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Namecheap disabled a domain with 20k user sites over an outdated abuse report with no prior notice; it came back quickly once they answered the email.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

Passkey and 2FA login has failed for a couple of months, forcing use of recovery codes, and they are now locked out of the account.

Moved from GoDaddy to Cloudflare because of GoDaddy's ridiculous pricing.

Has used NameSilo for many years for a portfolio of 200+ domains, managing renewals via API and WHMCS.

Straightforward interface, zero hidden fees, and included WHOIS privacy keep it competitive for bulk domain owners despite slight price increases.

Uses Porkbun for 1,000 to 2,000 personally owned domains.

Has 60+ domains at Cloudflare: at-cost pricing and a great API for bulk management.

After testing several registrars, found Dynadot the best, with a good mobile app and security.

Moved about 100 domains from GoDaddy to Cloudflare smoothly using the API to pre-create zones.

Uses Cloudflare as registrar and notes they do not raise domain renewal prices.

Hosts about 5 websites and 7 web apps at GoDaddy for roughly 30 dollars a month with no problems for ten years.

Pays 56 dollars a month to GoDaddy for 25 WordPress sites, with them for 20+ years.

Switched domains to Cloudflare Registrar and finds it way cheaper.

Namecheap support fixed issues and got the full service working, among the best from a larger company.

GoDaddy auto-renewal produced a large bill that felt expensive versus other providers.

Managing a nonprofit site on GoDaddy meant horrible price gouging on hosting and SSL; moving away saved money.

GoDaddy throttled and threw errors under bot traffic, then tried to upsell a 600 dollar a year plan.

GoDaddy sold website care promising SEO help, but overseas staff were clueless and sales stopped replying.

GoDaddy renewal for a WordPress site and Microsoft 365 email was ridiculous, about 249 dollars per mailbox per year.

Namecheap sold out: support is the worst and prices up on everything, so they are moving to Porkbun.

Prefers Porkbun because it is easy to transfer domains in.

GoDaddy keeps pushing services they do not need, such as insisting on a website, and they have had many bad experiences.

A developer has found Namecheap solid for domains and simple hosting.

Uses Dynadot for a flat 10.88 dollars a year for .com domains.

Tried to buy a $30 domain at Namecheap; the order was cancelled after payment and the domain then showed at $500.

Bought a $250 premium domain via Spaceship, got a confirmation, then was refunded next day because the seller no longer owned it while it relisted for $2000.

After 20 years GoDaddy forced a website builder migration, an update killed the site and support is no longer reachable.

A new .in domain at GoDaddy sat on clientHold after KYC for days with support giving incorrect information.

Has a few domains at Spaceship for a few months with no issues, a smooth process, decent prices and frequent promotions.

A new managed WordPress site on GoDaddy was quick at first but a week later would not load for no reason.

The same site loaded in under a second after leaving GoDaddy versus multiple seconds on GoDaddy.

GoDaddy servers had absurdly small, mismanaged CPU and IO quotas; adding Cloudflare helped a little and firing GoDaddy helped a lot.

Moved a domain from Squarespace to Spaceship recently with zero issues and says it behaves like a mature product.

Long-time Namecheap customer finds renewals 50 percent more than Porkbun and support chat pointed them to Spaceship.

Bought a .me domain through Spaceship from a third party and kind of likes the interface there, enough to consider transferring it from Dynadot.

GoDaddy let a business domain lapse after email-only renewal notices and offers a $99 broker to buy it back.

Mass-transferred domains from Namecheap to Porkbun in an afternoon, with Whois guard enabled on each and a simple sales marketplace; solid so far.

GoDaddy keeps using fear tactics to upsell domain protection after a domain purchase.

Finds Cloudflare Registrar domains priced at cost with no markup and offering more controls.

Namecheap is amazing for domains and hosting with fantastic support, paired with iCloud email.

Longtime Gandi fan since the 2000s moved everything to Porkbun after recent price increases.

Left GoDaddy years ago for Name.com and never had an issue.

Customer was charged 250 dollars for SSL, had their URL resolve to another customer's site, was sold a different bundle and billed 300 for extra support.

Company has used Namecheap for about ten years with no issues.

Gandi split the basic mailbox into a pricey extra, then tripled domain renewal prices; moved everything to Infomaniak.

Never had issues using GoDaddy as a registrar with DNS entries and a basic website.

Namecheap showed a domain price $700+ higher, refused to cancel, and said it would take up to a month; paid $3200+.

Moved domains and hosting from GoDaddy to Namecheap over ten years ago with no problems; the few support calls were resolved in one call.

Porkbun did not answer for two weeks about MX and autodiscover record changes, causing bounced mail, and were annoyed when finally reached.

GoDaddy charged 3,148 dollars over two months for a website build that never happened and refused a refund.

Switched all domains from GoDaddy to Porkbun after GoDaddy started charging extra for SSL; no regrets so far.

Switched from Google Workspace domains to Porkbun, with 8 years of registration for 80 dollars and email for 24 a year.

Liked it for domains, but moved most of their domains to Porkbun because renewals are cheaper there.

GoDaddy charged a defunct club's domain renewal, refused to discuss it without the account email, and refused credit afterward.

Very satisfied with Porkbun for domains, connected to separate hosting for client projects.

Defederating Microsoft 365 from GoDaddy was an easy process but salespeople bugged them on the phone when leaving.

Mostly satisfied for years until a GoDaddy infrastructure move lost product reviews and broke descriptions, with no compensation.

Used alongside others and found a little slower than Spaceship and Porkbun, which they call the best.

Says Namecheap nickel-and-dimes with per-domain SSL charges and fees for help after a hack.

GoDaddy botched a migration from HostGator leaving the site and email down 3 days, and a 1,400 dollar security package failed to clean malware or add SSL.

