STOP Using GoDaddy!! 😡
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- čas přidán 11. 07. 2024
- If you're using GoDaddy for domains, web hosting, or website builder, you're doing it wrong! Here's why you should STOP using GoDaddy!
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0:00 - Intro
0:15 - What Is GoDaddy?
1:01 - Can Anything Really Be Wrong With GoDaddy?
1:15 - GoDaddy Pricing & Upsells
2:39 - Is GoDaddy Worth The Premium?
2:57 - Dashboard Experience
5:05 - GoDaddy's Secret
6:35 - What About Web Hosting & Website Builder?
7:30 - Customer Support
9:45 - Viewer Comments On GoDaddy
11:14 - GoDaddy Alternatives
12:37 - Transferring from GoDaddy
13:55 - Conclusion
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It seems that CZcams is removing most of your comments 😱 many of you have shared your experience, and when I go to reply to the comment, it's gone! Maybe it's a coincidence, but I've never seen this happen before in my comments section 🤔
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Isn't making your employee do this the equivalent of having to pee in a bottle not to get fired! lol I agree 100% with this. I used to use a small web host that's not widely known. It was wayyy better.
I agree with you
I agree with you
I think it’s time to dump youtube as well.
Thanks for your video, Christian. I've been using GD for years and have been so frustrated with generally all aspects of it. I use them for my domain registry and email and have felt trapped because I thought it was a huge hassle to switch. After watching your video, it has become a priority! I appreciate your honest viewpoint!
Try using Cloudflare this guy Christian is a big fan and promoter of and you will immediately appreciate DoDaddy lol
i've wasted over TWO YEARS with these people. I start to build my site, get frustrated because the builder is garbage, and put it on the back burner...then I repeat the process. this ends today. I'll still keep them as my host but I MUST find another builder immediately! I've ran out of time on building this site because of the growth of my companies
Push it to hostinger and build through Wordpress there
Thank God you are honest. I hope more content creators are as honest as you.
You’re not lying. Godaddy customer service loves to sell, sell, sell like. I have a question about my website; I’m not trying to buy anything else. And one guy got an attitude about it, idc though you’re going to pressure me to buy something I don’t need.
Well I’m glad I found this video because I am about ready to start up a website and I know absolutely nothing about it! I work outside for a living driving dump trucks and taking down trees. I am pretty much computer illiterate😭 I SUBSCRIBED to your channel. I’m going to check out the rest of your videos. Thanks for the content!😊
Did you get your website going, a year later now? If so? Any advice? I'm where you were at when you wrote this comment.
100% true. GoDaddy is a nightmare. They transferred my business domain without my authorisation. And now they use every single technique you mentioned to evade responsibility.
Did you have domain protection?
You should follow the bread crumbs. There is a great chance it was stolen by someone that is connect to them. They stole my domain from me.
This happened to me. I had my domain through Google. How did you get it back?
Unfortunately, youll probably never get it back with godaddy.
YES!! You are SPOT ON !! Our 5013C (non-profit) is currently dealing with the EXACT issues you describe...the settings are incredibly difficult to navigate around. Thanks for the info...
I remember you from our UI training. We shipped it all to India and you were the guy telling us how much better this was
This explains everything! I get a ton of traffic and no sales. I have tried everything and this makes perfect sense because my other sites are very slow as well. Thank you for explaining this.
They just charged me $324.91 for 7 email accounts I didn't order by just debiting my Paypal account on their record. I hadn't used the account for 3 years and never had paid email accounts which they said they were "auto renewing". URGENT!! Turn off any payment methods you have with them NOW!!
They got me too.
This was a big help! Thank you for putting this up!
Thank you for your video! I am a GoDaddy user, much to my son's disappointment and opposition ;-). I use it mainly because of my lack of skills and knowledge. I feel the website builder is actually pretty good for a beginner, although the blog feature does leave some features to be desired(as mentioned in one of your other vids). Mine is a personal site where I blog about various projects. After watching this; however, I am convinced that there are better options. It's probably time to start looking for a way to migrate. They don't make it easy to leave, as the services are billed at different times along with a complex labyrinth of circular clicks to navigate. A step by step method and some recommendations would be very helpful. Thanks again!
agreed! I use godaddy and find it quite easy because I really know very little about website building and design. But, I know they're not great and they've upsold me on a lot of stuff and I would change if I knew how to do that easily.
