So, we all know they are doing this…
…anyone transferred domains to them?
A bit surprised they only allow transfers, but I guess that is temporary and that in the future they’ll allow to register new domains thru them, which sounds like a gameover move for other registrars.
I did transfer one domain to Cloudflare, but I don’t like the fact that you’re unable to even modify the DNS servers there. It shouldn’t be allowed to prevent you from changing such basic stuff.
Well… they are not marking up on the domain so they need to justify this some other way.
I can totally see them going somewhat like…;
Sales Guy: Hey, our graphs are not spiking upwards like a rocket anymore… we need to get out there! people need to know us! Marketing Guy: Wait… wait wait! You’re not blaming this on me right?! we’re widely known already, what we need is to get people to think we are the only game in town. CEO: Well we already offer our basic service… Sales Guy: I know… let’s fk the registrars, let’s sell domains with a low margin. Marketing guy: Let’s go viral, let’s not make a cent, instead we’ll force people to use our nameservers. Our user base will skyrocket. It will go viral on social cause we will be wrapping this up on a “nice guy” mantra about how we’re helping people. CEO: You guys won me at fk…