Comments on: Notice: Transferring Domain to 1and1

By: David S.

David S. — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 05:09:26 +0000

Jeff must be a godaddy employee.

1&1 is awesome IMO. Been with them for over 5 years now.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:24:48 +0000

I have had nothing but problems with 1and1 and would never use them again. Their customer service sucks and cost me hundreds if not thousands of dollars and ended up costing me a domain name because of their stupidity.

By: Ivy

Ivy — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:18:19 +0000

@kelly: Actually that offer from Godaddy isn’t straight out 1.99$. You have to purchase a hosting plan with them before they let you buy a domain for 1.99$. Hahaha. So it’s not that cheap.

Also, I don’t see why all this talk about 1and1 being a bad host has anything to do with my domains being there. They are not my host; they are my domain registrar.

I also don’t appreciate guys like Warth Publishing going all over the place to spread their bad experience unnecessarily. If I want a review, I will search for it. Don’t use my server and my space for your “evangelism”.

By: kelly

kelly — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:25:50 +0000

@Michael: Why am I not suprised? That's daylight robbery!

By: kelly

kelly — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:24:20 +0000

@Ivy: well, if anyone wants to compare domain prices, you might as well choose godaddy.com At one time they sold at US$1.99/domain even if you bought a single domain.

Wrath Publishing’s complaint is not without any reason. You have to give him credit for warning everyone in as many places as possible! I’d do the same if I was him!

I’ve come across a few others complaining about 1and1. Take a look here: http://serial-box.net/2008/09/17/how-to-get-a-refund-from-1and1/

I am not using 1and1 but having server 500 problem after upgrading from WP 2.7. The temporary solution of uploading a php.ini works…but it gets deleted for no rhyme or reason.

I will never host with the same registrar where I got my domain! It’s just too risky.

By the way, this blog has a nice theme!

By: Gerald

Gerald — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:00:16 +0000

@Ivy: Thanks. I might have a working U.S. address or two that just might do the trick. GoDaddy has been tainted by questionable business ethics in the past and I’d rather avoid them. Same goes for Netfirms.

By: Ivy

Ivy — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:34:34 +0000

@Gerald: Hi, I signed up with 1&1 a year ago, and I was in Canada then. So, I used my Canadian address to apply for domains. Sorry about that! You might want to try another registrar in that case. I recommend godaddy.com and netfirms.com They’re a little pricier, but they’ve never disappointed me either. I’ve been using godaddy for more than 5 years, and nanyate.com is originally registered at netfirms. I left them only because I wanted to consolidate all my domains under one company, so there’s nothing wrong with netfirms.

By: Gerald

Gerald — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:42:41 +0000

Hi. I would so love to be able to transfer my domains to 1and1 as well. But they don’t accept registrations/transfers from Singapore! I could find no listing of Singapore under their ‘country’ menu during the ordering process. A query to their support staff confirms this. Pray tell, how do you manage to place your order?

By: Ivy

Ivy — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:17:07 +0000

@Michael: Whoa!! You don’t have to move servers per say. You should just let them know when a downtime occurs. They’ll fix it on the spot.

By: Ivy

Ivy — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:13:40 +0000

@Michael: Yeah! I realized that last night when my new registrar informed me! Silly me!