12 domains transferred to namecheap. I use namecheap ( 30+ domains ) and godaddy ( 12 ) in the past and now i'm going to stick with namecheap I hope that this is not a personal attack. Sorry. I dont agree. At least i care.
If don't understand, than you must be younger than a kid. Stop saying bullsh*ts, Tell me why did you choose namecheap, for transferring your domains from godaddy and not any other registrar? Let me say the reason... It is because of that coupon code "byebyegd", you are using the elephant killed case in order to save money for yourself, don't tell me that namecheap is going to donate $1 for protecting elephants and that's the reason you chose namecheap, that will be an other bullsh*t. Namecheap is going to invest money just to steal godaddy's customer.... Everything it's about money. We will see what will happen in future.
No, I'm convinced that I've gotten over 1000 people to transfer over to another hosting plan. I know its a small deal for a millionaire, but they tell their friends and so on. [QUOT=domainloco]You have sympathy for an animal who was endangering other human beings, was killed for protection, and eaten by people who don't have access to a $17,000 rifle capable of taking such an animal down. [/QUOTE] Dude, Bob Shot with a big smile on his hunter for sport face. It had nothing to do with starving people and everyone knows it. That was a damn excuse. [QUOTE-domainloco]unlike other types of hunts that are put on for the sheer passion of killing.[/QUOTE] You mean like Bob, jabbering about his big gun and all of the parts on it, taking the pleasure of getting pics with the elephant, and making sure that he is the one taking the shot. That was passion. I'm sorry, I have made about $700 from this so far.......Anyway I don't know if the other companies will kill an elephant, but if I were to guess chances are Bob will do it before they will.
I'm 34 year old, not a kid and i hope that you can respect my personal point of view and stop using those xxx words. Why you so angry? Are you a friend of bob? I hear you and i second that other company using this golden moment to make profit but let me tell you something man. I transferred my domains to namecheap not because the coupon code in order to save money. The main reason is i don't want to sponsor bullets. The second reason is i use namecheap for more than 5 years and there will be more easy for me to monitor all my domains in a single platform after transferring all my domains from other registrars.
I'm still up in the air about how I feel about this. I'm a big Godaddy customer and have been for years. I don't like the fact that an elephant got shot, but then I have to look it from the perspective if I was in the villager's shoes. Do these people earn money from their crops? Is that their only source of income? I don't know myself...just asking. If the elephants were damaging my crops such that I would not have any money I would probably be looking to get rid of them too. There are so many unknowns here that I can't make any judgments either way. It seems that they indicate that the elephants had become immune to all other ways of getting them out of the crops, which is why they had to shoot. I must wonder if they had brought any elephant experts into the area could not thre have been some alternative way to get them out without having to use gunfire? Again...I don't know but just asking. One thing for sure...Bob will get lots of publicity for this but not sure if it will help or hurt. It seems like it's hurting in that many people are automatically jumping ship but where does Godaddy get most of its revenue? From those that have hundreds or thousands of domains or just the one and two domains people register here and there? Anyway...just my thoughts. It will be interesting to see how all of this plays out.
Taco, I understand your argument but I said it before and will say it again. You cannot just shoot at the problem. By saying that is the only option means that they would have to shoot them all. Bob was not "forced" to use gunfire. He is a trophy hunter. He hunts tons of different things and then takes a picture of it dead with him to put it on his wall. Helping the people was an just a an excuse for a defense. He gets a thrill from it. It isn't the fact of what he did that is making people change. Its the fact of what he DOES that will. He has a long list of unethical ways to business. Its important that you represent yourself proper if you are in public. Bob ignores this completely. Here's something pretty interesting. Some guy did a research on the seo of some of the blogs that are busy with comments discussing the article and strangely enough he says that he found that the postive arguments seem to be getting a very large boost in rankings while oddly enough the negative one's are being buried in google. Sounds fishy to me..........sounds like Bob is trying to control the argument with other than words like "I'm not ashamed of what I did".
