I got a call a little while ago from my (was) GoDaddy.com executive account manager Justin and he informed me via voice mail that GoDaddy is moving the minimum amount of domain names needed in ones account to at least 300 domain names to qualify for an executive account.

The message started off btw with him stating that many clients have "30,000" or more domain names, so the minimum required had to go up…

Personally, the message really came across in a bad way. He said if I had "other domains" at other registrars I could move them over to meet the required 300 domains and he would be glad to help do it. If I wasn’t able to do this, this is where I felt he came across as saying…. "so long". No biggy to me really, as having an "executive account manager" via GoDaddy wasn’t anything special in the first place.

I would get emails from time to time that I had X amount of domains needed to be renewed or X amount of domains expiring and all I had to do was let him know the last four digits of the CC I wanted to use to renew them.. well, the thing was… every time I got one of those emails, I was already aware of what needed to be renewed. The "special rate" that I would get renewing through him.. was more than many of the GoDaddy coupon codes always floating around, so I never used the provided service anyway.

I was also aware that the executive account managers are "salesmen" and get commissions off of your domain name renewals etc. (I am not 100% if this is still the case, but it at least was in the past and likely hasn’t changed) Since they are more salesmen than having a dedicated person to help you on your account, sometimes money is the only thing on their mind and it shows. (Just IMO)

So if you get a phone call from a GoDaddy rep that you will need to boost your domain name portfolio to 300 domains minimum or you no longer will have an executive account manager, you know ahead of time. I have a feeling that many that have or did have an executive account manager and will be losing them, they will not be missed all that much.

In a way, the phone call makes me want to move my remaining domain names over to Moniker.com a little bit quicker than I was. :) I still like GoDaddy, just not as much as I use to. A domain registrar like Moniker at least still stays connected with it’s customers and it doesn’t take an "executive account manager" to do it.