For those here asking about alternatives (rightfully so as GoDaddy is one of the sleaziest companies in the field), I recommend Gandi.net as domain registrar. Namecheap is also good but they have a lot less TLD coverage.<p>Digital ocean for small scale hosting, too.
This isn't good news for the .uk domain space.<p>Nominet (who run the .uk ccTLD) allocate votes proportionally to registrars based on how many domains they have registered. [1]<p>GoDaddy will now likely control the majority of the votes.<p>1: <a href="http://nominet-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/58367_votingrightspolicy17052012.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://nominet-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2015...</a>
How is GoDaddy nowadays? I know for a while, they racked up a terrible reputation ala Network Solutions for poor CS and policies, but have they recovered at all?
Did HEG make any acquistions after becoming part of Cinven? If it's the exact same assets, going from $667 million to $1.82 billion in three years is some pretty good work.<p>2013 acquistion: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-07-19/cinven-buys-host-europe-from-montagu-for-438-million-pounds" rel="nofollow">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-07-19/cinven-bu...</a>
Just in case there's anyone else like me, HEG also owns (owned) Paragon Internet Group which is a problem as all my personal projects and domains are with TSOHost...<p>What a PITA. RIP TSO, you will be missed.
The GoDaddy service has a history of terrible user interfaces, advertising imagery that objectifies women, and the former CEO / founder Bob Parsons who's shot wild African animals, still sits on the board.<p>How do new customers over look that to save a couple bucks per year? How do existing customers ignore it because it'll take some time/effort/cost to make the change?