The GoDaddy Saga Continues 203
First time accepted submitter wbr1 writes "Domain registrar Namecheap is accusing GoDaddy of violating ICANN rules and hindering domain owners from moving their domains to another registrar. They are allegedly doing this by submitting incomplete information to the new registrar, making it difficult to process the move."
Adds user bs0d3: "Godaddy has responded to these allegations today and insist that their practice of rate limiting Whois queries is standard practice to combat Whois abuse. Furthermore, they accuse Namecheap of playing foul because they released a statement before ever contacting godaddy directly to resolve these issues."
Namecheap is a good registrar (Score:4, Informative)
With my years of experience and managing over hundred domains, I can only recommend Namecheap.
WhoreDaddy (Score:5, Informative)
That is not something new godaddy started doing just recently. They had the habit of pulling such shit for close to a decade now. the only provider that is FAR worse, is 1&1 in all its incarnations. I had to bail out numerous clients out of their hands - both godaddy and 1&1. some, i wasnt able to bail out, and these were generally those with 1&1.
The array of problems they cause ? it ranges from what you read here, to locking your domain down, preventing you from paying for renewal and sending you to collections over $9-10 a year. Just google it.
Re:Not the first time (Score:5, Informative)
People left after the CEO posted a video of him killing an elephant maybe a year or so back, not sure if that's what you're talking about.
Re:WhoreDaddy (Score:5, Informative)
That is not something new godaddy started doing just recently. They had the habit of pulling such shit for close to a decade now. the only provider that is FAR worse, is 1&1 in all its incarnations. I had to bail out numerous clients out of their hands - both godaddy and 1&1. some, i wasnt able to bail out, and these were generally those with 1&1.
I once registered a domain with 1&1. Never again. Everyone should be warned to never go near those scumbags.
Re:Not the first time (Score:5, Informative)
Here's the video: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/31/bob-parsons-godaddy-ceo-elephant-hunt_n_843121.html [huffingtonpost.com]
Re:Who to believe? (Score:5, Informative)
That is not a safe thing to do. Godaddy will register a domain you search for if you let it sit 24 hours. At least that is what I observed the lst time I went domain name speculating for a customer.
We searched on GoDaddy for 5 different domain names, the customer dragged his feet for 2 days and when we came back to register, ALL of them were registered and were available for "purchase" at their auction site.
Re:Namecheap is a good registrar (Score:5, Informative)
Re:16 Domains. (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Namecheap is a good registrar (Score:5, Informative)
Just to add another testimonial: I use Namecheap for my 20-odd domains and they have been fine; easy administration, prompting me when I needed to renew them, decent prices, decent customer service.
I haven't tried to move any domains away from Namecheap, so I'm not sure whether they're a bit dodgy there; it'd be a shame if they are.
Their strong anti-SOPA stance also gives them brownie points in my view.
GoDaddy is blocking my domain transfer (Score:2, Informative)
For anyone who doesn't believe GoDaddy is now just explicitly blocking transfers - I've tried for two days now to move a single GoDaddy domain I have (that I bought through Google) to EasyDNS and GoDaddy is just blocking the transfer (see message below). I don't know if I'm more upset with GoDaddy or Google at this point (who continues to resell GoDaddy and provides no help here). Note that the (obscured) link to GoDaddy for support below points to a page with a PIN, with no information on where the PIN is obtained. Calling GoDaddy goes into an infinite black hole on support lines.
REGISTRAR TRANSFER DENIED
Dear Registration Private,
The transfer of x from Google Apps to another registrar could not be completed for the following reason(s):
Express written objection to the transfer from the Transfer Contact. (e.g. - email, fax, paper document or other processes by which the Transfer Contact has expressly and voluntarily objected through opt-in means).
If you believe that this domain name does not fit the situation described above, go to x for assistance.
Regards,
Domain Services
Google Apps
Business with GoDaddy (Score:3, Informative)
Re:You don't get to be #1 (Score:2, Informative)
Re:GoDaddy is blocking my domain transfer (Score:4, Informative)