Just found this video. been using GD for years now and it keeps getting worse. Domain fee went from $5.99 a year to $25 a year. They no longer have email and migrated my emails to outlook (for a monthly fee). Now outlook will no longer be supported by the outlook app(???) so GD just told me i had 15 days before i no longer had access to my email. The interface there is exactly as bad as you say and customer service is ok, if you call during standard business hours. Every call to them ends with me having to buy a new service and they tell me they’ll send me an email that will walk me through it. Last time it was a link to the GD wiki, yeah, thanks. This video is awesome and you just got a new sub.
Thank you for this video! I've been using them for domains and hosting for a long time, because I'm not techy and that was the go to source I knew of back in the day when I first got started. I'm curious if anyone knows, I bought hosting with them thru 2025. If I want to switch, will they prorate and credit my account, or is that either a sunk cost or I stick with them type of situation?
I absolutely have had the experience you mentioned with their customer service. I am a people person, I have to do a lot of research to learn even the basic tech pieces, and they have totally played into the relationship building and sales piece when I've called their customer service. The vibe gets very different when I don't want to buy and just want to speak to customer service for actual support.
Oh my God!!! I am not alone in my frustration with GoDaddy! This frustration is up to the point that i have being keeping my domains with them for three years and hosting plan but without any website on it. You could imagine the level of frustration every time I try to do something creative and build a website, etc. I also felt that about being targeted for selling me anything possible. For example, I was able to setup by myself an email using my domain through a tool in the cPanel, but they keep trying to convince me to pay for a email creation with my domain!! Something that I already have!!! Also, the email servers are very slow and gets messed frequently to the point that I have to call customer service and ask what is happening with my emails that don’ t reach my inbox at all! (They as magicians, do some clicks and tell me that “somebody” messed the configuration parameters or something!!! Making me feel guilty!!! ). Thank you for your video buddy! I will move to a different registrar and hosting in less than a week that my annual plan ends with them.
My bet is that if you own a valuable domain they won't let you tranfer or their will be a transfer error and get lost in transfer. Please confirm what happened.
This is a truthful review of GoDaddy. In my years of being a web developer, I've experienced using many Domain registrars and hosting companies and all of those were working that way it should be. But this GoDaddy, it's really sucks! Their servers are too slow, dashboard UI is really bad in terms of experience. All of those points you mentioned in this video are so true. It's unfortunate that people who are not into website design/development fall victim easily to this GoDaddy's trap. Just an honest review from my first hand experience with GoDaddy.
I’m switching from godaddy … I’ve been with them for 2yrs and they’re absolutely terrible. I definitely see a class action lawsuit in the near future for them
You're telling me. I've been with them 20 years. They've really.changed.
So i wait 60 days before forwarding domain to my teachable site? Thanks
Totally agree with the criticism that GoDaddy's "support" staff are intent on selling you stuff you don't need at premium prices. Sometimes it feels like a protection racket.
I’m currently using go daddy at the moment and built my website with them and I’m rather happy the only thing that’s annoyed me which for me is a big thing is that there store option is to basic, and I wish I knew this before I built my website with them as the store option was something I planned on adding later now I’m a floor layer which when selling products as a whole on go daddy isn’t a problem but in my line of work carpet and vinyl is the number 1 seller so after building my website with them and paying for the extras I was annoyed to find out that I can’t sell products based on dimensions so for example I can’t put units of measurement on my store so if I had a customer want to buy a 4 x 4 mtr bit of carpet go daddy isn’t advanced enough for you to be able to let customers buy products with measurements it’s the biggest killer for my business and I feel annoyed after spending a good week building my site and paying for the extras that go daddy’s shop doesn’t have a function like that really wish I looked at that side before building my website with them. However apart from that I can’t fault them and have had 0 issues with them
Absolutely accurate “masters of manipulation” for the current tech support phone line. I got hooked on GD over 20 years agowhen the help staff was displaced by age hi tek engineers
Omg when he started clicking my stomach sank bc I remember this from years ago lmao 🤣 they had to walk me through on the phone with the dns n all that I’m like whoa had no idea I had to all that! I thought my domain was the web hosting lol
Absolutely spot on! Thanks for sharing this!! Cheers!
