[conoryoung]

A boycott would only work if there were a concerted effort behind to spread the word as far as possible.

The recent Whole Foods boycott was a good example of how to do it - organizers used the forums section of the Whole Foods website to get the word out and Whole Foods didn't prevent it.

A couple of people changing hosts on HN is not going to amount to a hill of beans and would most likely just inconvenience those people since Godaddy is the cheapest option available (if you use their frequent coupon codes).

[jacquesm]

If the 'couple of people' on HN are anywhere near on average compared to the few that I know personally then it will have a huge effect.

[buugs]

I think the majority of godaddy domain purchasers are first time buyers or small businesses that do not know of other domain companies (especially considering godaddy's large advertisement investment).

[jacquesm]

I think many big time operators / hosting providers use them too because of the price, their inbound transfers are actually sold at a loss (when you take into account all the fees they have to pay).

Most other registrars that do larger volumes will sell you at about $1 over their cost.

[jhancock]

I'm starting the process of moving from godaddy over the next week or two. Long overdue, but name reg is a "sticky" business which is why a boycott although a great idea will take consistent pushing.

After some review, it seems namecheap will be an acceptable route. One concern is the recent lawsuit lost by namecheap for private whois info. I hope this doesn't make them legally gun shy. Although the lawsuit results should effect all U.S. based registrars equally. Anyone have recent opinions on namecheap or any others?

[jacquesm]

Using moniker and very happy with them, not a single glitch since I started there when enom bought out bulkregister (and I decided to preemptively move out instead of waiting until enom and BR system integration).