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If just I had known beforehand that Godaddy is such a pain, I’d never had registered a domain there? But it wasn’t my fault after all because I didn’t register the domain. It was transferred freely to my account from another Godaddy use. A year later when I logged in to renew the domain, I had to go thru all those stupid offer pages even though I didn’t wanted to add any. I selected paypal as payment method as I am from Nepal and I couldn’t use other payment options but then the lightening hit me when I was asked to add another credit/debit card. God!!! Was I shocked? I already had a credit card verified, then why is it asking me to add a new one? No one else has ever asked me to do that? Then I thought it’s better for me to transfer my domain to another registrar (Namecheap as I have many domains there). But then again Godday would easily let me go huh? I kept looking for the EPP key (authorization code) here and there but couldn’t find anywhere because I wasn’t that much aware of Godaddy’s interface that much.
Later on I figured out how to do it:
- Login to Godaddy
- Click the “Manage Domains” link
- Click on the domain name you wish to transfer
- Click on “Authorization Code: Send by Email”
The authorization code will be sent to the administrative contact for that domain by email. Still, the transfer wasn’t completed. I got a mail later from Godaddy Inc. that I should reconsider my thought on transferring the domain and I can still cancel the transfer and I can do so in next 4 days. I still had to wait for 4 days to get it transferred. Then I was like what if I had thought of transferring just 4 days before the expiry? So, from now on it’s not Godaddy but Nodaddy for me. 
July 22nd, 2009 at 4:31 pm
Hmmm…this is the first complaint I have heard about GoDaddy before. I use them for my registered domain and never had a problem before. However, I do agree with you that there constant offers when you are just looking to get a domain are rediculous and they need to control that better. What they don’t realize is that this can scare away potential customers. I don’t think GoDaddy sucks, but they “over sell.” I never had a problem with my “admin panel” on there, it was pretty easy for me to learn how to operate. I can understand your frustration though. I would suggest if you ever decide to use them and you have questions to go call them directly and not email them. Anytime I have called them I get through and I get answers. That’s just my experience, but I am glad you pointed out that when buying the domain they are constantly offering products. That has to end!
July 22nd, 2009 at 4:41 pm
Thanks Frank for sharing your thoughts … really appreciate your comments ..