Just copy paste from for information purpose of DP member I have about 100 domains with Go Daddy. The amount varies because I buy and sell domains with people who have Go Daddy accounts. I’m not a big fan of Go Daddy for new domain registrations because their prices are much higher than other domainer-friendly registrars (what domainer wants to pay $10 a domain?) and transferring domains out of GD is a bitch. If you don’t look closely at Godaddy’s webpages during the registration process, you could go through ten webpages of “extras†just to register a domain. I discussed this with Go Daddy over two years ago and they asked me to help them implement a work-around. I came up with a simple solution to bypass their upsell pages - add a checkbox that said “I’m an expert. Let me register my domains without the special offersâ€. They added this shortcut and it is still in use, but with different text. Look hard for it if you’re registering new domains with them. It will be in plain text at the bottom of the third page of the registration process and it will save you precious time. As I wrote this article, I checked the “new domain registration†procedures at GD and was sent into several “identify your account†and “add registrant information†pages, even though I was logged into my account. Regardless that I had the radio button selecting my account number in which to register the domain, I still couldn’t proceed. It offered me the chance to “open a new account.†Ahem. I had to restart the process twice to figure out where I was, but that cumbersome glitch isn’t what I’m talking about now, so I’ll move on. However, as a bonus revelation, here’s an example of how ridiculous their upsell come-ons are: During my test of the Go Daddy new domain registration process, I randomly typed in a bunch of letters to make the domain name “TSSDKSADFKASDFA.COM†Their response on the next webpage was: “STOP! You’ve found a great domain… Now protect your name, increase your traffic and more!†Notice the “You’ve found a great domain…†My brain starts twitching and my skin gets itching when I deal with companies who tell me something I’m doing with them is “great†when I know it isn’t. For the record, I don’t advise anyone to attempt to buy “TSSDKSADFKASDFA.COMâ€. (psssst! It’s a crappy worthless domain! It’s not a “great domain†like Go Daddy tells you!â€) Anyway, here’s the meat of my blog article’s subject matter: I wanted to update my information on a domain at Go Daddy that I had bought several months earlier from another domainer who pushed the domain to my GD account. I went through the process at the domain management section of the Godaddy website (which they partially modeled after the design Eric Rice and I created for Bulkregister back in 2005). After I made a few changes to the domain whois info, I clicked “okay†and got back an “error†message telling me I forgot to click on this checkbox: “For security purposes I authorize the rejection of all transfer requests for all selected domain names for a period of 60 days from the date of this Registrant Name Change. I have read the Domain Name Change Registrant Agreement and agree to its terms for all selected domain names.†WHAT?!!! I can’t sell my domain or transfer it out because I updated my whois info? So let me get this straight: If you go into your Go Daddy account and change the registrant name slightly, like shorten your name to an initial, or put in a different name for any reason, (Like adding “Jr., Dr., Sr. Mrs.,†etc.) Godaddy locks down that domain for 60 days. This is akin to holding your domain hostage. If you wonder why I would want to change my name in the “registrant†field, it’s not hard to come up with many reasons. Here’s mine: sometimes when sellers push or transfer domains to you, they don’t spell your name correctly, or get your whois info correct. The fact that if I want to correct the problem I will be putting my domain into a Go Daddy “kidnap†mode irritates the hell out of me. Why would Gol’ dang Daddy do this? I thought about it for a few minutes, which is all it took. I realized there is a method to Go Dad’s madness (greediness). I believe they want to keep your domains at their registrar any way they can. They have enlisted the stupid “60 day transfer hold†requirement on newly purchased domains to extend to simple “changes†to the registrant information on your domain in order to add another hurdle for you to jump to transfer your domain from Go Dad. The only way to get around this if you’re selling the domain is: you must have your buyer be a Go Daddy customer. Then you can just push the domain to the buyer’s Go Dad account. So the way this 60 day requirement works is — if you change even one character in your registrant field, or sell the domain to someone who updates their whois info, the domain