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Not the same scenario but recently GoDaddy conveniently "forgot" to extract auto-payment for the only domain I still had with them (somewhat exotic .es TLD) and also forgot to warn me about it, letting the domain registration lapse. I noticed it via the automatic monitoring once the domain stopped resolving and escalated it, at which point GoDaddy graciously offered me to reinstate the domain for $55 lapsed registrat…
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Cloudflare sells domains at bulk price
but Cloudlfare isn't really selling the domains- they are essentially registering them and leasing to you.. with the ability and will to backtrack on that. and cloudlfare is no longer the free speech champion they were many moons ago - in fact they have become a 'turn off the speech of those who concern them or others' kind of place. Using their services is contributing to a less open internet.
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Cloudflare sells domains at bulk price
but Cloudlfare isn't really selling the domains- they are essentially registering them and leasing to you.. with the ability and will to backtrack on that. and cloudlfare is no longer the free speech champion they were many moons ago - in fact they have become a 'turn off the speech of those who concern them or others' kind of place. Using their services is contributing to a less open internet.
It was probably due to the domain registry realizing they sold a "premium" domain as an ordinary one. Here's Porkbun's explainer: https://kb.porkbun.com/article/191-registry-deletion-of-doma...
There's effectively no recourse. You can complain to IANA; Their pile of Godaddy complaints stacks to the ceiling so they can't add more. About nine months ago one of my clients bought a domain at "auction" run by Godaddy. Their auction terms included a 1 year renewal. Godaddy didn't renew the domain when he received it; Wouldn't have been a big deal but they also didn't allow renewal for a week afterwards "while the…
Who would use GoDaddy on purpose? Do you also plan to host your app on Oracle's cloud? Horrible. Use Porkbun next time.
https://science.time.com/2011/04/04/godaddy-ceo-on-shooting-...
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Cloudflare sells domains at bulk price
but Cloudlfare isn't really selling the domains- they are essentially registering them and leasing to you.. with the ability and will to backtrack on that. and cloudlfare is no longer the free speech champion they were many moons ago - in fact they have become a 'turn off the speech of those who concern them or others' kind of place. Using their services is contributing to a less open internet.
You may be able to file a complaint with ICANN, see https://www.icann.org/compliance/complaint Don't expect anything to happen. However, if enough people have the same complaint Godaddy might have their hand informally slapped. Alternatively, if you have the documentation you say, you could sue them (they are a US-based company after all).
There are many domain registrars out there, and most are better than GoDaddy. Try buying the domain from Google Domains or Namecheap, though it sounds like GoDaddy “bought” it and is trying to get you to pay $2000 for it, so you probably can’t get the domain from another registrar. Malicious or not, this is par for the course for GoDaddy.