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Re:Google Domains Launches to All in U.S by Someone1234 on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @03:27PM (#8882364)
Funny you should mention that. At my previous employer I needed to buy some domains and our current registrar was simply horrifyingly terrible (like $30 per sub-domain, yes you read that right: sub-domain. Bad support. Payment issues. Their website had issues in general) so when they asked me for alternatives I gave them NameCheap, and the biggest sticking point was the name (and how it didn't sound professional).

We did eventually go with NameCheap and had no issues. But the name definitely does them more harm than good for business users.

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Re:Google Domains Launches to All in U.S by torbit on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @04:06PM (#8882583)
godaddy sounds worse. They even sexualize their commercials.
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Re:Google Domains Launches to All in U.S by adventured on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @08:39PM (#8883758)
It is fascinating that people look past that, it's far worse than Name+Cheap. I imagine it's due to the very large brand recognition they now possess.

When Google first launched and I tried referring friends to use it, as a superior search service to AltaVista et al., friends would give me a look of "what the hell?" due to the name. Back then it wasn't uncommon to see media stories referencing Google's childish / baby sounding name, and how it was a ridiculous name for a service, and that the logo made it come across even worse.

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