OK, so I lied about the GoDaddy killing kittens thing. I will say something that I do have proof of: GoDaddy is not a good deal for registering your domains. Why? Let me tell you.
So, my wife does a little side business of wedding planning stuff and she wanted to get some domains. We priced them out on my previous registrar of choice, GoDaddy. $140 or so for the 4 domains for 3 years each. Looking around for coupon codes got us a best price of right around $120. Then, for giggles, I decided to price them out on DreamHost (my web host of choice.) They are $9.95 each. Period. No coupon codes, no BS. Cheaper than GoDaddy.
Now, I could have received DIRT CHEAP domains by buying into GoDaddy’s crappy hosting or even crappier email services, but why would I spend more money to get a discount if all I’m getting out of it is a lighter wallet, more crap, and the domain I wanted? Good question.
Sooooooo, I’ve decided to bail on GoDaddy. Good riddance to their crap infested site and shady small-print marketing techniques. Imagine how cheap their domains would be if they didn’t waste resources with all of their stupid flashy animations or actresses who have to pay for breast implants.
The other thing I hate about GoDaddy, just to pile it on, is that if you make ANY change to your domain aside from unlocking it, they put a transfer hold on it for 60 days. Good job Mr. Diligent Domain Owner for correcting a typo in your address before posting your domains for sale. You just screwed yourself for 2 months! Yeah, Bob Parsons is a twit, and his way of making money is kinda like trying to get your rebate from Best Buy: make it just hard enough that most people will give up and keep writing checks. Way to go, jackass.