Appreciate your support!
I think the worst thing about Godaddy though is their vice-like grip on the market. I’ve known how bad they are since the first time I ever even researched web development in high school and deliberately chosen alternatives, yet I’ve had to migrate from them TWICE because they keep buying their competitors. Everyone who makes decisions at that firm can go kick rocks.
I'm about to convert like 5 or 6 company websites of the parent company I work for away from Godaddy. This video among many other sources is helping me put together a report about how essential it is that we move away from Godaddy services. I could make the argument that we can save money by leaving obviously, but honestly I want to spend a little more money for a better product that really delivers value.
WPEngine is the best I know. It seems expensive, but then EVERYTHING is included, with superb support.
Media Temple was my web host for 20+ years and they were great. Then it was purchased by GoDaddy and it was terrible. The experience you showed about changing the nameservers was exactly my experience. Making any change was very complicated and it always seemed like they were trying to sell me something I didn't want or need.. I have since switched to DreamHost.
Thanks for the video, I would like to ask if godaddy does pay people for blogging ?
Thank you I thought I was going mental . Can you please help. I have five sites with managed go daddy , designed with wordpress. One site a client uses google domains for and cloudflare. So first question where can i migrate to to self manage and host these sites. Second question . Cloudflare has my interest but I don’t appreciate the added charges for image storage so I’d like to move this single google site to the same location my other sites will be . .. will this be complicated ?
Hi Craylor ! Does godaddy doing shady practises like charging higher prices on renewal today in 2022?
Do they do this with monthly webhosting plans too? I hope not. Example buy a domain for $0,99 checkout page says 1 year later charge is $19,95 (example) then they charge me $19,95 or can that be higher? Also they do what they want? We not living in the wild wild west today.
I just have the same experience, I have been a godaddy customer for years, suddenly all our domains and hosting was suspended, after 5 days the reasons was 3 files that the developer left on the website years ago , I gave them permission to delete the files, I have to wait another 2 days with all services down until the unsuspend it, are they crazy or am I?
Excellent video! Thank you for the information!
Doesn't the privacy also keep your name private when people look up the owner of the domain? Other places offer the same deal.
I wish I saw this video sooner! Every time I call them they redirect me to an online article of theirs which does not answer any of my questions really frustrating
I feel healing after watching this video. Thank you for sharing the love. What about a domain registra where they won't censor you or shut you down?
Thank you for the info, my website comes up as “prohibited site” for some people. I am canceling with them now.
I'll tell you what made me never use godaddy...Actually, 2 reasons....
1) The original owner hunted elephants in Africa. This was all I needed to never deal with them.
2) It was heavily rumored back in the day, that if you searched for a domain, and if it was a good one that was available, you better grab it immediately. If you don't grab it immediately, godaddy would register the domain for themselves, and then put it up for sale. Again, it was just a rumor but, it was enough to scare me away.
I always wondered about that myself; If you search for a domain, do you trigger some response to the demand? Why are some unused domains so incredibly pricy?
They are still doing the same xhit. They stole my domain even after I registered it. Most disgusting company. Use Google domain
@@themangospy8288 don't wonder anymore its real. They took my domain even after I registered it
I have experienced 2). I searched two domain both got snatched and was up for sale when I went back for buying those domains
I bought a domain name via GoDaddy and I'm still not sure how to get rid of the default template just so I can start with a white canvas for practicing HTML.
You got it man. You nailed it! I agree with you 100%
My experience yesterday with GoDaddy is EXACTLY what Craylor says in this video. 4 phone support techs all told me something different. When I didn't want to buy their upgrade services, I was put on hold and given the run around. HORRIBLE support.
Sorry to hear that. I don’t know if they’ll ever change! 🙁
GoDaddy is leaving the door open for a young entrepreneur to start a competing company! Hint, Hint!!@@Craylor
Very informative and helpful content. Thanks Christian.
