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By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:15:52 +0000

I also had the same issue.

All my domains are set to MANUAL Renewal with no auto renewal.
So imagine my surprise when I have just been billed for 10 domains that Im dropping for business registration. $50!!!

Why in the hell would I want business registration for domains that Im dropping. And why when auto-renew is switched off do I still get charged. This is one of the biggest scams out there!!!

By: Mo

Mo — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 06:33:59 +0000

Thanks so much for posting. I have been a longtime Godaddy customer and have been fully happy about the service save for the fact that the CEO savagely kills elephants and takes fun pictures of it as he celebrates the kill. This alone makes me want to take my business elsewhere but I am too deeply entrenched in several sites. So to your point: I just registered NEW domains this evening and never had chosen “business” instead of “personal” site before now (and don’t even recall the option. So I chose it and saw the $4.99 charges and thought it was a legal obligation but also thought it could be a scam. So I googled it and found this site. Thank you so much for taking the time to help others by posting. Most appreciated!

By: Tina

Tina — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 01:17:47 +0000

I recently recv’d the same business registration renewal request. But because I did not give them a valid cc # Go Daddy sent a “PRODUCT EXPIRATION NOTICE” (in red) stating I have been “CANCELLED”. Other customers of Go Daddy may not realize this is not something they need for a web domain name or hosting account. I at first thought this was legitimate until I researched business registration renewal. First search that appeared was this article about Go Daddy scamming people. I am a very dissatisfied former customer of GoCrappy as well. I am willing to sign a class action law suit as I think this is bad business practice and it must be stopped. We cannot allow large companies to get away with stealing from us hard working individuals especially in this economy.

By: D

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 23:51:38 +0000

I just got off the phone with these (basterds) matter of fact “service agents” and I have never been more disappointed with a company. Apparently, when I registered some domains a few years ago they came with a “FREE” Private Registration. A service I would have never chosen! However I do have my domains setup for automatic renewal and guess what???? yep, you guessed it they auto renewed this private registration crap! No sympathy from those service agents… for those of you who support GoCRAPPY I solute U ..!.. I’ll take my business elsewhere and yes I’m looking for other members interested in a class action lawsuit. Sure my $100 bucks may not amount to much but as often as they rip people off and the # of customers they have this would amount to millions easy… Fu(K Parsons that thieving scoundrel!

By: darren

darren — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 16:38:43 +0000

Just ‘rented’ my first domain site. And in the shopping cart is a ‘business registration’ item. Interesting – I don’t remember purchasing this. Google took me right to here. No thanks, GoDaddy. Delete. Thanks!

By: Tom Stockwell

Tom Stockwell — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 12:51:25 +0000

Hi Matt, Any site that provides you a link back to your site will have a subtle impact on SEO. You need to remember though that linking strategies require a lot more then just one link to make any real difference.

By: B2B Lead Generation

B2B Lead Generation — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:30:22 +0000

Does this godaddy business listing help with traffic or SEO? What are the PR of the links it provides?

By: Toolleathergal

Toolleathergal — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:32:36 +0000

Tom, thanks for you post about this, I received the same thing today about a business registration renewal that expired on 2 domains I have. I have many domains registered with GD, but am contemplating moving them to another registrar because renewal fees are getting outrageous. Like one of the previous posters pointed out $8 for privacy under the WHOIS is ridiculous.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:40:38 +0000

Lol.
Exactly this just happened to me. I carefully went through all the stuff I have and made sure that only those things were on auto-renew that I wanted (i.e. domains only). But I must say GoDaddy’s website is so spammed full of stuff offers and options it makes me dizzy. And they send me auto-renew emails every couple of days. So I must have missed that area with the business registration.

Agree with your post. Bad business practice as the customer is intentionally fooled on this one.