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2 Days Loss From Transfers Out Of Godaddy.com: 37,000

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Re: 2 Days Loss From Transfers Out Of Godaddy.com: 37,000

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Post by yuhong »

powertower wrote: post #10

Seriously misleading title. GoDaddy, with 50,000,000 domains, has lost almost nothing, about 1000 domains, when you factor in new registrations and new transfer-ins. We would need the historical records to see more into this. Hell, it might even look like their registrations and transfer-ins are up due to being in the news. I seriously doubt that GoDaddy gives a shit about this. Their domain business is a complete "l…

This is only what was transferred so far though. Many major sites are taking a while to transfer because they want to avoid downtime.

Re: 2 Days Loss From Transfers Out Of Godaddy.com: 37,000

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Post by yuhong »

FreeKill wrote: post #9
lewispb wrote: post #6

This is surely just tracking nameserver records (pointing to the Go Daddy domaincontrol.com domain), the actual number of domains transferred in or out may be higher.

Also, unless people are on top of it, it takes more than 5 days usually to transfer a domain. I'd imagine most people who transferred will be waiting through that window of time rather than digging for the hidden confirm quickly option.

Not to mention many major sites are taking a while to transfer because they want to avoid downtime.

Re: 2 Days Loss From Transfers Out Of Godaddy.com: 37,000

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Post by agj »

Minus the mean of transfers out this week = 11800 total. That probably doesn't equate to very much profit loss. It's good that people are voting with their money, but we need to move away from the GoDaddy circlejerk -- there are plenty of other targets.

Also, 21000 + 15000 = 36000, but that's besides the point.

Re: 2 Days Loss From Transfers Out Of Godaddy.com: 37,000

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Post by RKearney »

yuhong wrote: post #11
powertower wrote: post #10

Seriously misleading title. GoDaddy, with 50,000,000 domains, has lost almost nothing, about 1000 domains, when you factor in new registrations and new transfer-ins. We would need the historical records to see more into this. Hell, it might even look like their registrations and transfer-ins are up due to being in the news. I seriously doubt that GoDaddy gives a shit about this. Their domain business is a complete "l…

This is only what was transferred so far though. Many major sites are taking a while to transfer because they want to avoid downtime.

There is zero downtime when you transfer a domain.

Re: 2 Days Loss From Transfers Out Of Godaddy.com: 37,000

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Post by gerggerg »

powertower wrote: post #10

Seriously misleading title. GoDaddy, with 50,000,000 domains, has lost almost nothing, about 1000 domains, when you factor in new registrations and new transfer-ins. We would need the historical records to see more into this. Hell, it might even look like their registrations and transfer-ins are up due to being in the news. I seriously doubt that GoDaddy gives a shit about this. Their domain business is a complete "l…

I seriously doubt that GoDaddy gives a shit about this.

If by this you mean literal outflow of domains, then I agree. But if you mean public relations impact their support of and then half ass retraction of support for SOPA then I disagree. I think the long term effects of all this calamity are something they very much care about.

Re: 2 Days Loss From Transfers Out Of Godaddy.com: 37,000

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Post by lewispb »

yuhong wrote: post #12
FreeKill wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also, unless people are on top of it, it takes more than 5 days usually to transfer a domain. I'd imagine most people who transferred will be waiting through that window of time rather than digging for the hidden confirm quickly option.

Not to mention many major sites are taking a while to transfer because they want to avoid downtime.

When you transfer a domain and keep the nameservers the same, there will be no downtime at all.

Re: 2 Days Loss From Transfers Out Of Godaddy.com: 37,000

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Post by kinkora »

powertower wrote: post #10

Seriously misleading title. GoDaddy, with 50,000,000 domains, has lost almost nothing, about 1000 domains, when you factor in new registrations and new transfer-ins. We would need the historical records to see more into this. Hell, it might even look like their registrations and transfer-ins are up due to being in the news. I seriously doubt that GoDaddy gives a shit about this. Their domain business is a complete "l…

you forget to factor in future sales.

It may be true that GoDaddy still has loads of domains but I can bet ya that a lot of it are shady websites. If GoDaddy is seen to support something that may lead to their websites shutting down, you can be sure they (and future customers) are looking elsewhere.

In other words, GoDaddy does give a shit. Is not about what they have now, is about whether they can get anymore future sales.

Re: 2 Days Loss From Transfers Out Of Godaddy.com: 37,000

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Post by CWuestefeld »

RKearney wrote: post #14
yuhong wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is only what was transferred so far though. Many major sites are taking a while to transfer because they want to avoid downtime.

There is zero downtime when you transfer a domain.

But if you're transferring web and email hosting, as I am, it takes a lot more logistical work.

The domains leaving are just the leading indicator. If they're going away, there's plenty of reason to believe that other customers, that will hurt them more, are working on the issue.

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