Appreciate your support!
I was also a victim as I have a managed Wordpress with Godaddy. What should I do? Should I abandon Godaddy? Who should I switch too? Also did they take sensitive information?
i just got rid of godaddy it was bad had to dispute a charge for a website build and the website build was the worst website i ever seen they did want to give me my money back so my bank took it back from them
I just made a website on GoDaddy then happened to see your video. Dodged a bullet there. Thanks for the heads up!
We experienced the same problems and anytime asking support for help every time I got Danish she should try to make me download everything but what I was asking for. Hours wasted trying to get my problem solved with her running me around throwing anything and everything at me but what my concern was. She was trying to have me install things I would need to qualify for. which I didnt qualify for, I confronted her and said every time I get you, you try to make me download everything but addressing what I am asking about. She was feeling cute because she waited then got smart with me and shut the chat. Some of the other people would help with what I was asking but you have to watch her. Its frustrating. I am thinking of pulling my webservice from them. Not easy apple store or google play buttons.
Great call outs. I have about a dozen domains with GD. My CC gets hit with various charges and when I talk to GD, they only want to sell me more products, not discuss the charges for unused or pointless products. Switching now! Thanks.
GoDaddy is purposely participating in deceptive business practices by moving their once free email services to Microsoft 365. They failed to communicate that you either pay for Microsoft 365 or have no email accounts at all. The communication regarding this was incomplete and deceptive.
100% agree. They totally screwed customers as they promised free email with my domain for the life of the agreement and then midagreement canceled it.
That’s right. They also don’t explain that Microsoft exchange “Mirrors” your emails from their server therefore if they land on something like iMail, they don’t stay like they used to. Microsoft can retrieve them!!! You have to strap them down with another step. Grrrrrrrr.
Workspace email is so old how can cs support a product that still uses imap, 365 is better. Technology changes over time that’s just how it is
Thank you! I agree it’s been my experience as well.
I wish I saw this earlier. I recently bought the basic package and trying so hard to get a refund. It’s extremely confusing and not user friendly at all. Any advice about getting a refund, Christian? 😓
How much u pay for them n do u pay monthly or annually?
Great insight. I was looking on how to rest whm login from Godaddy and this video popped up. I’ve been with them for years the VPS servers are pretty reliable but I updated it and now I’m locked out of the root. Customer service is horrible. I wait and wait in the chat and I call then get disconnected. I thought Hostgator was bad when I had it.
Forgot about the email relay servers I’m always marked as spam or listed on the dark web from them. They use shared email relays so you are mixed in with other bad actors. Same goes with shared hosting.
The customer service is the worst trying to get someone to help be prepared for long wait time or getting disconnected.
I do agree about the UI I go in there and am searching for like 15 minutes to find something to do for one second task. You do get dizzy on the backend even for an experienced user.
Christian: I LOVE your sincerity and passion! Comments removed? Maybe GoDaddy is a part of the "system?" Most people know what I'm talking about. I'm new to the web game and really lean heavily on your opinions. Thank you for your honesty!
What happens when your GoDaddy 7-Day free trial for your website Runs Out And you have no renewl? Does the website just vanish?
I am so happy i found your video. I was actually looking how to automatically update my copyright (does not look like I can). I've been with GoDaddy for a very long time 😥 and have not been happy with them. I just never knew how to get out. Thank you for your video. I will start up my quest in removing myself from them.
I love hearing this! Best of luck with your journey away from GoDaddy.
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Already agreed.
I had that exact same thought when I was browsing their products.
Yes! I've wasted my whole afternoon with the issues you've mentioned in here... I just want to set up a website with some leadpages... how hard should this be? I've watched other people's videos showing how easy it is but I am already in their clutches and can't get to the page that these tutorials are showing!!!
so what do you recommend? and can we keep our website url?
Thanks for your critique of Godaddy. What is the *best* thing Godaddy does compared to the competition (I mean for the user)?
Upset long time customers. I used godaddy for many years, and finally had enough and recently moved. They suck.
Thank you soo much for this information 🤘
Sir, I need your help. I wanna host a static website. Which is more cheaper AWS static website using S3 or godaddy?