is still at Go Dad for two more months and Bob Parsons is happy. It may not make the domain buyer happy, because they may want to have the domain they bought from you registered at another registrar, but who cares? Like I’ve said many times before - DOMAINERS ARE SLAVES TO REGISTRARS. Period. Off Topic Sidenote - Don’t forget to join the ICA!!!) Look, I understand the moneymaking process. Godaddy is the richest and biggest registrar of them all. However, they didn’t get that way by catering to the domainer crowd. They didn’t jump out like Moniker and Fabulous and embrace domainers and work hard to make domain registration easy for domainers. Nope. Go Dad likes to produce sleazy Super Bowl commercials and upsell bombardment marketing to suck every penny possible out of noobie domain buyers and the general public. They have succeeded nicely. Something to consider is that a Super Bowl commercial costs millions of dollars even for 30 seconds. If GoDaddy can afford to throw their money away for a “hero spot†in the Super Bowl commercial line-up, where do you think that money is coming from? Among most big domainers I know, GoDaddy is a joke. Except the joke really is on us, and Bob is laughing all the way to the bank. This latest domain kidnapping issue is just another trip-and-fall into a cactus patch for domainers trying to manage their domains. I don’t think Go Daddy will change this even if I brought it to their attention (which I’m doing now), because they know that domain investors don’t buy bulk domains at Go Daddy. We’re not their market reach. We’re not their cake. We’re just their icing. I believe most domainers end up at Godaddy because of domains they buy in the aftermarket. For the record, if you buy 100 domains, you can get them for $7.69, according to their pricing schedule. However, you have to buy them all at the same time. Go Daddy charges me over $10 to renew my domains if I do so individually even though I have had over 100 domains with them. Oh, and try to transfer a domain from Go Daddy. What a mess. Those of you who have Go Daddy accounts know what I’m talking about. Isn’t it sad we just float along, staying quiet, and giving the Beast more money than it deserves? After seeing my first Godaddy television commercial several years ago, I got the feeling that Bob Parsons desperately wants to be like Hugh Hefner and he is buying his “coolness†with wannabee pimp Super Bowl TV ads dealing with sophomoric horn-dog humor, asking his customers if he should have the hooker that took down Governor Spitzer be the next “Godaddy Girl†and soiling poor Danica Patrick as a “celebrity endorsement.†I don’t know what to say about the “little person†dressed up as the GoDaddy icon. At the Bob Parson’s video blog, there’s no discussion about domain issues that affect domainers’ livelihoods, or discussion of charitable projects, just Bob having a good time trying to be a celebrity. In the entertainment biz, we call this a “vanity productionâ€. I look forward to hearing comments about Godaddy.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- i buy 6 domain from godaddy on 1st may . 2 day ago i change registrant info now bullshit Godaddy hold my domain for 60 days. my question is 1- Can godday sell my domain's with out my permission 2- i can't able to login my account . i get message " Account is looked Please read carefully and take care . i get my whole life punishment . i never recommend Godaddy try another name registrar 3- Please provide good domain registrar name 4- comment and suggestion are welcome
I've also bought my first domain from GoDaddy. At the time of domain-purchase they gave me credits to host my site for free for ever...wow, obviously I was happy....But as soon as I hosted my site ...guess what happend..??... my site was capped with a TOP FULL SIZE BANNER of GoDaddy advertisements also mentioning a line 'this page is hosted by GoDaddy for Free'. I was shocked, and started mail conversasions with their help team. They said this ad can't be remove untill u get your plan upgraded to PAID service. Then i was sure about the company policies, they are looting people by providing expensive domains & hosting in comparison to other providers. Also they make fool by bum marketing with models and vulgar ads. Anyways, since then I don't advise anybody to go with GoDaddy. Now, here is a link, that may be helpful to my webmaster friends like you : http://top10webhosting.review4dummies.com/
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i think there a rule by ICANN under which you can not change registrant for next 60 days of domain registration and also if your account is locked contact godaddy they will certainly help you
very interesting discussions about go daddy,what about registering with yahoo?Did you hear about Hostbidder domains?
