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The GoDaddy Saga Continues

Posted by timothy on from the needs-more-illustrations dept.

First time accepted submitter wbr1 writes "Domain registrar Namecheap is accusing GoDaddy of violating ICANN rules and hindering domain owners from moving their domains to another registrar. They are allegedly doing this by submitting incomplete information to the new registrar, making it difficult to process the move." Adds user bs0d3: "Godaddy has responded to these allegations today and insist that their practice of rate limiting Whois queries is standard practice to combat Whois abuse. Furthermore, they accuse Namecheap of playing foul because they released a statement before ever contacting godaddy directly to resolve these issues."

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  1. Re:Namecheap is a good registrar by elsurexiste · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Try again. :)

    In this /. comment InterestingFella said Namecheap and Gandi were good providers, therefore you can't use it. It's viral advertising from the past! lol

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  2. Re:Interesting by InterestingFella · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Namecheap is one of the largest registrars on planet, so I'm somewhat surprised that you haven't heard of them. I think it may depend on what you work with - they don't spend money to advertise during Super Bowl, or aren't Network Solutions with their overpriced domains. What they do is offer good service and cheap prices compared to other leading registrars, which probably has something to do with the fact that they don't spend millions to advertise during Super Bowl.

    The reason why there are so many references to Namecheap on Slashdot and forums? Because people who know about different registrars also know that Namecheap is a good registrar and are really happy with them.