[Cialug] Domain Registration

[Claus]

Allen, don't feel attacked.  People here are just curious about the 
exact reason why godaddy is bad.  I think lot of people have transfered 
their domains to godaddy due to its low price but only few have 
experiences transferring them from godaddy to somewhere else.

The ownership issue of the domain name is always a big issue and most of 
us want to retain it.  I know when I registered my first domain with 
godaddy I looked at it closely as well and couldn't find anything that 
stated that I would not own the domain.  If I'm wrong I certainly would 
like to know before I transfer more domains to godaddy.

Unfortunately, one most often sees only the negative review as happy 
customer relationships rarely end up on the Internet.  Negative reports 
also often are not valuable since people don't tell the whole 
situations.  I know domain transfers takes a lot of communication 
between the domain owner, the new registrar and the old registrar in 
order to protect against illegal and undesired transfers.  Also 
registrars enact locks and other things to protect your domain from 
transfers that could potentially cause problems.

So what was your situation?  Was the domain already expired when you 
tried to transfer it?  Where you able to finally transfer it or did you 
abandon it?

   Claus

PS, I have positive experiences with the French registrar Gandi.net.  A 
bit pricy at 12 euros compared to godaddy.

General Question: Do you guys register and renew your domains mainly on 
a yearly basis or go for the 10 years?  I've been going for the 10 years 
lately.

On 4/9/2006 8:23 AM, Allen Kiddoo wrote:
> I remember the just of the emails when I attempted
> to move a domain from godaddy to directnic. Godaddy
> would not release it. I have better things to do than
> play attorney with you. You had your experience- I had
> mine.
> 
> Allen Kiddoo
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> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: Whil Hentzen <lug at hentzenwerke.com>
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
> Sent: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 14:52:37 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Domain Registration
> 
>>>> Allen Kiddoo wrote:
>>  >>
>>  >>>Please read the fine print on godaddy. When you register a
>>  >>>domain with them you are renting it- they retain ownership.
>>  >>
>>  >>I'd like to see a specific reference. There is a LOT of "fine print"
>>  >>there. :) I couldn't find anything in any of the documents I 
>> looked at. >>
>>
>> Allen Kiddoo wrote:
>>> Glad to hear you had such a wonderful experience.
>>> I didn't.
>> I agree with Brandon - often the experience we get is based on a 
>> specific individual. My SBC reps have been idiots from day one. 
>> Others think the company can do no wrong.
>>
>> But you made a specific accusation about their 'fine print', and one 
>> that's fairly outrageous if it's true. If you were just blowing off 
>> steam because of troubles, but don't know this (that they retain 
>> ownership of a domain you register) for a fact, that's 
>> understandable, but please say so.
>>
>> Else, please back up your claim with a specific reference.
>>
>> Whil
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