Robbed by Godaddy
 

I wanted to renew a domain that expired 4/28 last night. There was the usual annual fee + $80 for being late.
Site isn't making money yet, but has too much potential to let go.

if you're more than 18 days late they want that fee. there are other places like dynadot.com that give you 40 days to renew without such fees.

Yeah, they only send you a reminder every 2 weeks for 2 months but it is their problem

$80 Lazy Fee

I have no idea why people use godaddy.

I presume because they are cheap.

But often with things cheap, they tend not to be.

Godaddy? WTF? It's a big surprise that some sane person still works with those fuckin' cheaters, thieves and murderers. Jesus Christ :disgust

https://pmcdeadline2.files.wordpress...murderer-1.jpg

And you are the idiot for using GoDaddy

GoDaddy ain't popular around here so you've come to the right place ...

Email them & see what they can do. Considering they offer the prices as low as 99 cents, this is ridiculous.

or maybe wait until the domain's available from another site?

i love godaddy personally. i have a ton of names there and they treat me well.

Robbed
 

It wasn't so much being lazy, as just keep thinking about shutting down all my sites. One day I want to, the next I want to keep going.

As for using Godaddy. Once you sign a domain up there, it's almost fucking impossible to move.

They are the biggest because they are the best

not really, its incredibly easy.

Move your shit over to Namesilo and forget the drama. You're welcome.

Never mind. You aren't worth it.

note the date kids, this is a occasion. DV wrote something intelligent:thumbsup

:2 cents::2 cents:

*an (meant to write a momentous occasion and forgot the adjective). poor grammar makes all the gods cry

this is truth. been with them for over 15 years and never once had a problem

So Godaddy is robbing you, despite the fact that your domain has been expired for 3 weeks, give me a break. You're lucky they're even letting you renew it at this point. If the domain doesn't mean $80 to you, then wait 6 weeks until after its dropped and you can pick it back up for $10.

I have moved 1500 domains away from Go Daddy in the last year. Not hard at all. Easier than many of the other popular registrars.

If you were with namecheap you get at least a two week grace period where you can renew the domain, maybe even longer.

How exactly would that work?

Godaddy gives you an 18 day grace period, his domain expired on 4/28 and on May 16th, the price went up to $80. He had ample opportunity to renew it, but decided to wait till the last possible moment and it cost him.

its completely go daddys fault if you fail to renew...they should be paying you 80$

Just because YOU didn't pay your domain registration fee, doesn't mean GoDaddy ripped you off for getting the domain back. FFS this is your own fucking fault. Next time pay your bill when its due and you won't have to pay these late fees.

+1 :2 cents: :pimp