Tell HN: Godaddy canceled my domain, gave me 2h to respond, then charged €150

Re:Tell HN: Godaddy canceled my domain, gave me 2h to respon... by kingrazor on Monday August 15, 2022 @11:59AM (#32471359)

I started using hover after they sponsored a podcast I like. They've been pretty pleasant to work with but I only use it for my podcast. Not sure what they're like to deal with as a business hosting a production website.

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Re:Tell HN: Godaddy canceled my domain, gave me 2h to respon... by rumori on Monday August 15, 2022 @03:14PM (#32473962)

Hover pulled the same stunt on me. After bargaining the price went from 150 to 90 usd.

Would not trust Hover after that. They will just as likely to make you pay as any other registrar.

Edit: btw, Hover also has your phone number, so if you don’t reply to your email in time they could just as easily send you an sms. Of course they don’t do that, and rather wait it out so you have to pay.

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Re:Tell HN: Godaddy canceled my domain, gave me 2h to respon... by Eric_WVGG on Monday August 15, 2022 @12:55PM (#32472181)

Hover is magnificent, they're even a company with a very long pedigree — they were the Tucows shareware server back in the late-nineties.

I'm surprised not to see more love here, they're impeachable IMHO

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Re:Tell HN: Godaddy canceled my domain, gave me 2h to respon... by haskell_melody on Monday August 15, 2022 @02:09PM (#32473208)

I've been using Hover for years and have never had any problems.

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