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Dec 10 2006, 10:00 AM
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WSF Commander Group: Admin Posts: 4,662 Joined: 26-August 05 Member No.: 10 |
I am moving all my domains away from godaddy.com and the wild west domains inc affiliates. The main reason is a recent shift in their policy to spam means that should a competitor want to get you closed down all he has to do is make a single complaint against any domain name held by them and they will shut it down. He doesn't even have to prove his complaint! Even more frightening is the prospect of trying to get the decision reversed. While they have hundreds of customer service personnel available for receiving the complaints no one is authorized to discuss the matter with the name owner. It's such a shame, I had always preferred godaddy et al, but this is a show stopper and perhaps is the result of their overwhelming success in the domain names market.
I do not fear any legitimate complaint regarding spam, I have never done it, never considered it and always taken steps to ensure I apply netiquette which goes far beyond the requirements of the law. But how can I work with a company that will take the word of a competitor over that of their customers? Come to think of it how can anyone? So it is time for me to leave them and rather than just jump ship I performed due diligence on a number of the more popular providers. The result is that www.namecheap.com have a suitable (but comprehensive) TOS. They too reserve the right to shutdown domains that are the cause of the usual list of Internet abuse. However after a discussion with their support team I feel confident there will be someone at the end of a line capable of taking evidence and making a decision. And they emphatically denied they will shutdown a website on the say so of a complaint alone, it would have to be backed up with irrevocable evidence. That means namecheap.com employ something not often found in the domain name customer services industry (and particlulary not godaddy and wild west domains): Common Sense. However Namecheap.com are not the cheapest name provider despite the name, one one of my discussions with their customer service reps they revealed their latest discount code for transfers (I don't know if this will work for new domains or annual extensions, perhaps you could try it and let us know). WCSSPECIAL It saves 89 cents, saving me $17.80 this morning and I have another 50 odd names to go |
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Dec 10 2006, 11:10 AM
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WSF Lieutenent Group: PM Unlimited Posts: 1,454 Joined: 18-August 06 Member No.: 498 Exchanges: www.trafficbunnies.com |
hmmm.. just one more question.
What happens to the domain? Does it become godaddy property? Does it just get dropped? What happnens? -------------------- |
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Dec 10 2006, 11:34 AM
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WSF Commander Group: Admin Posts: 4,662 Joined: 26-August 05 Member No.: 10 |
hmmm.. just one more question. What happens to the domain? Does it become godaddy property? Does it just get dropped? What happnens? Oh no, worse than that, much worse than that. They change the DNS to change the DNS to NS1.SUSPENDED-FOR.SPAM-AND-ABUSE.COM One would think godaddy would have a strong case for doing that but if they did why do they refuse to provide him any information? He owned and used the domain for 5 years and spent a fortune on offline advertising during that period to build a reputation. This has effectively destroyed it. Even if they do return the domain to him how many people interested in taking out a loan are going to seek it from a company accused of "spam and abuse"? |
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