How to Login to GoDaddy’s Developer Portal.

A few weeks ago, you may recall, I shared that GoDaddy added “Watcher” data to buy-it-now and closeout expired domain auctions.

No sooner than I shared my finding with the domain community, Andrew Allemann wrote an article expressing his concern and hopes that GoDaddy would NOT add watcher data to the entire aftermarket platform.

And what a stirring of emotion both articles tapped into with an outpouring cry of dissatisfaction from the domain community about GoDaddy’s beta testing of such a feature.

But one of the comments from Andrew’s article left by Jamie Zoch piqued my interest.

As you can read below in the image, Jamie mentions building a personalized “Watch Tool” with GoDaddy’s API to avoid tipping off other domain investors and buyers of extremely undervalued expired domains flying under the radar.

Preoccupied juggling several projects, GoDaddy’s Auction API has slipped off my radar, yet I’m grateful Jamie’s comment brought it back into my foresight.

And following my inquisitive comment, you soon discover GoDaddy denied API access to the general public while they revamp for a new and improved API.

Unfortunately, this denied API access by GoDaddy limits the number of folks capable of building a custom “watch tool” to keep others from sniping much desired expired domains once in buy-it-now and closeout status.

Interestingly enough, Jamie’s reminder reminded me that I had long possessed access credentials.  At one time, I had grand plans for utilizing the GoDaddy API to build several auction tools.

Yet like anything in life, those grand dreams and their priority have long since fallen by the wayside for pressing issues that must be solved and met.

Talk about perfect timing! Most of my consulting projects slow quite a bit at the end and beginning of the year.

I’m afforded free cycles to tool around with personal projects, especially automation projects, to enhance how I live effectively and efficiently.

And so begin the journey to get re-acclimated with GoDaddy’s Auction API. For starters, I searched and searched from old emails to retrieve credentials and documentation for GoDaddy’s existing developer portal.

In short, I was supposed to log in to GoDaddy’s Developer Portal using my existing account credentials to create keys necessary to access GoDaddy’s Auction API, which I had access to before GoDaddy restricted access.

Nevertheless, I attempted to log in to the Developer Portal only to be met with a login redirection loop upon each login attempt.

I was certain I had the correct login information, as I could log in to view my GoDaddy services and account information.

I tried changing my password several times and creating a new Developer Portal account without a successful login entry.

Hmm… so what exactly could be the issue? 🤨

Long story short, there appears to be a web browser caching glitch with GoDaddy’s Developer Portal login screen that causes redirects.

Unfortunately, I didn’t care to clear my chosen web browser’s cache. However, another option is to use an incognito web browser window.

When using a Chrome or Firefox incognito web browser experience, you can successfully log in to the Developer Portal without issue (as shown in my tutorial video below).

Nevertheless, I gained access to the Developer Portal API and the existing GoDaddy Auction API.

I’m over the moon with all the opportunity that lies before me to automate and improve my domain investing efficiency via GoDaddy’s Aftermarket platform.

In the coming week, I hope to add a few features aimed at *silently* providing my newsletter subscribers with timely and greater insight into undervalued aftermarket auctions.

If you haven’t already, I encourage you to sign up to be the first to know!

Let me know if you have any questions, and enjoy the tutorial. That’s all for now!

Watch the Detailed Video Tutorial.