Claims Spaceship took their domain after registration and tried to sell it back at an inflated price.

Leaving after 20 years because domain prices jumped and basic email costs rose roughly tenfold to match full Google Workspace pricing.

Hundreds of domains at Porkbun with nothing but positive experiences.

Never a single issue with Porkbun, and support got them situated after a mistake.

Moved from Namecheap to Porkbun over 2 years ago with nothing but positive experience, though the UI and API are rough.

Moved everything from other registrars to Porkbun and it has been a pleasure.

Recently migrated from GoDaddy to Porkbun and had a 5 star experience.

Moved all domains from GoDaddy and Namecheap to Porkbun earlier this year.

Paid to renew domains a few days past grace, and after payment Namecheap moved them to auction, citing a bug.

Uses Porkbun and Cloudflare as go-to choices; Cloudflare gives a lot for free and plans are cheaper than Vercel.

A year after defederating a church's Microsoft 365 from GoDaddy, GoDaddy took control and shut off email and Office access.

After defederation, GoDaddy runs a script that deletes the Microsoft tenant when the original licenses expire if its partner relationship is not removed.

GoDaddy moved a personal email account to O365 without being asked and took multiple tickets to the president's office to export 20 years of mail.

Former die-hard fan who rapidly migrated over 100 domains to Spaceship after the steep price hikes.

Usually buys domains from Cloudflare but notes the downside that nameservers cannot be changed there.

Switched to Porkbun for domains at half the price, with actually helpful support unlike GoDaddy chat.

Fifteen years of managing 15 to 30 domains a year went without trouble until checkout stopped accepting their Swedish card and PayPal; renewals worked only through a Spanish PayPal account.

Business uses Namecheap and found domain prices cheapest or at least competitive.

Regrets using GoDaddy, saying they charged about double for domains.

Company uses GoDaddy with no service issues, though pricing and business practices seem predatory.

Small business paid 1,700 dollars upfront for three years of three GoDaddy mailboxes and vague security, still got phishing and hacked email, and was pitched more security add-ons.

Moved all but 4 of their domains from GoDaddy to Porkbun after reading this subreddit; the rest will move at renewal.

GoDaddy auto-added MS Office that renewed at $100 per domain per year; caught only at the second renewal, $200 total.

Namecheap's 24/7 live support and cheap prices, after a very bad recent experience with GoDaddy.

Uses Cloudflare for registration: no markup on registrar prices and no upselling.

Chose Porkbun for cheap renewals but finds the UI clunky.

GoDaddy SSL renewal for Website Builder 7 sites rises from 100 to 120 dollars.

GoDaddy Website Builder v7 makes third-party SSL nearly impossible and sites cannot be moved to the new builder without rebuilding.

GoDaddy gives a big discount at purchase then renews at double, upsells everywhere, and the site is painful to navigate.

A $3 purchase got their account locked for fraud after 3 days; they claim a refund but say Namecheap took the domain and money.

GoDaddy keeps adding charges, hides what is included at renewal and bills the domain a day later.

Uses Porkbun for the domain and Nixihost for hosting and has had no issues with either.

Cloudflare offers at-cost registration with the most capable DNS toolset available.

A domain searched on GoDaddy was gone within an hour and GoDaddy blocks searched names to upcharge.

GoDaddy showed a domain as expired early despite auto-renew and charged a 55 dollar redemption fee on a roughly 7 dollar domain; support blamed the user.

Switches between Porkbun as the priority registrar and Namecheap; prefers Porkbun but says it sometimes acts up.

Says Porkbun has worked well for them and the prices never change, unlike what they heard about Namecheap renewals.

Hit Namecheap’s block on renewing a com.au domain within 12 days of expiry, but a live agent processed the renewal manually at the standard price.

Email forwarding on a Namecheap domain can't send to Yahoo and support only suggested buying hosting or Private Email.

GoDaddy charged for new domain registrations without registering them until support escalated, after a 2020-2024 customer stint.

After 26 years of domain registrars, calls Porkbun a breath of fresh air and moved a few thousand names there.

GoDaddy is fine for domain registration but horrific for hosting, with constant upselling, poor tech support and deceptive marketing.

Uses GoDaddy only for domain registration and renewals and has found it rock solid for over 20 years.

Multiple GoDaddy customer domains randomly reverted to default nameservers without explanation.

Moved family domains from GoDaddy to Porkbun because GoDaddy was more expensive, upselling was aggressive and privacy cost extra.

Price hikes over time and a painful transfer-out process that forced extra year purchases drove them off GoDaddy.

Two to three years on their email hosting with zero complaints aside from one brief outage.

GoDaddy UX is built to upsell, renewal price jumped 35 dollars mid-session and a transfer-out was met with scare tactics.

GoDaddy support gives ChatGPT-style copy-paste answers that do not apply to GoDaddy.

After switching from Namecheap to Cloudflare, DNS changes propagate in 30 seconds instead of up to 24 hours.

Namecheap went from competitive to ~50% above Porkbun, support is hit or miss, and an auction domain was relisted at 100x within minutes.

Never had issues with Namecheap as a registrar across many clients.

After years of working auto-renew, it was removed from all domains and one live-site domain was lost to someone else; Namecheap called them a liar.

Left GoDaddy about three years ago after it took three domain names, which now appear parked on GoDaddy's site.

Managing around a thousand active domains and buying dropped and auction domains has worked without a single issue.

Transferred a domain over and like the new UI and cheaper .dev and .io renewal rates, even if the dashboard feels slightly heavy in the browser.

A 10-year domain was transferred away without notice despite domain protection, and GoDaddy blamed missing malware software while trying to sell 4,000 dollars of services.

Moved everything to Cloudflare, over 20 domains, really happy with bare-bones pricing.