GoDaddy vs Namecheap

Other than business practices, what are the major differences between GoDaddy and Namecheap as registrars? I have a domain expiring in a couple of days and I'm trying to decide whether I should just renew with GoDaddy or transfer to Namecheap. There was a thread here a few days ago about everyone recommending Namecheap so I was wondering what they do better than GoDaddy.

Pricewise, a Namecheap transfer is about $10 and my renewal at GoDaddy comes out to about $9, so I don't really mind pricewise switching or staying.

TIA!

If you have eliminated business practices and price as points of comparison, that doesn't leave much to work with.

Quote from Aluvus : If you have eliminated business practices and price as points of comparison, that doesn't leave much to work with.

By business practices, I guess I should have specified the whole CEO hunting thing and (as important as it is) GoDaddy's support of SOPA/PIPA, which I now realize are not business practices.

Apples versus grapes. Both fruits, both have different tastes and different flavors of the same fruit. Look for the one with the best billing system for you.

I am not sure how can you compare to service just for domain registration.

Quote from MarvelK : I am not sure how can you compare to service just for domain registration.

There's also the online control panel for said domain. Godaddy's control panel is cumbersome, slow loading and ultimately annoying.

GoDaddy sucks a**. Their customer service is amongst the worst in the business and should you ever try to leave, they will hold your domain hostage for a minimum of 3 months. Been there, done that. Check out the webhostingtalk forums and you'll find plenty of other people with similar bad experiences at GD and few with good experiences. If namecheap doesn't do it for you, check our internet.bs

Quote from kakomu : There's also the online control panel for said domain. Godaddy's control panel is cumbersome, slow loading and ultimately annoying.

Ding ding ding, we have a winner! The namecheap control panel is awesome. The godaddy one is a real pain in my a$$.

OP, you clearly waited until the last minute to make this decision and as such you are going to pay the price. If you had asked us two months ago we would have told you to put a up a deal alert for namecheap and you could have snagged a sweet transfer offer for less than half that price.

I'm currently locked into a 5 year domain with GoDaddy. Unless name cheap will transfer both the domain and the length of time I have my domain, I'm not going to worry to much about it. I only have to change domain info once and a while, but when I talk with new clients, I try to steer them away from GoDaddy specifically because of how cumbersome it can be.

Quote from kakomu : I'm currently locked into a 5 year domain with GoDaddy. Unless name cheap will transfer both the domain and the length of time I have my domain, I'm not going to worry to much about it. I only have to change domain info once and a while, but when I talk with new clients, I try to steer them away from GoDaddy specifically because of how cumbersome it can be.

I'm fairly certain that the namecheap terms state that the transfer adds a year to any already existing time you have. A quick site visit or email to their CS should resolve that for ya.

Quote from brbubba : Ding ding ding, we have a winner! The namecheap control panel is awesome. The godaddy one is a real pain in my a$$. OP, you clearly waited until the last minute to make this decision and as such you are going to pay the price. If you had asked us two months ago we would have told you to put a up a deal alert for namecheap and you could have snagged a sweet transfer offer for less than half that price.

I found a code online that brought the Namecheap renewal down $1 do I transferred last night. I have another domain up for expiration in October so I'll set up a deal alert for that now.

I've gone through the steps so far that Namecheap says "Domain transfer initiated" and it's completely out of my GoDaddy account. I hope it doesn't get stuck in domain limbo now...

Quote from DinkinFlicka : I found a code online that brought the Namecheap renewal down $1 do I transferred last night. I have another domain up for expiration in October so I'll set up a deal alert for that now. I've gone through the steps so far that Namecheap says "Domain transfer initiated" and it's completely out of my GoDaddy account. I hope it doesn't get stuck in domain limbo now...

Wow, that's a nice deal. Mine were $2 I think. I'm finally free of Godaddy forever though! I had to file a BBB complaint to get them to close my account. Of course two months after that I get an offer on a domain through Goddaddy's domain buy service and what's the first thing they want me to do, create a new account. I told them to tell their client that I will never do business with Goddady again. If the guy was smart he would just email me directly since my whois protection goes straight to me gmail account.

Quote from brbubba : Wow, that's a nice deal. Mine were $2 I think. I'm finally free of Godaddy forever though! I had to file a BBB complaint to get them to close my account. Of course two months after that I get an offer on a domain through Goddaddy's domain buy service and what's the first thing they want me to do, create a new account. I told them to tell their client that I will never do business with Goddady again. If the guy was smart he would just email me directly since my whois protection goes straight to me gmail account.

I think you misread my post. I got it down a dollar (from $10) to $9, so I still paid quite a bit. I'll look into snagging one of those nice deals for my other domain though.

Quote from brbubba : I'm fairly certain that the namecheap terms state that the transfer adds a year to any already existing time you have. A quick site visit or email to their CS should resolve that for ya.

Hmm, it looks like whatever time I purchased from GoDaddy will remain if I move to namecheap. Seems like I ought to get the process started in the near future. I should probably also look into moving other domains I handle.