{"id":3735,"date":"2014-01-24T19:54:44","date_gmt":"2014-01-25T00:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=3735"},"modified":"2014-01-24T20:03:55","modified_gmt":"2014-01-25T01:03:55","slug":"godaddy-domain-discount-club-an-option-to-consider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/godaddy-domain-discount-club-an-option-to-consider\/","title":{"rendered":"GoDaddy Domain Discount Club: An option to consider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>GoDaddy<\/strong> and I go way back to my <a href=\"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/domains\/how-i-saved-godaddy-in-2001\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>early domain registration days<\/strong><\/a>, after the registrar market opened up and Network Solutions lost its monopoly.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a love\/hate relationship, but for one reason or another, I maintain a good sized portion of my domain portfolio there; the ability to utilize <a href=\"http:\/\/domaingang.com\/domain-news\/namepros-best-source-for-godaddy-discount-coupon-codes\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>GoDaddy coupon codes<\/strong><\/a> for cheap registrations, leads to savings that add up considerably over the course of a year.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, it became apparent that the concept of discount codes is being eliminated; the $8.67 renewal rate for .com domains was made unavailable, and the current code brings renewals up to $9.99 plus the $0.18 ICANN fee.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing how long term, over the course of a year, I would benefit considerably from the discount pricing of the <strong>GoDaddy Domain Discount Club<\/strong>, I used coupon code &#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">cjc35newc<\/span>&#8221; for a 35% discount when joining DDC.<\/p>\n<p>So currently, my dot .com renewal rate is a reasonable $8.29 plus $0.18 in ICANN fees, and I don&#8217;t have to hunt coupon codes when renewal time arrives.<\/p>\n<p>There are other benefits to being a member of DDC, of course, and they can be reviewed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.godaddy.com\/domains\/discount-domains.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GoDaddy and I go way back to my early domain registration days, after the registrar market opened up and Network Solutions lost its monopoly. 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