Poll: Did you transfer your domains from GoDaddy today? • Hacker News Board

Re: Poll: Did you transfer your domains from GoDaddy today?

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Post by tartuffe78 » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 2:00 PM UTC

mikeleeorg wrote: post #40

stopro wrote: post #21

No.

If you're being sincere, I would love to know why. Is it because you don't support SOPA, couldn't care less about SOPA and love GoDaddy, have too many hurdles to jump over, or some other reason? Just curious.

I'm in the same boat. I only have three domains on GoDaddy, but it doesn't feel like it's worth the hassle. I haven't had a bad experience with GoDaddy, maybe because I don't use them for hosting.

Re: Poll: Did you transfer your domains from GoDaddy today?

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Post by tallanvor » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 2:02 PM UTC

I have started the process for most of my domains. There are a few that I'm concerned about making sure don't cause any downtime while they're being transferred.

Re: Poll: Did you transfer your domains from GoDaddy today?

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Post by ja27 » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 2:04 PM UTC

No. I've wanted to for a long time but it's a pain. The domains alone are a bit of work but we have almost a dozen Wordpress blogs hosted by them as well. Migrating all of those is a bit more than I'm willing to take on. Maybe if I start slowly and get through one at a time.

Any tips on making that migration easier?

Re: Poll: Did you transfer your domains from GoDaddy today?

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Post by MarkJHagan » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 2:05 PM UTC

13 transferred to namecheap.com just now! All of my new domains are with name.com, but I am giving namecheap a run since they have some coupon codes. Used this (which has codes):

http://blog.jeffepstein.me/post/14629857835/a-step-by-step-g...

Re: Poll: Did you transfer your domains from GoDaddy today?

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Post by nick007 » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 2:30 PM UTC

Letting Godaddy host your domains actually costs them money, doesn't it? They provide it as a free service hoping that you will renew your domains with them.

Re: Poll: Did you transfer your domains from GoDaddy today?

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Post by Koldark » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 2:30 PM UTC

Well... most of them. I have one .name address to move yet.

Re: Poll: Did you transfer your domains from GoDaddy today?

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Post by fjarlq » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 2:41 PM UTC

I moved my few domains off Godaddy last month after the following occurred:

1) Godaddy left me a voicemail out of the blue saying they needed to talk about my account.

2) I called back and spent 5 minutes on hold, and another couple minutes digging up my PIN, only to learn that

3) They had noticed I was using Amazon EC2 and wouldn't I like to consider switching to Godaddy webhosting?

I'm embarrassed that I chose Godaddy in the first place. Never again.

PS. I switched to NearlyFreeSpeech.NET and am very happy with them.

Re: Poll: Did you transfer your domains from GoDaddy today?

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Post by nxn » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 2:46 PM UTC

sontek wrote: post #57

nekojima wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"if GoDaddy users are actually taking actions" There has been so much past idiocy from GoDaddy, that I'm surprised there are all that many HN readers left with them now anyway.

I've been with them for 10yrs and they have never wronged me. The only reason I'm considering switching is the moral reasons with SOPA. When you have 30+ domains on a single registrar it is a little frustrating to go through each one individually and get the authorization code, unlock them, and request the transfer. Also, for me, I have domains that I did 5-10yr registrations on, so the transfer and getting 1yr free…

Just fyi, you can generate a csv of your domains and authorization codes by doing:

Domain Management > Tools Tab > Exportable List > click Add New Export button > All your domains > and make sure to select "Authorization Code".

As for locking or unlocking, in Domain Management you should be able to just click the select all checkmark, and click the Lock button to set the lock level on all of them.

None of that should be an issue, even when transferring in, a bunch of registrars offer a bulk transfer option. The real pains start to set in if you have gTLDs which have special gotchas when transferring or changing contact information/ownership. I probably wouldn't even have been able to transfer my .it domains out of godaddy if not for the fact I have a dual citizenship which gave me some freedom with the regulations -- though it still took me hours of trial and error.

Re: Poll: Did you transfer your domains from GoDaddy today?

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Post by renownedmedia » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 2:47 PM UTC

I already had four at gandi.net, and yesterday I moved my two big ones from godaddy. I still have about 10 hosted at godaddy, and even though the process to transfer is painless, I have to pay $14 x 12 to get them all moved, and I'm currently in "don't spend a lot of money because I'm in a startup" mode.

Re: Poll: Did you transfer your domains from GoDaddy today?

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Post by eneveu » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 2:47 PM UTC

nh wrote: post #23

DiabloD3 wrote: post #4

Poll is missing option: "I never used GoDaddy to begin with because of their bad track record"

I certainly understand your point but the point of the poll is to find out if GoDaddy users are actually taking actions (to find out if there will be a mass exodus).

That's why the poll is missing an option. I've never registered a domain using GoDaddy, but, the way the question is phrased, I almost clicked "No", since I indeed "did not transfer my domains from GoDaddy today". Doing so would have skewed the results.