Doteasy
Reviews
From Bad to Worst
I used to think they were good but I've had enough too. Believe it or not I've been with them for about seven years but in that time they've just gone from bad to worst. Every time they change something it seems to get worst. I still have two $0 (so called free, but they're not really) domains with them but so far I've let somewhere around seventeen domains go, seven of those were paid Ultra or Unlimited hosting accounts.
They claim no advertising but every email you send has a Doteasy ad attached to it. Yes, that's even on their paid plans, and you can't remove it. I agree with the post below, the new smartmail system is crap. Their support ticket system is ultra slow and since they removed the forum you can't even get help from other customers. Always beware of a host who is too frightened to run a community forum, especially one who did have one but removed it, it's often because they don't want possible new customers to read all the complaints.
By Disgruntled
June 30 2008
I've had enough
I've finally had enough and won't be registering anymore domains with them. Furthermore, I intend to let my non essential domains expire. I'll simply register new domains elsewhere, and use the remaining time with Doteasy to redirect to them. I've already let two expire.
They've just 'upgraded' their e-mail system, and in doing so have removed many of the features that the old system had. The new system is next to useless and I definitely see this as a 'downgrade'. Furthermore, you are limited to 30 e-mails per hour. If you pay for Unlimited hosting (with unlimited e-mail accounts), you don't expect to be restricted to 30 e-mails per hour. Even a small forum (where people subscribe to a thread with e-mail notifications) can eat up that ridiculous 30 per hour limit easily.
When customers complained about this new e-mail system in their forums, what did they do? They removed the forum to hide the complaints.
As you might guess, I'm far from happy.
By Greg
November 22 2007
Terrible
I have been trying to get Doteasy to release my domain to my new registrar since the 22nd February when I entered the correct authorization code (it is now the 11th March). I would advise anyone who is with them to allow at least two months to avoid any transfer problems. My business website and e-mails are now down and I have had to contact them numerous times. I have not been able to activate the DNS transfer either.They are now stating it may be another five days and as they are not open over the weekend, this translates in reality to seven days! I transferred another domain name at the same time from another provider and the process took four days and was completely painless. I cannot urge people strongly enough to keep away from Doteasy. I have also noticed that KingKoopa is very active on noticeboards trying to dispel the negative comments by actual users of Doteasy. He or she seems to work either for Doteasy or its PR company, both need all the help they can get.
By Clare
March 11 2007
WHAT?
The other 2 guys who wrote reviews are the same person! Dont listen to them, this is a great host!!!
By achmed3
February 24 2007
i dont like it
They lack support for some very important server technologies and their bandwidth limit is not enough, i am swithing to another site
By tomma
February 13 2007
i dont like it
They lack support for some very important server technologies and their bandwidth limit is not enough, i am swithing to another site
By toljo
February 13 2007
