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Complaint Review: Go Daddy.com - Internet

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  • Reported By: Leon — spirit Lake Idaho United States of America
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  • Go Daddy.com Internet United States of America

Go Daddy.com Godaddy GoDaddy.com STEALS your domain ideas and FORCES YOU to buy them back! Internet

*Consumer Comment: Confused

*Consumer Suggestion: glad I found this report!

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GoDaddy.com makes MOST of their money by literally STEALING the very websites that you intend to register...then they FORCE you to buy them back at super high prices....otherwise the web domain that you invented is kept in their "inventory" in hopes that sooner or later you will realize that they have screwed you royal, and you will just break down and buy it back...where they typically ask $1000 to $25000 for you to purchase the name that you invented! they are crooks! plain and simple!

Here is how they do it....you go to Godaddy.com with the idea to register a website domain....you have your domain name ready...you type it in to see if it is available...GoDaddy has it computerized so that if you seek to see if a domain is available, and you do not instantly register it, they actually REGISTER IT THEMSELVES for pennies as a registrar site....the next time you search it, they tell you that it is already 'taken", then offer to help you negotiate with the owner and "buy" it!! FOR EXORBITANT FEES, WHEN THEY ARE REALLY ONLY NEGOTIATING WITH THEMSELVES! THUS THEY STEAL YOUR WEB DOMAIN NAME. But They are happy to SELL it to you.......for a few thousand dollars!

Test them: search a domain name that you totally make up. It can be anything. Go back two or three times to see if it is available...within a few searches, their computer will identify you as a target, and GODADDY will steal it from you, register it in their name, and offer to help you negotiate with the owner (which is always GoDaddy.com!) try it! I dare you! it is computerized so they WILL steal any web domain name that they think you are interested in!

Then file your own complaint here!

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#2 Consumer Comment

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AUTHOR: Brita - (United States of America)

POSTED: Friday, March 04, 2011

I am slighly confused by your complaint. I attempted to purchase a domain name through GoDaddy.com, and it was available. I didn't register it immediately. I went back 4 days later and it was still available. GoDaddy, or any other company, hadn't swooped in and purchased it and then tell me I had to pay ridiculous amounts of money to own it. I registered it then, no issues. I've also come across searching a domain, finding it available as a Premium Domain name. Wanting to know what this was, I called. They explained to me that someone else had purchased the domain name, but was willing to sell it for a price. This is perfectly legal. Using the Whois service, I found out that the owner was listed as Domains By Proxy, which is GoDaddy's privacy registration service. It does not mean that they own it. I think you may have misunderstood what was occurring. The domains you searched for were probably listed as available as a Premium Domain name. I think your conspiracy theory is a little far fetched. If GoDaddy were to do this to every customer, or even just a few, they would never make any money because honestly, the majority of people are not willing to pay what you are mentioning. And I tried your theory of searching a domain name multiple times. It did not come back as purchased after 13 searches over a 2 day span. With the amount of people in the world, I find it hard to believe that you are the only person in the world searching for that domain name. If you want a domain and don't buy it immediately, there is no guarantee that it will be available the next day. I feel like you may be a little angry that you dropped the ball and someone else had your "original" idea. But that's my personal opinion. I understand that you may be angered by it, or disagree, and that is fine. But the theory that a company that makes so much money is trying to steal from you seems far fetched. I have never contacted or worked with a company that was so caring and helpful and I just wanted to let that be known.

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glad I found this report!

AUTHOR: Alphonso M - (United States of America)

POSTED: Thursday, January 20, 2011

I think I checked into a similar website (or maybe it was this one?) and they wanted to sell me the name I had created. Do you know of a legitimate domain website that will allow you to register your website name?

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