.

Pretty happy with Porkbun as a registrar in a thread about GoDaddy domain front-running.

GoDaddy quoted 1,000 dollars for a lapsed school team domain while the .org cost 20.

A domain looked up on GoDaddy was promptly bought and cost 15,000 dollars to acquire.

An obscure domain checked on GoDaddy was gone the next day.

A researched obscure domain was registered by next morning; the poster avoids GoDaddy now.

Had horrible experiences with Namecheap and GoDaddy support and moved 30 or so domains from Namecheap to NameSilo.

Left Namecheap after realizing renewals cost several dollars more per domain than Porkbun.

Calls Namecheap fine but renewals expensive, and a fraudulent stolen-domain claim took 6 months to investigate.

Porkbun asked for a face picture to sign up, so they deleted the new account and used Dynadot instead.

Has bought about 50 domains at Namecheap and can register a domain and start working on it within 10 minutes.

Used Namecheap for about 10 years without issues and calls it a solid provider with enough options to configure.

Decades-long GoDaddy accounts and finds tons of unethical hidden fees.

Got a GoDaddy domain refund within the 5-day window, but the refund was not automatic, live chat was missing and phone AI loops took about two hours.

After buying a .net domain on GoDaddy, the matching .com was listed for sale days later, suggesting front-running.

GoDaddy charged around 100 dollars to reactivate an expired domain still in the renewal phase; transferring to Namecheap avoided it.

Has used NameSilo for years with no issues.

Dropped GoDaddy after 12 years and is much happier.

Of 140 domains in various GoDaddy accounts only 124 could be transferred; re-registering the rest carried a huge markup.

Porkbun refunded a mistaken domain purchase happily.

Spaceship refunded a mistaken domain purchase not long ago.

Namecheap was perfect for their needs, but they're moving to Porkbun over unstable renewal prices.

Cloudflare's registrar is an overall amazing experience.

GoDaddy support was unreachable for two days, with no email support, calls not getting through and an endless chatbot transfer loop.

Uses Cloudflare for all 50+ domains: epic and cheap.

Namecheap has gotten shitty in the last few years; they migrated all domains to Cloudflare.

Good experience keeping domains at Dynadot: simple management and easy transfers.

15+ years with GoDaddy and finds phone support great, with a live agent in minutes.

Finds GoDaddy phone support incredibly helpful.

Used Namecheap since 2008 and moved dozens of clients, but since the private equity acquisition service has dropped, prices risen and fraud tools lock long-standing accounts.

Moved everything to Porkbun: cheap and the control panel works smoothly.

Happy with Porkbun: several transfers with no issues, easy control panel, straightforward pricing and advance notice of renewal increases.

Uses Porkbun for their domain at under $20 a year with no issues.

GoDaddy Web Hosting Max sites were down for 10 hours with no help and blame placed on Cloudflare.

GoDaddy shut off the MediaTemple nameservers, breaking a customer's DNS resolution.

GoDaddy Corporate Domains (Brandsight) is the best registrar for a 3,000-domain portfolio, though not cheap.

GoDaddy took over 700 dollars for a website completion, delivered nothing and refused a refund after 4 months.

A complete beginner who used Porkbun free website builder did not like it and is looking for other hosting.

Loves Namecheap, moved there after getting fed up with GoDaddy.

Used Namecheap for many years and moved most domains to Cloudflare: Namecheap is way more expensive and its website is poor.

Switched about 200 domains from GoDaddy to Porkbun two years ago: more reliable and much less expensive.

Bought a new Porkbun domain without needing ID, as with their original one two years earlier.

Uses Porkbun and has never been asked for ID verification.

In India, Porkbun demanded ID verification on account creation even over VPN or real IP, so they gave up (registry rules require eKYC for Indian registrants).

Spent three hours trying to see a Porkbun price while the site spun, returned a bad gateway error, and was sluggish.

Since GoDaddy's new infrastructure switch in March, four of five sites lost their products, requiring daily fixes and hours on the phone.

Their ID verification was declined at Porkbun and they did not know how long the resolution would take.

Managing 85 GoDaddy certs, the R1 chain change broke IIS and Netscaler until bundles were rebuilt.

Tried Porkbun, never strayed, and now has 12 domains with a great interface and pricing.

Namecheap notified that .com renewals rise from 12.95 to about 19.99, up from 5.99 when they first transferred from Network Solutions.

Moved over 20 domains to Porkbun and found the transfers seamless.

A longtime Namecheap fan who moved away because renewing through Cloudflare is cheaper.

GoDaddy charged for two months and a $130 unrequested report; the card issuer said it is flooded with GoDaddy complaints.

After four days of certificate chain trouble with no help, 60+ certificates are moving from GoDaddy to Sectigo.

GoDaddy Website + Marketing Basic rose from 127 dollars to 217 dollars in three years.

A rekeyed GoDaddy certificate on the new R1 chain threw Chromium errors, needing a specific import sequence to fix.

A renewed GoDaddy VPN certificate lacked a trusted root in the bundle and GoDaddy support was useless.