Oct 06 2009
GoDaddy Makes Hoarding Domains a Bit Cheaper
I got a call a few weeks ago from a friendly rep at GoDaddy who, according to him, was just checking up on whether or not I was happy with GoDaddy’s services. Since I don’t use them for anything but domain registrations, it’s difficult to find much to complain about so I told him I had no complaints.
He had my account open on his end and ‘noticed’ that I had over 50 domains registered with them. I am pretty sure this is what the call was actually about and he proceeded to attempt to sell me a membership to their ‘Discount Domain Club’ for $89.99 a year. I went immediately on the defensive because I’m not really too keen on random calls from people trying to sell me things, but as he explained the offer, it started to make complete sense.
For an $89.99 yearly membership fee I get to register and renew all of my .com domains for $7.29 per year rather than the usual price of $10.69. At the moment I have 59 domain names so to renew them per year it would have cost me $630.71 at the regular price and $430.11 at the discount club price. Taking the $89.99 fee into consideration I will have saved $110.61.
Not to sound like a sales rep for the program, but it also gives discounts on other types of domains. New .info domains can be had for $0.89 (for the first year only), .net are 53% off at $5.99 a year and country-specific domains even have small discounts of 10-15%. But wait, there’s more! If you join the program for three years or longer you will save 20%, bringing the yearly fee down to $71.99 and you will get a second set of knives for free!
If you are someone who either already has a lot of domains or plans to at some point soon, do the calculations and see if GoDaddy’s Discount Domain Club will help save you some cash. As a domain hoarder, I wish I would have known about it sooner so I’m just spreading the word to any folks out there who want in on some cheaper domain name action.
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I would look for GoDaddy coupon codes before joining the Discount Domain Club. I use coupon codes for $7.49 .com domains, 10% off orders, etc. It doesn’t cost anything to use them and, depending on your domain portfolio, you might save more money by not paying a yearly fee.
Ah crap! Where was that advice before I joined!
I have looked for coupon codes in the past with no luck when I’m ready to register but for people who don’t mind waiting around for them, that’s good advice. Where do you find them? Just do a Google search and hope it hasn’t expired?
I wouldn’t be surprised if they stopped releasing coupon codes just to promote this Discount Domain Club. It doesn’t really make sense for them to be offering both. Then again I have heard that GoDaddy does make some shady decisions.
I agree with 46and47 - I currently have 87 domains registered at GoDaddy and have renewed a couple of .com’s this week for $7.49. That discount is also available when you use the GoDaddy (tdnam) auctions.
I got the same pitch a couple weeks ago when I had a problem paying for a name I won at auction and had to call them - I declined, since I flip a lot of domains, I usually don’t have a need to re-reg any of them.
I do give them props - they answer the phone quickly and I’m not having to try to understand someone from Bangalore
You may be able to cancel your ‘Discount Domain Club’ or have you already used it ????
If you do a Google search for ‘cheap domains’ the first Sponsored Link is offering $6.99 godaddy domains (plus ICANN fee)…just click the link and then log into your account as usual.
There are lots of promotions, you should never pay full rate for renewals either, I always find a coupon.
I pay $9.99 to renew my .com domains with idotz.net, it is surprising how expensive it can be when you have 50 or so domains!
My issue is with .co.uk domains - they can be up to £9.99 a year to renew, I really need to find a new domain registrar but the whole process of moving domains seems like hard work.
Perhaps this is how the registrars keep you in!
I have been using the godaddy coupon code of emma30 for new, renewals and tdnam auctions of dotcoms - takes them to $7.69 inc the fee. I have over 60 domains and they havent called yet - but maybe because that is the ph number is my NZ mobile which has been turned off for 2 years LOL
Lissie
I’ve never had a problem finding GoDaddy coupon codes when needed and I register/renew monthly like I’m sure you do.
I’m know you can find current codes on a thread in a webmaster forum if what you find on Google expired. Someone always throws in custom coupon codes there to make affiliate sales if nothing else.
Actually, that reminds me that I need to find out how to get custom affiliate coupon code words myself so I can tell people about it.
Bear in mind that signing up for the club will make you feel you need to get your moneys worth - so you are less likely to change registrars when sensibly you should.
Its the old headology
As others have already said, GoDaddy always has coupon codes (although they don’t always work for renewals). This is a good place to find them - http://www.retailmenot.com/view/godaddy.com