GoDaddy Delegate Access – How to share your GoDaddy.com account
GoDaddy offers many products and services related to owning a website like domain registration, web hosting, email, secure certificates and more. When you hire a web developer/designer they do not need your GoDaddy website login to access to every product in your account.
If you would share your login, this would give someone full access to your account. This means they would have access to your billing information, be able to transfer away your domain name if they wanted. You would be surprised at how many people contact me because they say their web designer is holding their domain or website hostage.
GoDaddy’s solution for account management is delegate access for access to parts of your GoDaddy account that you defined. You always want to use this feature to share web developer access to GoDaddy.
What does Delegate Access in GoDaddy even mean?
The delegate access feature allows GoDaddy users to invite other people (i.e. delegates) to access and manage specific parts of their account without giving them the account username and password. This means when you hire a web developer to handle tasks such as building a new website, or website updates, you can keep your login credentials private and secure without giving them your GoDaddy website login. You can control what areas of your account they have access to, and can delete access at any time, giving you full control over your account.
To simplify more, as a GoDaddy account owner, you can invite users to access certain parts of your account to share specific services related to your domain names, web hosting and websites. You can also remove this access any time you want.
Why use Delegate Access?
The main reasons to use this feature is security and convenience.
- You do not have to share your account username and password.
- You do not have to coordinate with 2 level logins like receiving a code to your phone that you then have to share with the user trying to access your account.
- You only share access to the products and services that you decide they should be able to see.
- You have full control to remove the access at any time.
- You can track and monitor activities performed by delegates through logs, email notifications, reports and reviews.
Delegate Access Levels
There are different levels of access when delegating. This image shows how to share domain access, products and even the ability to make purchases on your behalf.
As a web developer, when I request that you give access to me, all that I need is access to Products & Domains.
The form you will submit will look similar to this:
Where is the GoDaddy delegate access page?
How to grant delegate access is a feature that is a little hard to find the first time you need to use it. On top of that, GoDaddy tends to redesign their site often, completely changing the layout of where to find it.
Following these few steps, it will take you to the exact page to grant access to your GoDaddy account.
- Go here to log into GoDaddy: sso.godaddy.com
- Find your name in the upper right corner.
- Click on the down arrow next to your name and then select “Account Settings”.
- Then on the left side of the page, you will see a vertical menu that shows “Delegate Access”. Click on that.
Shortcut: If you are already logged into GoDaddy you can go here to get to the GoDaddy delegate access page: sso.godaddy.com/access
That’s all you need to do!
Once you submit the request to share your account, GoDaddy will send the invited user an email, telling them they now have access to your account. They have to accept access by clicking the button in the email with in 48 hours, or user won’t be added to your account.
Once this is complete, when the delegated users logs in to their GoDaddy account, they will go to their GoDaddy delegate page and see your name. Clicking it, they will be able have access to your account without needing to log in to a separate account or know your login credentials. When you are done working together, you remove the delegated access, and access to your account no longer shows in their account.
How do I know if someone already has access to my GoDaddy account?
When you are logged into your account, go to the Delegate Access menu link in the screen grab above. On this page, anyone with access will be listed under the heading People who can access my account.
How to remove Delegate Access in GoDaddy?
If I want to take away someone’s access later you can do this easily. Many users forget to remove access once they are done working on a project. (I have dozens of connected users on my delegate page under Accounts I can Access. GoDaddy does not give the invitee the option to remove access even though I have requested this feature several times.)
Under the heading People who can access my account, click on the name.
Select Edit.
Under the Save button, click Delete.
Go Daddy’s Delegate Access feature provides a secure and convenient solution for users who need to share specific parts of their account with others. By allowing control over shared access, it eliminates the need to share login credentials, enhancing overall account security. This feature is particularly useful for website owners collaborating with developers, designers, or team members.
In Summary:
- Delegate Access allows sharing specific account areas without compromising security.
- It offers flexibility in granting and revoking access as needed.
- Account holders maintain full control and can monitor delegate activities.
- The process of granting and removing access is straightforward.
When hiring someone to work on your website, always give the developer access to GoDaddy by delegating access. Sometimes people still send me their GoDaddy username and password. DON’T. I won’t use it and will send you to the delegate access page to share your GoDaddy account with me. It protects both the client and developer with controlled access to the GoDaddy account.