I’m a big fan of wire transfers. I like setting my affiliate payments to be wired to me so I can get a little surprise when I haven’t checked my account balance and haven’t been watching my traffic. I also like setting my bills to be automatically paid and setting my renewable accounts to autorenew so I don’t forget about them when I am in the middle of a substance binge.
I noticed an $8k dent in my bank account on Saturday morning, and I realized that a bunch of my domains must have come up for renewal since the payee’s name was GoDaddy. A lot of people talk shit about GoDaddy for one reason or another, but they are an excellent registrar in my opinion, and I have never had a problem with them. My only suggestion to their user interface people is to build a fucking shopping cart where I can easily throw a bunch of domains so I don’t have to keep hitting the back button to do a bulk order while I browse.
My love for GoDaddy began about a year and a half ago when I transferred Hot Gallery Post over to an account with them. I spent about $15 on that purchase, which made me a little fish in the GoDaddy pond, but I still received a call from a customer service representative asking me if I had any questions about my domain name purchase. I’m a big fan of being treated well and given a personal touch by companies I do business with.
I’m actually going somewhere with this story…
So I realized some of my domains came up for renewal, and I thought ‘Shit I just spent a lot of money at GoDaddy.’ Sure enough, on Sunday morning I received a call from a customer service representative at GoDaddy thanking me for my purchase. I decided, since my GoDaddy account is pretty large at this point, that I was entitled to have some fun with the representative. He was a great sport, and here is how the call went:
GoDaddy: Hi, can I please speak with Simon?
Me: This is he.
GoDaddy: Hi, Simon, this is Steve with GoDaddy. I wanted to quickly give you a call and thank you for your recent purchase and ask if you have any questions about your purchase or are interested in any of our other products.
Me: Oh, yes, I noticed some of my domains renewed. Everything looks great.
GoDaddy: Ok, well if you ever-
Me: Hey, actually, could you read back to me the names that were renewed? I just want to make sure I set the right ones to autorenew. I hope you don’t mind.
GoDaddy: No problem at all. Looking at your account, I see ExtremeFuckSluts.com, ExtremeFuckSlut.com, FatDickSimon.com, InterracialCumWhore.com, InterracialCumWhores.com (plural), InterracialJumpoff.com, XXXLaunchpad.com, XXXWhackShack.com, XXXWackShack.com (spelled w-a-c-k)-
Me: Oh, I think I know what batch that is then. No need to finish the whole list. But, if you don’t mind, could you make sure that VaginaCircus.com is on the list?
GoDaddy: Yes, I am seeing that name as well.
Me: Great, that’s a really important one for me. Probably one of my better domain ideas.
GoDaddy: Is there anything else I can do for you, sir?
Me: What about FirmYourWorm.com. Was that one renewed as well?
GoDaddy: Yes, I am seeing that domain here also.
Me: Good. I haven’t built that one out yet, but I probably will in a couple weeks. Did TitManPorn.com come up for renew?
GoDaddy: I am not seeing it here. Ah, yes. I am seeing that domain in your account, but it’s renewal date is later in the year.
Me: Phew! You had me scared for a second. What about AssManPorn.com? Would you mind checking on that one also?
GoDaddy: That domain will renew on the same day as the domain you just asked about.
Me: Which one I asked about?
GoDaddy: The last one you asked about.
Me: Which one? Sorry, they all kind of blend together.
GoDaddy: Um, that would be TitManPorn.com.
Me: Ah, great. You’ve been really helpful. Thanks.
GoDaddy: You’re welcome, sir. Thank you again for your purchase.
And that, my friends, is why I absoutely love GoDaddy. I challenge you to find a registrar with the same customer service level. Find me another registrar who will read back all of my sexually-explicit domain names to me on a Sunday morning. Music to my ears.
I have so many domains that I actually forget about most and end up doing nothing with them. Remembering that I actually pay for them made me look through my account. I noticed that I have some pretty sweet ones. Note to self: start doing some work.