Comments on: You Voted GoDaddy As The Worst Registrar

By: Chris Eaton

Chris Eaton — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:58:15 +0000

Well I’m shocked, i cant believe godaddy is even close to 1and1, godaddy is my main registrar, there are several that i was not impressed with.

I know a lot of people don’t like all the extras on the godaddy site, but thats marketing and it obviously works.

And it doesn’t take long to work out how to fastrack past them!

well Bob, you still have my vote.

Great post Patrick, and as i said, it got the enom problem resolved for me.

I wonder what the results would be if you had a best registrar poll? I bet it would show different results.

By: Chef Patrick

Chef Patrick — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:15:12 +0000

I have already contacted GoDaddy for Bob Parsons direct email address. I hope to have the time to get the email out tomorrow, Monday the latest.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:29:16 +0000

How do you plan on emailing Bob Parson’s?

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:09:41 +0000

I’m an amateur, but the only thing I don’t like is the recent redesign. It’s clunky and slow. I can’t believe a domain registrar has such a slow site.

By: Chef Patrick

Chef Patrick — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:28:07 +0000

agree, but unfortunately i cannot get all 27 million to vote. believe me, if 27 million people voted that would mean i had a worlds top ten website and i would be even richer than i already am

By: belshass

belshass — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:38:37 +0000

I see it this way..

GoDaddy has to be damn good at what they do to hold
27M + registered domains. More than 25% Market Share,
and STILL being the fastest growing registrar…

Sorry Chef Patrick, but 152 votes is too low a sample for any statistical analysis.

By: Toby

Toby — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:31:38 +0000

‘Worst’ is all subjective, I’ve never had a problem with GoDaddy registration or transferring in/out – and I have 100+ domains. Not the same as Chef Patrick with 700+, but I’m getting there Totally respect your decision to change the ads, kudos for that – advertise what you believe in.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:11:41 +0000

I love Godaddy. I have thousands of domains there for since they opened their doors for biz.

I can’t imagine how they could be the worst when there are tons of thieving registrars out there, tons of registrars with complex interfaces, etc…….

By: Chef Patrick

Chef Patrick — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:09:05 +0000

Thanks Sou Chef Ross

After reading your comment I have updated my blog post. I completely agree with what your saying. It is something I have already pointed out but did not have the chart to back it up.

By: Ross

Ross — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:33:33 +0000

Before you jump on the gun to quick look at this website:
http://www.registrarstats.com/Public/RegistrarMarketShareMain.aspx

Notice that the 3 “worst” registars are placed in the top 6 places to register a domain name. This is due to adverts and word of mouth to the world. Most people take on those 3 “worst” registars when regging a domain for the first time. Therefore more customers, more problems. You also get those people that have no idea how to work the CP and get frustrated and write a bad review ect…

Im sorry but the only registar that truly deserves to be on that list is 1and1.