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1. TheP10+T7[view] [source] 2022-08-15 14:59:00
>>M0r13n+(OP)
GoDaddy is really a dishonest company. Please do yourself a favor and avoid them. Things I've personally experienced:

* The purchase of webfaction w/ a promise to migrate sites to a new host. They promised for over a year to do this migration and then 30 days before shutdown told me they could not migrate and to figure it out.

* Domain name sniping. Never ever use godaddy to search to find a domain. They will just steal anything you search for if you don't immediately claim it.

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2. French+A8[view] [source] 2022-08-15 15:01:33
>>TheP10+T7
could we make them loose a lot of money by making bots to search for all kind of useless domains?
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3. morgos+Pc[view] [source] 2022-08-15 15:20:17
>>French+A8
They don't actually have to pay for it by using "domain tasting" which gives them the option to grab the domain for up to 5 days. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_front_running
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4. Merely+Uh[view] [source] 2022-08-15 15:44:16
>>morgos+Pc
I use Dynadot, and they actually pass the "domain tasting" on to the customer: you have a couple of days to cancel your domain registration for a full refund.

As a customer, I highly recommend Dynadot (low prices like NameCheap, but a nicer interface - I tried both registrars when I switched my domains away from DreamHost).

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