Sometimes an idea for an online business comes to me on a whim and I want to grab the domain name. Because only a small percentage of these projects go forward, it’s important to acquire it quickly and without a lot of investment — at least for the first year. That way, I can simply let it expire if I decide it isn’t a project I want to continue working on.
Every time I go to register a domain name at GoDaddy, I do a quick search for “godaddy coupon codes” or “godaddy promo codes” to save a little off the $9.99 per year registration fee. I just don’t like to pay retail!
It used to be pretty easy to find 30% off domain name coupons, but then I discovered that by using a little trick I could consistently get my domain names for just $1.17 without a coupon code.
GoDaddy now advertises an unbeatable 99 cent domain deal ($1.17 total after fees) on Google Adwords, beating the coupon code sites at their own game. The catch is, they obviously don’t want to make it easy to find. If you just visit GoDaddy’s website, you won’t see this deal. But if you do a Google search for “godaddy 99 cent domains” — there it is, right at the top!
Click on the link, and you’ll land on a domain registration page. Enter the domain you want to register, and click “search.”
If your domain is available, click “select” and then “continue to cart.”
Just say no to all those add-ons — you just don’t need them. Scroll down and “continue to cart.”
Now you’ll see a page showing a domain registration term of 5 years for $41.85. Click the dropdown and change it to 1 year for $1.17.
There, that’s much better! Now you can “proceed to checkout” and finish the transaction.
After you take advantage of this deal, you might be tempted to register another domain (or two, or three) for the same great deal. If you just repeat the process, you won’t see the same deal again. But there’s a way around that, too!
After you buy the domain for $1.17, log out of your GoDaddy account and clear your browser cookies. Then you should be able to repeat the process and the same promotion should appear again when you follow the link from Google. You can use this technique to register quite a few names at a very affordable price!
Did this work for you? Let me know in the comments below.
Matt Thomas
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Hey this did not work me. I use to be able to do this in the past but anytime I sign into my account it reverses the domain fee to a hire price saying its only offered once.
A possible workaround is to use a new account for each domain registration and then moving them to your primary account later.
A second option is to Google “GoDaddy coupon codes” and finding a list of current codes. In many cases, you can use each of those codes once giving you several more ultra-cheap domain purchases.
Hi, I have created a new GoDaddy account to get this 99c deal again, but it says that I have already used it. This is the first domain on this account. Could GoDaddy be comparing account details such as addresses, credit card details, or other personal info?
That’s too bad, Josh. Thanks for the heads-up that GoDaddy may be limiting the deal to only one 99-cent domain per person, and not just one per account.
They compare cc use..and store the cc info on their database to prevent using the cc more than once..use a different card for each purpose
Godaddy compares all those details. they know people would want to cheat their system.
i have registered quite a number but using different cards and using the name on the card as the purchaser
This will not work, godaddy now tracks payment methods so you can use this a maximum of twice per credit card you own, once with the credit card itself and once with a paypal account linked to that card.
Yes they did start that. But if you use a card one time, make a new account and use pay pal the second time it should work. Also prepaid cards will work.
You can use several different payment gateways like paypal, then authorizenet, 2checkout, and a bunch more, using the same card.
Hello Matt, nice trick but they allow one domain per account. To avail this offer you must create a new account.
Thanks
You’re absolutely right, you cannot avail this promotion using the same payment gateway. Everything should be unique like the credit card, email address, new account, etc.
Thanks
Not only 1 Domain for 1 account but also for 1 Master card or PayPal account for 1 domain. Actually, You can buy only 1 Domain at this rate not for unlimited times.
This is worked for me because i used a new account and payment information
This method works only for one credit/debit card.
Nice share though.
I think they use your IP address, too. Try using a different IP or device as well. In essence, you have to be a new customer.
That is exactly what they are doing, not only that, but I suspect that they may be comparing card details across their platform. Interesting huh, they found a way to stop us from cheating. Oh well.
This is good that they no longer offer $1 domains along with Network Solutions, and Ionos. Now their will be less influx of new names.
Only thing to make me mind to get deal with Godaddy is that then you can sell domain for good price without domain age trust drop down.