{"id":2479,"date":"2012-07-23T14:01:20","date_gmt":"2012-07-23T18:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=2479"},"modified":"2012-07-23T14:01:20","modified_gmt":"2012-07-23T18:01:20","slug":"godaddy-discounts-are-hard-to-beat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/godaddy-discounts-are-hard-to-beat\/","title":{"rendered":"GoDaddy discounts are hard to beat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GoDaddy is not loved by everyone, but they seem to have figured their customer retention game right: they can offer sizable discounts.<\/p>\n<p>With a good chunk of my .CO portfolio spread across two registrars, GoDaddy and Name.com, I&#8217;ve been facing renewal fees on or around the 2nd anniversary of .CO.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m renewing all of my domains, and decided to transfer them over to GoDaddy, as Name.com could not match the discount GoDaddy offered, via a 32% coupon code.<\/p>\n<p>My .CO investment portfolio almost exclusively targets geo-domains, and I&#8217;ve been following the growth of the TLD very closely.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GoDaddy is not loved by everyone, but they seem to have figured their customer retention game right: they can offer sizable discounts. With a good chunk of my .CO portfolio spread across two registrars, GoDaddy and Name.com, I&#8217;ve been facing renewal fees on or around the 2nd anniversary of .CO. I&#8217;m renewing all of my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,769,193,10,37,68,777],"class_list":["post-2479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-domains","tag-acro","tag-acro-blog","tag-acronet","tag-acroplex","tag-acroplex-llc","tag-acroplexcom","tag-domain-investor","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>GoDaddy discounts are hard to beat - Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/godaddy-discounts-are-hard-to-beat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GoDaddy discounts are hard to beat - Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"GoDaddy is not loved by everyone, but they seem to have figured their customer retention game right: they can offer sizable discounts. With a good chunk of my .CO portfolio spread across two registrars, GoDaddy and Name.com, I&#8217;ve been facing renewal fees on or around the 2nd anniversary of .CO. I&#8217;m renewing all of my [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/godaddy-discounts-are-hard-to-beat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-07-23T18:01:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Theo Develegas\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Theo Develegas\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/godaddy-discounts-are-hard-to-beat\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/godaddy-discounts-are-hard-to-beat\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Theo Develegas\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9c9625f061a0e603a87f5bf0f6f781fe\"},\"headline\":\"GoDaddy discounts are hard to beat\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-07-23T18:01:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/godaddy-discounts-are-hard-to-beat\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":108,\"commentCount\":8,\"keywords\":[\"Acro\",\"Acro blog\",\"Acro.net\",\"Acroplex\",\"Acroplex LLC\",\"Acroplex.com\",\"domain investor\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Domains\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/godaddy-discounts-are-hard-to-beat\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/godaddy-discounts-are-hard-to-beat\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/godaddy-discounts-are-hard-to-beat\\\/\",\"name\":\"GoDaddy discounts are hard to beat - Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-07-23T18:01:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9c9625f061a0e603a87f5bf0f6f781fe\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/godaddy-discounts-are-hard-to-beat\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/godaddy-discounts-are-hard-to-beat\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/godaddy-discounts-are-hard-to-beat\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"GoDaddy discounts are hard to beat\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9c9625f061a0e603a87f5bf0f6f781fe\",\"name\":\"Theo Develegas\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6794630c371bee89f2b833c1f4b777d9ba75767b217c8fce2cfd6e6d7d90960d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6794630c371bee89f2b833c1f4b777d9ba75767b217c8fce2cfd6e6d7d90960d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6794630c371bee89f2b833c1f4b777d9ba75767b217c8fce2cfd6e6d7d90960d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Theo Develegas\"},\"description\":\"Theo Develegas - News and opinions on domain name investing, brand development, design, and the occasional rant or two about life's challenges. Founder of Acroplex LLC.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/acroplex\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"GoDaddy discounts are hard to beat - Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/godaddy-discounts-are-hard-to-beat\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"GoDaddy discounts are hard to beat - Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas","og_description":"GoDaddy is not loved by everyone, but they seem to have figured their customer retention game right: they can offer sizable discounts. With a good chunk of my .CO portfolio spread across two registrars, GoDaddy and Name.com, I&#8217;ve been facing renewal fees on or around the 2nd anniversary of .CO. I&#8217;m renewing all of my [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/godaddy-discounts-are-hard-to-beat\/","og_site_name":"Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas","article_published_time":"2012-07-23T18:01:20+00:00","author":"Theo Develegas","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Theo Develegas"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/godaddy-discounts-are-hard-to-beat\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/godaddy-discounts-are-hard-to-beat\/"},"author":{"name":"Theo Develegas","@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9c9625f061a0e603a87f5bf0f6f781fe"},"headline":"GoDaddy discounts are hard to beat","datePublished":"2012-07-23T18:01:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/godaddy-discounts-are-hard-to-beat\/"},"wordCount":108,"commentCount":8,"keywords":["Acro","Acro blog","Acro.net","Acroplex","Acroplex LLC","Acroplex.com","domain investor"],"articleSection":["Domains"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/godaddy-discounts-are-hard-to-beat\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/godaddy-discounts-are-hard-to-beat\/","url":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/godaddy-discounts-are-hard-to-beat\/","name":"GoDaddy discounts are hard to beat - Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-07-23T18:01:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9c9625f061a0e603a87f5bf0f6f781fe"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/godaddy-discounts-are-hard-to-beat\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/godaddy-discounts-are-hard-to-beat\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/godaddy-discounts-are-hard-to-beat\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"GoDaddy discounts are hard to beat"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/","name":"Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9c9625f061a0e603a87f5bf0f6f781fe","name":"Theo Develegas","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6794630c371bee89f2b833c1f4b777d9ba75767b217c8fce2cfd6e6d7d90960d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6794630c371bee89f2b833c1f4b777d9ba75767b217c8fce2cfd6e6d7d90960d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6794630c371bee89f2b833c1f4b777d9ba75767b217c8fce2cfd6e6d7d90960d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Theo Develegas"},"description":"Theo Develegas - News and opinions on domain name investing, brand development, design, and the occasional rant or two about life's challenges. Founder of Acroplex LLC.","sameAs":["https:\/\/acro.net","https:\/\/x.com\/acroplex"],"url":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}