There has been lots of discussion about the 60 day hold lately, think ICANN is currently after GoDaddy to stop doing it. Remember the domain is only held 60 days as far as transfer of registrar, you can still push to another GoDaddy account at any time. I've heard Yahoo is much more difficult to transfer out, no domainers buy domains at Yahoo, never heard of Hostbidder. I like godaddy and name.com
Are domain registrar important to anything? I mean why are there are several registrars and what is their profit?
I have no problem yet and always been a happy customer there. I have/had some domains there without any problem and as far as I am concerned,about security reason they are pretty good. Yes,I too dislike the 60 days hold period upon account data changes but sometimes I love it ! I disliked it when one of my domains was on 60 days transfer hold over NetSol and I had to renew there unwantedly.But good thing is Godaddy have options in the control panel area and account holders must have to check and agree with the 60 days transfer hold process before saving any account data. About account lock,be sure about correct contact info and billing details and contact them.I hope they will help about the issue. Again,if no help fro them and everything is correct without any past issue with them,then you can contact the authority. Good luck I immensely love Name.com for one of my beloved domain transfer issue in past.
GoDaddy phone support has always been exceedingly helpful whenever I've called them. I'm quite satisfied with their domain business (I don't use their web hosting).
GoDaddy are bad news. in years to come the behavior these companies conduct under will be wiped out I checked and looked for some great domain names only to find out the next day when I went back to purchase them that they were gone guess who bought them? Yep Mr GoDaddy be careful with them, they are bad bad news
Moving domains from Yahoo is a nightmare. The actual registrar for Yahoo is an offshore co. I've had good luck with Godaddy. Matt
ICANN is to blame not godaddy about the transfers. ICANN is a bunch of pricks who decide the stupid rules that make it hard for the rest of the domainers. Every time I've asked for phone support from godaddy I've got on there lines instantly and have always been given a prompt email answer within hours. My only complaint is that privacy is not already placed on domains and has to be bought as "extra", otherwise as a host and registrar I've found no problems (safe 1 on the hosting but it was cleared up).
Go Daddy stated in a few places their 60-day hold is also to prevent potential domain name hijackings. Believe it or not, I've read a few cases of such. It so happens there are more people complaining online being inconvenienced by it. Can't say I blame them.
Yeah the 60 day hold is BS, but i am sure it is not only godaddy that do it, i have had other domains pushed to me from namecheap and dynadot etc... and all tell me that i have to wait 60 days until i can push to my main registrar. VERY ANNOYING!
Hello and Happy Friday friends from always sunny Palm Springs, California. Logic here. I have a story to share, could not take it anymore realized if you are going to own over 2500+ names that you should just build your own domain hosting and hosting service, let others register through us and keep all of our names at eNom and life is great organized and actually though we are small have built a lot of clients over the past 8+ years. Being a reseller for eNom has been without a hassle for us and as we buy each day from those club drops we have them after the 60 mandutory days for all pushed into our neatly organized account seperated from our clients domain names so to not mix them up. Though we are not totally in control we have eliminated the middle man from the scenario while saving a lot of per domain name registration fees and even collect fees from our clients for the domian name buys, renewals, and some web site hosting. We are not in these 2 businesses but we run them for ourselves so why not offer them to who ever finds us. Logic... At least I feel a little better and oh by the way Logic does not hear nice things about GoDaddy but they are the largest so they are going to have a mix of happy and unhappy persons.
You can not transfer from one registrar to another within 60 days of a transfer. You can, however, push the domain to another account in the same registrar if it's permitted (usually is). Transfer= registrar to another registrar. Push= From one account to another within same registrar.
As much as you know about Registrars and having 100 D's at GD you should be paying $7.39 for new or renewals. Changing your email addy doesn't make it a 60 days before transfering a D either if you have an Exec acct and call or email them. Transfering a domain to or from GD is easy as pie, don't know why you have so much trouble? I transfer them from there the day before they expire, as long as the request is sent and received before expiration it goes through. Let's face it as big as they are they have to get complaints...