I wish I knew this before-I'm new to the game and I purchased a premium plan for 12 months. I will not renew-UGH!
We all have to start somewhere. To GoDaddy's credit, they make it easy for new users to get started. You can always transfer out next year!
So what program do you recommend for beginners that are starting out and don’t have the high income to use on websites & domains?
For building websites, look at Wix or Squarespace. If you want to use WordPress and need web hosting, go to Namecheap.
I went to the word press site and apparently you can buy a domain with them? Is this right?
What about hosting for my email I have my own couple of domain names and currently not getting reliable email from Brazil or Scotland it's crazy my current hosting service which I will not name is just filtering It Off saying there's a lot of spam coming from those areas
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im very new to this....i have two domains with daddygo .. how to get my domains out of there? how does that work? should i spend at another domain how do i pull my transfer somewhere else. how does this work?
I need to create a student e-portfolio to graduate this spring, 2023. Please let me know what platform to use. Thanks!
Imagine going through a whole maze and a whole city just to change your name servers.
Cool video. I want to create download able music links to sell on my website. I don't have a website yet. I want to do this because musicians make next to nothing by streaming their music. Can you recommend a digital set up that you are aware of for this type of purpose. If you know of a better arrangement for a musician to sell their songs via a digital down load that you can charge for...I'm all ears...Thanks
Definitely it's not for someone who is new or buying for the first time... It's frustrating to set-up.. I still use GoDaddy but for starting think of other providers...
like?
The first part you have mentioned about activating the two factors authentication is kinda good but You should notice that there is a way of actuated notification on the security and privacy how’s the website as soon as someone logged into it that it all inform you of the login suspicious login or even if you login from a secondary device which is your IP address you DNS should immediately report it to privacy! If the GoDaddy has the Notification future available on the platform
What website builder should we trust all software are the sams. What software should we used????were do buy cheap domain?
Hi! I bought my domain and made my website with godaddy, I’m new to this so this might be a very stupid question but, how do I transfer everything somewhere else?
dm me if you still need help. if I paste any links to guides, youtube will just flag my comment as *spam and delete it
@@SteveAcomb how does one dm another yt user?
Hi there, l thank you divulging this info about Go Daddy. Is Google sites a viable alternative? Regards Anthony.
Where do you guys recommend I buy a domain name from? Thank you.
I'm currently in a GoDaddy nightmare where I mysteriously have "used up" my physical memory (even though the meter shows 67%) and can't log in to any of my wordpress websites to update them. I'll be doing some homework about transferring over to another host.
I can honestly say after three hours of just trying to get their "office 360 business email essentials" to work on a new laptop, I am telling my board to drop godaddy ASAP
😢 I came here after buying. Now they have my money and didn't give me control over my domain.
I bought a domain name from godaddy & I selected free ecommerce plan I didn't know about that what is actually that but now it is not working it is demanding money & I don't have money is there any solution plz reply me. Please resolve my problem I'm in trouble pls.
Very interesting, makes me almost want to short their stock
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Now at $73, only 3x sales, 15x FCF, looks cheap tho...
Hahaha this is the best comment I've seen in a while.
Godaddy is a screwed-up web hosting!! And its expensive!! They lose my domain and will NOT restore it!!!
Oh no! I'm sorry to hear that. You aren't the first person who's told me something along those lines.
@@Craylor `I will try to sue in small claims triburnal
1 thing godaddy have worked out perfect is the integration with Microsoft for domain add.
It auto validates and creates records directly from Microsoft tenant.
Today i looked to activate DNSSEC on a godaddy account. For that you need premium dns, a feature that they additionally charge almost 36$ per domain.
Other dns providers its simply free and 1 button to enable.
I'm so frustrated I can't seem to use it on my tablet just the phone so when I try to go on the laptop or tablet it isn't working keeps logging me out of my password I'm just starting out and now I'm so lost don't know where to get out of here and I already set up a domain now what I'm so annoyed 🤬😡
I just want to lock down a name and slowly learn how to make and run a website? I don't need to spend $600 on the name and then immediately get into an annual or monthly ongoing bill. Obviously you have to renew the name every year, I assume. Any suggestions? Should I at least buy the name and then figure out hosting? This is all new to me and I probably would've went the GoDaddy route before watching this video.
