[mkl95]

GoDaddy is a well-documented garbage fire. I used them once, then switched to Namecheap and I've never looked back.

[Siira]

Namecheap locked my free DNS account for “security” reasons, and told me to contact them to unlock it. After contacting them, they advised me to open a new account. All this on a service that doesn’t let users export their data.

Perhaps they aren’t as terrible in their non-free offerings, but I doubt it.

[timbit42]

I was using NameCheap but found Porkbun is less expensive and has an easier website.

[b3lvedere]

I had never heard of Porkbun, so thank you for that info.

[oriettaxx]

> is a well-documented garbage fire

as I asked above, can you elaborate this? I am not aware at all

[mkl95]

A particularly egregious example is "Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24506303

[oriettaxx]

uh, but I see there is a clear response cited there, too https://www.godaddy.com/garage/godaddy-felons-io-unregistere...

anything else?

[mkl95]

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

[93po]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoDaddy#Controversies

[TameAntelope]

All the way back to their Danica Patrick days they’ve been more focused on the bottom of the market (non technical users who don’t know better) than in providing a good product.