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A Step By Step Guide to Transfer Domains Out Of GoDaddy

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Re: A Step By Step Guide to Transfer Domains Out Of GoDaddy

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Post by bermanoid »

dchest wrote: post #59
citricsquid wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am 99% sure the only requirement is any contact delivered makes it to you, so yes.

3.7.7.1 The Registered Name Holder shall provide to Registrar accurate and reliable contact details and promptly correct and update them during the term of the Registered Name registration, including: the full name, postal address, e-mail address, voice telephone number, and fax number if available of the Registered Name Holder; name of authorized person for contact purposes in the case of an Registered Name Holder t…

From what I've seen (I have personally never done it, but know people that have), this is not typically enforced in any way, and you're probably fine entering completely fictional information for all of this stuff.

But...

I knew a guy in college (super disreputable, FWIW, so I don't necessarily believe everything he said) who claimed that one of the first tricks up his sleeve when he was launching a new site was to file complaints about incorrect WHOIS data against all his competitors (and sometimes against random sites with useful keyword content and a bit of pagerank) and then pounce on the domains if they opened up so he could point them to his new site. He told me that often enough to be useful to him, people either failed to respond to the verification requests in time, or had actually provided false data, and he was able to either snatch their domains or at least cause some trouble.

So I probably wouldn't recommend messing around with phony data, better just to set up some contact info that you don't mind having out in the open.

Re: A Step By Step Guide to Transfer Domains Out Of GoDaddy

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Post by Calamitous »

freejack wrote: post #78
lux wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would love to see that stat. I guess competitors could post about spikes, giving us a sense based on their numbers.

We did 10x the inbound xfer volume on the 22nd vs. the 21st. So far on the 23rd, we're at 80% of the volume we saw on the 22nd. This only counts completed transfers, and there are a ton more in process as people fiddle with the Godaddy knobs and dials. One of our customers wrote a great transfer how-to that can be found here... https://twitter.com/technologypoet/status/150084142577623042 ...and to head off any bandwa…

I agree with your sentiment, but the Grammar Nazi in me wants to make you aware that gerrymandering is a specific type of political malfeasance related to redistricting, not a generic term for political chicanery. :)

Re: A Step By Step Guide to Transfer Domains Out Of GoDaddy

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Post by satyajit »

aeden wrote: post #31
jameskilton wrote: post #18

https://dnsimple.com/ has a 50% off special for transferring domains off of GoDaddy. They may not be the cheapest (it's $3 a month to host 10 domains + yearly cost for the domain registration), but they have fantastic support and are super simple to use.

In case you haven't seen it before, I wrote up a step-by-step guide earlier this year as well: http://blog.dnsimple.com/preparing-domains-godaddy-for-trans... Note the tip at the end: you usually have to wait the full 5 day waiting period when transferring a domain out of GoDaddy because they let the domain auto ack at the end, however you can speed things up using the technique described in this help article on thei…

I transferred to NameCheap, which also sent me a mail to accept/decline. Wasn't aware of the same from GoDaddy. Thanks for letting me know. Just did it. Hope to be done in half-hr.

Re: A Step By Step Guide to Transfer Domains Out Of GoDaddy

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Post by kellishaver »

jbail wrote: post #32

I just transferred my 47 domains out of GoDaddy. I've been meaning to do it for awhile --- primarily because the price keeps inching up and because I find their advertising and use of spokeswomen sort of distasteful. Seeing Jillian Michael's face when I'm buying a domain or setting up DNS records for a client is pretty much the last thing I want to see. I guess you could say SOPA was the last straw. Transferring 47 d…

I just transferred 17 myself. I'd been meaning to for a while and, as you said, this was just kind of the final straw. I moved them to NameCheap, where I ready had another 32 domains registered.

Re: A Step By Step Guide to Transfer Domains Out Of GoDaddy

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Post by amalcon »

PakG1 wrote: post #88

Can someone please provide advice for SSL? I don't think it's as easy? Am I stuck for SSL?

You mean your cert? Technically, you don't need to transfer the cert -- nothing prevents two CAs from signing certificates for the same domain. You can just buy the cert from someone else and start using that.
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