I wasn't saying that shooting was the only option. I was just posing the thought had they looked at other options? I totally agree that you can't just shoot at the problem. I understand he's a hunter so this was just another "hunting" experience for him. I just trying to sort it all out. Personally, I just think it's a big publicity thing and it's sad that the source of the publicity is a dead elephant.
They looked at other options? BOB took a crew in a field and shot in the night, took a picture, then delivered 1000 go daddy hats to the starving people. What kind of option choice is that? "management of animal populations should be left to trained professionals who have no stake other than proper management of natural resources. not to people who profit by the deaths, either in money or in “gloryâ€. and that includes the ivory poachers, bushmeat sellers, stockmen, farmers, and thrill seeking millionaires." Unnamed persons comment. I agree.
No I am not angry, but I don't like naive people or people who lie. You where the first who didn't respect my opinion. If you think namecheap is better, why did you register those 12 domains to godaddy? Anyway, it is pointless to discuss anymore, What bob's did is wrong, but ithere isn't any connection between bob parsons private life and godaddy as a company.
I don't like natives either........no wait you said naive. nevermind. Miss read that. (Just kidding, i love natives)
If you find one person's stated reason for transferring bullshit or hard to believe, then it's fine if you think so. What you think doesn't have to be another person's issue, and no one's forced to believe anything. And not everything in life is all about money, however strongly you believe in that. I'm one of several people who make personal choices that do not seem financially sound, yet is personally satisfying. But I suppose you're right: it's pointless to discuss this thing about why one wants to transfer their domain to NameCheap, considering they'd lose money out of this. And of course, NameCheap can always compensate by those who choose to renew with them at their normal or coupon-code prices. Anyway, everyone will move along. And nope, I didn't take advantage of this since my domains are in good hands with other registrars, thank you...
name.com may donate $1 each for customers who transfer domains from Godaddy. http://blog.name.com/2011/04/ceo-kills-elephant/
Bob's a bum but I'm making good $ as a GoDaddy affiliate. I'm not switching or dropping my revenue stream. It's a tougher decision when switching doesn't save you money.
I thinking of this from a business point of view also: - x10 domains transfer (+1 year added on) via Namecheap - Name.com transfer = how much? - Anyone else? Can I transfer the domains back to Godaddy (if they clean up their act?!) if they're cheaper in the future?
Don't be so sure. It's not impossible for millionaires to lose all, if not most of their money. Bob could very well lose BIG business if too many people back away from GoDaddy.
Thanks. It's sometimes funny when one rather negatively questions or doubts the reason behind another person's choice, even if that person already stated why. I'll try to check back here and give some stats on Go Daddy's registrations. It's not fool- proof, but it should at least give an idea how this latest "stunt" affected them before and after.
I think it's going to have a HUGE impact on him. People may know Godaddy and didn't know Bob Parsons, now they associate Bob as being an elephant (and leopard) killer, that stuff is going to stick with him. Comments about him from PETA, Wired, ABC News, his domain competitors as well as his customers all will effect his business interests. The thing is with GoDaddy and this probably applies to quite a few of us, is that we've been with them for years. I can't even remember why I chose them in the first place, but things like having coupon codes helped and kept with them. They then increased their prices, created difficult domain management by trying to sell you more than just a domain and then branched out into semi-pornography with the GoDaddy girls...something which I can't connect to a domain seller still? I've spoken to Bob in the past, he advertised on one of my sites previously and thought they were ok... Glamourising his shooting expiditions (music, GoDaddy hats to the farmers, saying what he did wasn't wrong etc.,) hasn't helped and I'll be transferring my domains away from GoDaddy - Guy's like Shoemoney did it a while back too. One thing, the connection with CEO's and the actual company shouldn't be applicable. What if say Namecheap's CEO wears fur coats, eats all types of animals or spends his money on questionable activities...we'll never know. But since Bob's the face of GD surely he should understand his actions will not be taken likely by the general public.