Just wondering, has anyone out there worked with Go Daddy Software as a registrar at all? after-words.org is up for renewal next month, and I was thinking of transferring that domain and everafter-x.com over to them and away from Network Solutions. They're the only registrar I've found that actually lets you transfer single domains, as opposed to minimum transfers of 5, 10 or 20 domains. And they have that Better Business Bureau reliability seal, which would seem to say good things.
(Come to think of it, I won't transfer EX; I don't see the point in paying NSI's noxious prices and then turning around six months later and paying an additional $20 for the privilege.)
On the other hand ... while their registration agreement doesn't have that troublesome Network Solutions clause that says "oh, by the way, you're just renting your domain from us and really, we own it", it is a rather odd little legal agreement. For one thing, as far as I can tell, it says nothing whatsoever about who actually owns your domain name. And although the registration agreement goes into great and wondrous detail about what your responsibilities are, it says nothing whatsoever about what theirs are. There's an unenforceable and unconstitutional waiver of trial by jury and a waiver of location, should you want to sue them for some breach of contract; federal law specifically states that in person vs corporation type battles, there are rules to determine where the trial shall be held. (Generally, the person with the fewest resources wins that one.) Granted, much of this is standard unenforceable legal boilerplate.
But you'd think, given all the brouhaha over Network Solutions saying that they owned your domain, that they'd address name ownership in the contract. They do specifically address it in their support documents ... but a support document does not a contract make.
And it may all be moot, anyway. With only 30 days left in the Network Solutions contract, it's quite possible that NSI will refuse to release the name, and my only options will be to either let after-words.org lapse and then repurchase it (presuming I can get in ahead of the porn demons) or to re-register with NSI.
Decisions, decisions ....
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I registered my Domain with Go Daddy. for the last 2 weeks it hasn't worked. Their website www.godaddy.com doesn't either. Don't know what happened to them.
Posted by M Elias @ 09/07/2001 03:04 PM CST
Godaddy is cheap for registrations but charge about $20 to transfer a name if you sell it. Also they require all the paperwork and notary signed... I am also 0 for 1 trying to tranfer to a different registrar They blocked the transfer and they have not gotten back to me as to why. I am no longer registering any names with them.
Gene
Posted by gene @ 03/08/2002 05:30 PM CST
Godaddy is cheap for registrations but charge about $20 to transfer a name if you sell it. Also they require all the paperwork and notary signed... I am also 0 for 1 trying to tranfer to a different registrar They blocked the transfer and they have not gotten back to me as to why. I am no longer registering any names with them.
Gene
Posted by gene @ 03/08/2002 05:32 PM CST
Godaddy is cheap for registrations but charge about $20 to transfer a name if you sell it. Also they require all the paperwork and notary signed... I am also 0 for 1 trying to tranfer to a different registrar They blocked the transfer and they have not gotten back to me as to why. I am no longer registering any names with them.
Gene
Posted by gene @ 03/08/2002 05:37 PM CST
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