1 | trade show guru

March 11th, 2009 at 4:45 pm

It’s funny to see what the top selling domain names have been. Kind of says what our society’s priorities are?
I’m a little surprise to see you say about godaddy, “they are my registrar of choice,” based on your experience with their private registration service. ~ Steve, the trade show guru

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2 | drivelocity

March 11th, 2009 at 4:57 pm

Steve, True, I had problems with their DomainsByProxy service, I dislike their over-the-top upselling, and I’m not a fan of the hype surrounding their super bowl ads… But… I used to use another registrar that charged quite a bit more, so I started switching my domain names over and now it would be overwhelming to move. Using a coupon code (OYH3), you can buy new, or renew old, .coms for under $7.45. It wouldn’t be worth it to leave. And, at this point, I can pretty much skip over the upselling in my sleep, so it doesn’t bother me as much.

Yesterday, I mentioned a recent incident involving GoDaddy. They came through for me… I was attempting to sell a domain name via TDNAM and upgraded the listing to include a front page listing. I found that it was a subscription and my PayPal acct was automatically billed even though I didn’t want to do the front page listing anymore… I contacted them and they refunded the money w/in 48hrs.

3 | Alex

March 13th, 2009 at 7:41 am

i hate godaddy, there interface is so messed up. name.com is pretty amazing and i use them for all my domains.

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4 | Matt Keegan

March 15th, 2009 at 3:27 am

I’ve used Escrow.com twice for selling large websites. Very happy with the service, though it can a week before you see the money — always request a cash transfer into your bank account to finalize the sale.

For smaller sites or domains, I’ve had success with Paypal. However, I will only deal with people who have built up a trust (through Digital Point, for example), otherwise it is no deal for me.

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5 | drivelocity

March 18th, 2009 at 11:39 am

Alex, I agree that it can be overwhelming using GoDaddy.com for the first time, but once you get used to it and know what you’re there to do, it’s a piece of cake.

Matt, Great points. I would definitely want a higher level of trust built up before using PayPal. I have a lot of confidence in PayPal for most uses, but the horror stories keep me from wanting to use it for a large transaction.

For anyone thinking about using escrow.com, I suggest using their fee calculator to see if it’s right for you…