If you are really attached to the name and would be upset if someone else registered it, it’s worth squatting. You are going to have to renew it annually, though. There’s no way around that.
For cost reasons, you could go with Porkbun. $10/year for a .com domain. When you’re ready for hosting, I would recommend Hostinger or DreamHost.
thanks @@Craylor
So who would you recommend for building an online shop?
You are sooo right!! But the sad thing about it is that they don't even care.
I listed a domain for sale there. After I paid my listed domains just disappeared and there is just no one to talk to.
I bought a reseller account with the Turn-Key website which means is their own website just with my name on it, a few times disappear, stop working, and been over 2 or 3 days trying to explain that customer services are not my fault because I don't build the website, it's like they don't know what is going in on with there own products
I just fell into this trap with my domain....ill be shifting away as soon as I can. Wish Id seen this sooner.
Is there anything instead of GD that you suggest for website building purposes?
My hosting with GoDaddy was attacked by malware. When my college called technical support They keep pushing us to buy security packages. which should be provided to us at no additional cost. That's a standard that any hosting provider should have.
You are damn right bro. Totally agree with you. It's a scam in law.
Privacy protection - so when you do a whois lookup your details don't get shared publicly. e.g. your name, address, business name etc.
it’s generally applied nowadays post-GDPR, so you should be fine if moving to a well-established cloud host. just verify your information isn’t something that couldn’t already be found on spokeo or whitepages and move on. It’s a small price to pay for freedom from their brainlet cage
I will say that in my experience, the support staff have been nothing but helpful and pleasant. It’s another case of good people being forced to work for a horrible company.
Please, is there any good soul to give me advice for website builder. Domain and hosting, best options for beginners. Thanks in advance
Hey Craylor! I just got my domain from Godaddy and was setting up my website (I am in the free trial for now). I'm an upcoming author trying to create a landing site for myself and publishing company. What is the best website building company for an author? I have looked through tons of youtube videos and it is making my head swirl. I had wordpress but that was really confusing. Can you help?
I think Squarespace would be a good fit for your needs. It’s simple to use and can do e-commerce if you want to sell your books directly on your site.
@@Craylor Thanks 💖
@@Craylor what is the best website for building an absolute blogging website
Hi, I use GoDaddy and they have stopped my emails on there domain and for over 1 month how do I get my company emails back? because I paid for this and they do not help at all.
i have a question are they alllowed to hold your domain even if you didnt pay for the renew because theiy trying to play games and i wont buy it i wanted to transfer to namecheap and they denied it godaddy
Yes they are
I'm literally here because all I want to do is finally use my domain for my email but of course they charge for that now, so since like 1998 I'm looking for a new registar.
3:00 'have you ever tried to change nameservers? I haven never seen such an incompetent interface...'
He clicks 'Manage' next to the big DNS button that allows him to change the nameservers. Hahaha. Lost credibility there.
which shampoo you are using very silky hair
Any advice for the best website builder for e-commerce for clothing business and also a good hosting please I need help.
Did you find the solution??
I am stuck with the same, I am trying to find something simple, I will pay no problem, but it's messed for beginners
I have a website parked with GoDaddy. How do I switch to a different host
Warn people that the FREE TRIAL is not free. I was just notified that my free trial was going to be auto renewed after the trial and I had already gone to someone else thinking my GoDaddy trial was FINISHED!
Hello what about e-commerce websites isn’t Google the best?
Bought domain... Got "free website builder for a month". Went to buy website plan, so went to the generic discount for new users... Bought it... The plan attached itself to another random GD domain... Chatted, called, pulled my hair out. Informed them that the paid plan attached itself to the wrong website. Nope. Because I was already using the "free trial" I was no longer a new customer, so the ONLY option was for them to refund the discounted website plan and I buy the non-discounted renewal for the site I'd put so much work into. Took AGES to sort out, and absolutely no understanding/discount/anything offered as goodwill. Will be binning them off after this year.