Re: [DMCForum] Domain registrars/resellers
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Re: [DMCForum] Domain registrars/resellers



Heh, apparently you didn't read the original post.  You know, the one
where Ryan was complaining about GoDaddy.  =)

Regards,
Jon Heese

Videobob Moseley wrote:
> Oh wait, I was thinking servers.
> If you want to lock names, http://www.godaddy.com
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>>From: "Jeff Chabotte" <Jeff@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>Reply-To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>To: <DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Subject: RE: [DMCForum] Domain registrars/resellers
>>Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:58:07 -0400
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>>A couple better places:
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>>Dotster.com
>>Ev1servers.net
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>>Or I ould register them for you as I own a webhosting company,
>>7blade.com for $12/yr. if you need any help, contact me off list.
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>>-Jeff Chabotte
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>>Behalf Of Ryan Wright
>>Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 2:46 AM
>>To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [DMCForum] Domain registrars/resellers
>>
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>>Any opinions on a good domain registrar/reseller?
>>And what's the difference between the two?
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>>Long story short: I have half a dozen domain names with GoDaddy. Never
>>had a problem until yesterday. Apparently someone filed a complaint
>>about my invalid whois data on ryanwright.com. I had written "private"
>>for the address and "000-0000" for my phone number. My email address,
>>however, was valid, which should be good enough - it allows people to
>>contact me.
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>>Not so. The complaint was filed and GoDaddy yanked my domain. Didn't
>>even tell me, either. Yesterday DNS servers quit resolving it. I called
>>GoDaddy FOUR times today. The first three times it was, "Oh, there is
>>apparently some problem on our end, we will fix it." Then, "You should
>>try this, etc." When it got later into the evening and it still wasn't
>>working despite my doing everything they asked, I called a fourth time.
>>This time the rep argued with me that it must be a problem with my DNS
>>server. Eventually he agreed to look into it further and then told me,
>>"Oh, we took your domain away from you, you can't have invalid whois
>>data, that's a federal law you're breaking by writing 'private' in
>>there."
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>>Well first he's full of himself, it's not a law, apprently just an ICANN
>>policy. And second, I'm supposed to get 15 days notice, but they don't
>>seem to care. So I fixed the info and they agreed to reinstate my domain
>>but, "It could take up to 7 days." Those f***ers. They can take it away
>>in an instant but won't give it back for a week? In the meantime I can't
>>contact anyone, nobody can get to my web site, and my mail servers are
>>broken because DNS doesn't resolve correctly anymore.
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>>So I'm very disillusioned with the whole domain name thing. I can't
>>believe they can just take your domain from you like that... especially
>>considering I paid for the damn thing. I'm even more upset at the way
>>GoDaddy handled the whole thing and am looking for another registrar to
>>transfer my domains to. Any suggestions?? I've been doing a lot of
>>searching and it seems like most of them are fly by night con artists.
>>Lots of reports of various registarars refusing to release domains when
>>you try to transfer them, confiscating them for random (or no) reasons,
>>intentionally overcharging, refusing to issue refunds after they
>>overcharge, then confiscating ALL of your domains if you issue a
>>chargeback... Lots of things that should be illegal, but apparently
>>aren't, and will never be resolved without lawyers.
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>>Oh, and even better, every time you change your whois info - which I was
>>just forced to do tonight -- GoDaddy locks your domains for 60 days and
>>disallows all transfers during that time period. Isn't that nice. So I'm
>>completely at their mercy. That, and someone out there dislikes me
>>enough to complain because they couldn't get my private mailing address
>>out of whois. Like they had any f***ing right to it in the first place.
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>>:(
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>>-Ryan
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