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The 60-day thing is an ICANN policy, so you can't really blame GoDaddy for that. You can, however, blame them for their awful UI and constant upselling during c

by mjacob 18y ago

The 60-day thing is an ICANN policy, so you can't really blame GoDaddy for that. You can, however, blame them for their awful UI and constant upselling during checkout. I moved my domains over to NameCheap. They seem kind of amateurish at times, but they get the job done, and I haven't seen any major horror stories about them. I was using Dynadot for a while, but the recent 3-day downtime with no status updates rubbed me the wrong way.

josefresco 18y ago
I still roll with GoDaddy (despite checkout hell) as I'd rather deal with a massive, faceless corporation then some rinky dink operation that may some day implode.
greyboy 18y ago
Sorry, that is incorrect in this specific case (the 60-day policy). ICANN only mentions that a domain can be blocked under certain conditions (according to ICANN policy): * Evidence of fraud * Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) action * Court order * Reasonable dispute over the identity of the person authorizing the transfer * Domain name is on hold due to payment owed for a previous registration period * Express written objection from the domain name holder * Domain name is in 'Lock' status (Registrars must provide a readily accessible and reasonable means for name holders to remove the lock status. Contact your registrar for assistance.) * Domain name is within 60 days of initial registration * Domain name is within 60 days of a previous transfer It is _GoDaddy's_ amendment to those points that adds the 60 day wait on registrant information changes. From ICANN: 2. A registrant change to Whois information is not a valid reason to deny a transfer request. http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/proposed-advisory-19sep07.htm http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/proposed-advisory-19se... The problem is GoDaddy forced users to click the link that they have to abide by the 60-day policy in order to update their contact information, which they claim falls under the point: * Express written objection from the domain name holder which is obviously a stretch under the most lenient arguments.

by mjacob 18y ago

josefresco 18y ago

I still roll with GoDaddy (despite checkout hell) as I'd rather deal with a massive, faceless corporation then some rinky dink operation that may some day implode.

greyboy 18y ago

Sorry, that is incorrect in this specific case (the 60-day policy). ICANN only mentions that a domain can be blocked under certain conditions (according to ICANN policy): * Evidence of fraud * Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) action * Court order * Reasonable dispute over the identity of the person authorizing the transfer * Domain name is on hold due to payment owed for a previous registration period * Express written objection from the domain name holder * Domain name is in 'Lock' status (Registrars must provide a readily accessible and reasonable means for name holders to remove the lock status. Contact your registrar for assistance.) * Domain name is within 60 days of initial registration * Domain name is within 60 days of a previous transfer It is _GoDaddy's_ amendment to those points that adds the 60 day wait on registrant information changes. From ICANN: 2. A registrant change to Whois information is not a valid reason to deny a transfer request. http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/proposed-advisory-19sep07.htm http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/proposed-advisory-19se... The problem is GoDaddy forced users to click the link that they have to abide by the 60-day policy in order to update their contact information, which they claim falls under the point: * Express written objection from the domain name holder which is obviously a stretch under the most lenient arguments.