I’ve spent some of this afternoon chatting with one of my Fast Implementation and Web Angels clients about domains, about how and where to buy them from.
Whilst there is a science behind buying the “right” domain, there is also some sneaky ways to make it cheaper to buy your domain from certain domain registrars (the guys who basically look after your domain).
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I choose to use GoDaddy (yeah I know weird name!) as my domain registrar for my domains as it is one of the largest and probably the most powerful registrar on the market. These guys sponsor NASCAR teams and have adverts during the SuperBowl, they are really that BIG.
This helps for many reasons, one of which is the ability to make changes to where the domain points if you decide to move your hosting. I have had numerous issues before where domain registrar’s have taken up to a week to change a domain, which can really mess with your website go live dates!!
Anyway, the other reason for using GoDaddy is I can use what is known as “PROMO Codes”
What Is A Promo Code?
Promo Codes are a great way to get a discount on your purchases… and if you’re buying lots of domains for multiple years this can save a reasonable amount of cash.
For example the long standing PROMO code for GoDaddy is “PROMO749”
If you use this during the checkout process when buying your next .com domain name, your investment is reduced from over 10 dollars a year per domain to about $7.49…
I say about as this does vary, because the tax may need to be applied and also the price does vary from time to time… Ultimately you’ll get about 25% discount.
If you are in the UK you can still get discounts on .co.uk domains, but you may need to hunt for a different PROMO code… one that’s working right now is “gda948a”
Normally a quick search on Google for GoDaddy Promo Code will bring up all sorts of entries, its just you may need to search a bit for an up to date code, as they do expire.
Anyway I’ve included a link below which will take you to GoDaddy.com with the PROMO code already applied… just go hunt for your domain and the discount is already applied.
In the comments below put your domain name that you’ve just bought, if only to get the back link to your website for Search Engine Optimization purposes.














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