Don’t be too quick while checking out to buy a domain name with GoDaddy. They have changed their default registration length up from 2 years to 5 years. Be aware and notice that when going through the GoDaddy checkout process. And for most of us, change the registration length down to 1 or 2 years. You can see in the picture the default screen that comes up in the checkout process, and notice how it says under registration length, 5 years.

The reason I noticed this was because a couple a days ago, I was purchasing 3 or 4 domain names through GoDaddy. As I sped through the checkout process, when it asked me to confirm that I wanted to pay X amount, it came up with an extremely high number like $150 or $175. Of course at this point, my eyes shot open. So I went back in the checkout process to change each domain’s registration down to 1 year.

It was a very close one though. I had almost gone through with paying $150 or $175 for 3 or 4 domain names, that in this economy would be hard to sell for profit, even though they would have been registered for 5 years. Quite frankly, because I did this before I went to bed, had it been an hour or so later, I would have probably gone through with the purchase without realizing.

So domainer’s, be careful when registering your GoDaddy domain names. It is very important to look out for small schemes like this, that big companies like GoDaddy will come up with, and have many people fall for their trap We would all love to hear your comments!