It was just brought to my attention that Godaddy has been fucking it's Canadian customers on domain prices.
Before we dive into the canadian screwjob...
Godaddy's .org new domain pricing for US customers is $17.99
while NameSilo is $9.95
Yup they are charging almost twice the price on new .org domains than NameSilo.
That in itself is reason enough for you to not even register your domains with Godaddy.
Now back to the Canadian Screwjob,
If you sign up for Godaddy's "Discount Domain Club" and want to register a .org domain today,
Canadians pay $15.59 CAD
Americans pay $7.99 US
Now I know the canadian currency sucks but simple mathematics tells me 7.99 US does not convert to 15.59 cad. That's almost 100% more expensive. It comes out to more like 12 bucks.
So Godaddy is clearly fucking it's Canadian customers. I called their Customer line and they tried to give some BS blame game and said the .ORG registry tells them that they must charge Canadians a certain price.
WTF!!!?
Lamest excuse ever because when Godaddy buys a batch of .org , they negotiate a set price and GODADDY are the ass clowns who decides how much to charge the .org for. Thats why GD sometimes offers .99 cent promos. The prices are up to Godaddy to charge as they please.
See for yourself, put a .org domain in your shopping cart, then click on US pricing on the top left of your browser, you will see the price at $7.99US, then you click on CAD pricing and you will see the crazy price of 15.59 CAD.
So essentially if you Canadians are not careful, godaddy screws you canucks an extra $3.50 or so between US and CAD prices before currency exchange.
and that's after they ass fucked you already into paying $150 for their "Discount Domain Club" membership.