GoDaddy renewal pricing for .com domains is not consistent. I could not find any logic for such pricing and so the title Weird GoDaddy Pricing for .com renewals.
GoDaddy renewal pricing for .com domains is not consistent. I could not find any logic for such pricing and so the title Weird GoDaddy Pricing for .com renewals.
I wanted to renew the domain DIYTechnicalAnalysis.com. I saw the final price without any discount.
I normally get 20 to 25% discount in GoDaddy. In each order I get discount coupons for use in subsequent purchases. Normally the coupons have a minimum purchase limit such as $75 or $100. So I increased the number of years to see the discount in action. It did not work either.
I added one more domain for renewals and I saw this.
Second .com domain renewal adds the discount and so I thought it may be that one domain is not eligible for a discount. Trying to find a logic 😀 Just to be sure on the logic, I checked with another single domain renewal and I saw little discount.
Now I added DIYTechnicalAnalysis.com to my order and I see no discount for it.
So I tried finding a logic behind such pricing. The thought that hit me was if the domain is expiring soon, they may be offering less discount like in case of DIYTechnicalAnalysis.com but more discount for G4Ef.com / CodeItWell.com but then CodeItWell.com expires in May and G4Ef in April and there is more discount on G4Ef than on CodeItWell.com
Just to confirm on the date as a factor of discount, after renewing the domain DIYTechnicalAnalysis I tried renewal yet again and still the same. The pricing for domain renewal does not depend on the expiry date and I could not find any reason for not offering discount on one .com domain renewal but not on other. Did you find the GoDaddy Pricing For .com Renewals Weird? Share your thoughts in comments below.
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Albert says
March 29, 2013 at 11:01 am@Shabbir – It is the original GoDaddy. First they attract you with discount coupons and they make money in renewals and other addons like Privacy Protection, DNS Management and Domain Forwarding etc. While other registrar’s pricing included with ICANN pricing GoDaddy will add this in your final cart. 🙁
5 years before itself I found this marketing tricks of GoDaddy and transferred all of my domains to another registrar. And Now I have my own domain registration website and selling domains to my friends and families. My pricing for .com is Rs. 600/year for registration and renewals. and I have promotion running for .com new registration in this week. If you want to register new domain names contact me ASAP.
Promotion Details:
.com -New domain registration: Rs. 550/year
.com -New domain registration: Rs. 525/year (for more 2 domains or 2 year)
.com -New domain registration: Rs. 500/year (for more 3+ domains or 3+ year)
Shabbir says
March 29, 2013 at 11:43 amThanks for your offer Albert but I do not prefer changing domain registrar for my domains as of now but will keep your offer in mind.
Karthic says
March 12, 2013 at 4:52 pmI’m not sure about it, but I left Godaddy because of some billing problem and sticking with name.com for longtime now. Ofcourse, Godaddy’s interface was much simpler and easy.
Shabbir says
March 12, 2013 at 5:42 pmI was with name.com but for autorenewals they charge almost 2 months in advance and so I have moved almost all my domain out of them.