Originally Posted by NaughtyVisions

Not defending Godaddy or shady practices....focusing on what I highlighted in your post:



Isn't that the exact same thing that porn sites do with free trial memberships? Free for xx days? So do mainstream companies (other than GoDaddy), Netflix recently gave me a two weeks free; Gamefly offered us 7 days free; Rhapsody has given me two weeks free countless times. But in every instance, unless I cancel within that time period, I get billed.

I don't care what the product or service, or if it's something offered as a bonus to something I'm currently purchasing, I always look for the fine print about being charged if not canceled, or just cancel the addition thing anyway.

While I do agree that a reminder email would have been a good courtesy effort from Godaddy, that flies in the face of what most adult webmasters on here say. I think DVTimes once posted about reminding customers that their memberships were coming up for renewal, and he got flamed; reason being, "don't remind a customer to cancel something they don't really want. Let them figure it out on their own and collect the $$ until they do."

So, while I sympathize with your situation, that's the plight of most customers of adult websites, and it's sort of funny to see someone complaining about it on an adult webmaster forum.