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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. cgb223+hc[view] [source] 2022-08-15 15:17:00
>>TheP10+T7
Is Namecheap better?

My domains are currently split between the two

Might as well move my stuff over if it means avoiding things like this

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3. inepte+2r[view] [source] 2022-08-15 16:24:19
>>cgb223+hc
Are they still charging for SSL? Last I checked, they made it as hard as possible to use letsencrypt, and had a rather deceptive "Free SSL if you buy a domain!" promotion that doesn't actually include a cert.
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4. FastEa+5E[view] [source] 2022-08-15 17:19:35
>>inepte+2r
I haven't had issues with let's encrypt with them in the last 2 years, though I do recall seeing free SSL promotions and never a certificate.
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5. inepte+7N[view] [source] 2022-08-15 17:59:46
>>FastEa+5E
The "free SSL" meant adding your domain as a sub of theirs, i.e. https://yourdomain.namecheap.com. I fell for it and was pretty salty to see how much they charge and the lack of a letsencrypt integration.

And on that note, Letsencrypt has a helpful list of hosting companies that automate the process for you: https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/web-hosting-who-support-...

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