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A Step By Step Guide to Transfer Domains Out Of GoDaddy
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#102Re: A Step By Step Guide to Transfer Domains Out Of GoDaddy
#103I 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'm with you. I had been meaning to move my portfolio away from GoDaddy for a while. This was that last little push that was needed. 172 domains for roughly $1400 @ NameCheap. I had been experimenting with several registrars and they've 'felt' the best so far.
How are you going to manage 172 domains without auto-renew? Unless you only ever buy domains on one date each year, the renewals end up spread out over time, so you have to check and pay every month to keep from losing things.
I'd move to Namecheap right now if
1) They took my American Express card, they only take Visa/MC
2) They would auto-renew my domains
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#104If you're transferring to Namecheap, you can combine both the domain name and the EPP code on the same line (comma separated). That'll save you a step of having to re-submit it for each domain.
It also happen to coincide with the CSV format supported by GoDaddy's export, so you can open the CSV using a spreadsheet, delete all columns but the domain name and EPP code, open the CSV using a text editor, and copy/paste.
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#105I'm so confused. How does GoDaddy dominate the domain market? I guess those Superbowl Dollars are in proper use...?
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#106Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm with you. I had been meaning to move my portfolio away from GoDaddy for a while. This was that last little push that was needed. 172 domains for roughly $1400 @ NameCheap. I had been experimenting with several registrars and they've 'felt' the best so far.
How are you going to manage 172 domains without auto-renew? Unless you only ever buy domains on one date each year, the renewals end up spread out over time, so you have to check and pay every month to keep from losing things. I'd move to Namecheap right now if 1) They took my American Express card, they only take Visa/MC 2) They would auto-renew my domains
To solve 1, if you don't mind using PayPal, you can use an AmEx through them. I know using PayPal brings up a whole extra line of issues, but it does solve the first problem.
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#107I'm not sure whether it was the HN posting, but it seems Tumblr is not coping with the amount of traffic. Whilst that isn't all that interesting, I just wanted to say kudos for having a link to charity on the error page: We're very sorry Our servers are over capacity and certain pages may be temporarily unavailable. We're working quickly to resolve the issue. In the meantime, please consider donating to the Red Cross…
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#108This is great and all but I don't really see a boycott as being such an effective solution.
The problem with boycotts is they are based on the following things:
1) The spending power of the boycotter. 2) The potential spend of the boycotter on the relevant service/product. 3) The amount of influence you have over others to boycott.
So whilst you can move your handful of personal domains that you were using for your hobby website or small startup elsewhere, the biggest spenders on domains I would imagine are going to be medium-large businesses.
These are much more cautious to join a boycott unless there is obvious PR benefit (e.g fairtrade or animal testing free products spring to mind) because they are beholden to shareholders and are generally conservative when it comes to changing suppliers unless there is a clear cost-benefit. The only people in the organization that are likely to care about this will be the techies who unless they are the CIO/CTO do not have the influence to affect domain purchasing decisions.
The conversation probably goes approximately like this:
Boss: Good day underling! Please secure us the following list of 100 domain names from the great godaddy, lord of the DNS!
Techie: But sir , we shouldn't use godaddy. There is an active boycott because of SOPA, how about company X instead?
Boss: What is this SOPA of which you speak?
Techie: explains SOPA
Boss: Damn hippies! I neither understand nor care for their plight, godaddy is cheaper and we already have an account with them. I know not of this company X, do they advertise at the superbowl?
Techie: but...
Boss: Please do as I command and grace godaddy with our pieces of silver.
Techie: enters company credit card details at godaddy.com
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#109Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can't say enough good things about DNSimple (and I've had lots of bad things to say about other registrars). Are you guys still reselling enom for all of your TLDs? Pretty please will you get your own setup for at least .com/.org/.net addresses? And when/if you do can you make a big stink about it so I know to transfer all of my domains to you guys? I'd love to give you more money...
I can't promise I can do it, but I'll work on it. ICANN accreditation and registry access is all about money. If I can get the working capital then I'll get DNSimple accredited in 2012. Believe me, I'd love to be able to do it.
Well I'll keep sending business your way to hopefully speed that process along. :)
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#110Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can't say enough good things about DNSimple (and I've had lots of bad things to say about other registrars). Are you guys still reselling enom for all of your TLDs? Pretty please will you get your own setup for at least .com/.org/.net addresses? And when/if you do can you make a big stink about it so I know to transfer all of my domains to you guys? I'd love to give you more money...
I can't promise I can do it, but I'll work on it. ICANN accreditation and registry access is all about money. If I can get the working capital then I'll get DNSimple accredited in 2012. Believe me, I'd love to be able to do it.
If I move to DNSimple now, will it be easy to move to your news registry later?
I don't mind paying some, but just need it to be ultra easy :)