Grade F — Predatory terms (score 45/100)
GoDaddy's terms force binding individual arbitration, grant the company a perpetual license to user content, and allow for unilateral modifications without notice.
Forces arbitration, broad content license, and unilateral modification rights.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, YOU AND GoDaddy ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY BRING DISPUTES AGAINST THE OTHER PARTY ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE LEGAL PROCEEDING.
You waive your right to participate in class action lawsuits and must resolve all disputes through individual arbitration.
You hereby grant GoDaddy a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable (through multiple tiers), and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, combine with other works, display, and perform your User Content... The above licenses granted by you in your User Content are perpetual and irrevocable.
GoDaddy claims a permanent, irrevocable license to use your content for any purpose, which survives account termination.
GoDaddy may, in its sole and absolute discretion, change or modify this Agreement... at any time, and such changes or modifications shall be effective immediately upon posting to this Site.
GoDaddy can change the terms of service at any time without providing you with advance notice.
GoDaddy expressly reserves the right to access this Site, any Account and any data hosted by you... as well as the right to deny, cancel, terminate, suspend, lock, or modify access to (or control of) any Account or Services... for any reason (as determined by GoDaddy in its sole and absolute discretion).
GoDaddy reserves the right to terminate your account or access to services for any reason at their sole discretion.
IN ADDITION, YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT IN NO EVENT SHALL GoDaddy’S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY EXCEED $10,000.00 U.S. DOLLARS.
Your ability to recover damages from GoDaddy is strictly limited to $10,000, regardless of the actual loss.
IF YOU WISH TO CANCEL THE AUTOMATIC RENEWAL OF THE PRODUCT, YOU MAY DO SO BY TURNING OFF AUTO-RENEW THROUGH YOUR ACCOUNT OR BY CONTACTING CUSTOMER SERVICE.
You can easily manage or cancel your automatic renewal settings through your account dashboard.
Last reviewed 2026-08-21 under rubric v3.5.