RegisterFly customers have been affected by recent problems and the impending loss of RegisterFly’s accreditation as a domain name registrar. GoDaddy.com will notify RegisterFly customers of the switch and automatically move their domains for them. Customers can get support and answers to any questions they have at a dedicated GoDaddy.com hot line and a designated “welcome” Web page. Once the switch is complete, more than 850,000 domain names will have been moved.

“We worked with ICANN to effect a migration of the RegisterFly domains to GoDaddy.com and help those customers left in limbo,” said GoDaddy.com CEO and Founder Bob Parsons, widely considered an industry watchdog. “It’s what many RegisterFly customers asked us to do. After they are moved over to GoDaddy.com, all RegisterFly customers will once again be able to manage and renew their domain names with confidence and will also enjoy the world-class support we provide all our customers. We expect the move to be completed over the next week.”

“The RegisterFly situation has been extremely difficult – first and foremost for registrants, as well as for the entire registry and registrar community ,” said Dr. Paul Twomey, president and CEO of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the nonprofit company responsible for global coordination of the Internet’s  system of unique identifiers like domain names and the addresses used to help computers reach each other over the Internet. “The GoDaddy.com agreement is the best possible solution for RegisterFly customers since it's a direct and automatic transfer to a competent and experienced customer service oriented organization.” 

Those who still go to the RegisterFly Web site will be directed to Go Daddy.com for managing and renewing their domain names. However, some RegisterFly customers had chosen to move their domain names to GoDaddy.com even before this deal.

“After I had some issues with my domain names, I decided to transfer over to GoDaddy.com,” said Sean Gallagher, CEO of Web design company ATLWebSite.com and former RegisterFly customer. “The customer service I receive is exceptional. I have a lot of clients relying on me, and because GoDaddy.com is a safe, reliable and friendly registrar, I don’t have any problems.”

GoDaddy.com is the world’s largest domain name registrar with more than 20 million domain names already in its portfolio before this move. More than 4 million customers rely on GoDaddy.com for domain name registration, Web site hosting, SSL certificates ensuring Web site security and related products. <*>   GoDaddy.com is working with the generic top-level domain registries, such as dot com and dot info, now holding RegisterFly names to make sure the transfer goes smoothly. New GoDaddy.com customers with questions can call a 24-hour dedicated hot line at (480) 366-3500. They can also get more information and answers at  www.godaddy.com/welcomeregisterfly.

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Go Daddy® is a leading provider of services that enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy provides a variety of domain name registration and Web site hosting services, as well as a broad array of on-demand and other services. The Go Daddy Group, Inc. has more than 20 million domain names under management. Go Daddy registers, renews or transfers a domain name every 1.3 seconds. GoDaddy.com is the world's No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also rated the world's largest hostname provider according to Netcraft® Ltd. During 2006, The Go Daddy Group registered approximately one-third of all domain names registered in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info.

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curious observer Super Administrator | 2007-05-29 09:27:32 There are specific details available to those who call, and please don't hesitate to ask. I will be happy to answer any questions that I can.

gllen - BOOM Registered | 2007-05-29 10:50:36 I just called and was told I'd be getting my (new) account information emailed in the next couple days. I was actually already trying to transfer my domain to GoDaddy. And they have had excellent support with every question I have.

whizz - RF no longer there? Registered | 2007-05-29 11:36:15 We initiated transfer 10 to 14 days ago of some final domain names that RF had "fixed". We got no "confirm transfer" emails from RF, but we did this weekend get "transfer confirmed" emails from GoDaddy. Nine remain and I'm already talking GoDaddy about what will happen to them as they are the "hard cases" - expired, but paid for and may be still active/in use or may have "disappeared" (showing RF as the registrar but at least still showing our DNS servers in the registration record). GoDadday says - all will be brought into a new GoDaddy account which can be used or merged with an existing account. We'll see ... By the way, it appears that the RegisterFly.com website is no longer accessible ...

webbadger Registered | 2007-05-30 13:36:52 Not accurate re: registerfly.com -- I just accessed it and logged in successfully. Although I have transferred ALL my domain names away from them, they still show some of my names in my account list. And, of course - the 20 unanswered support tickets. For all intents and purposes, it seems to be "business as usual" there at Registerfly!

PPNSteve Registered | 2007-05-29 23:29:54 got my name back today.. BUT I had started and paid for a transfer to GoDaddy a month and 1/2 ago and it appears that the renewal date is still showing feb 2007.. hopefully this is just due to the flood of RF domains coming in.. we'll see, and let you all know.

liveNEARregisterfly Registered | 2007-05-30 00:21:18 How will domains be transfered into our existing accounts at GoDaddy?

captainproton Registered | 2007-05-30 00:37:08 New accounts are going to be created, which all domain names will go. From there you should be able to push them into other existing accounts. They say one week time for that to happen

renebruce - registerfraud $$$ Registered | 2007-06-01 16:10:46 Yup I too managed to get many out b4, but the ones that expired, I had a godaddy account so we transfered them to that account, then we got email a day ago and they set up new account so I had to transfer within godaddy ( A pain but it worked), the question I have is this... So Godaddy payed, well who got that money and what do they plan on doing with it, as I vote that they distribute it to all of us who had domains that were hijacked etc.. why should ICAAN keep all that $$ or whom ever godaddy had to pay.. any comments ???? Thanx.. Rene ps. don't get me wrong I'm glad people are being helped, but the real large pict is the millions of dollars that we all lost, why should whom ever godaddy payed get that $$$ and not us ????

admin - Apologies to everyone Super Administrator | 2007-05-30 00:46:30 Site was down today and I'll do a post on the reason but thanks to Kimvette it's back up and running.

rfkma Registered | 2007-05-30 04:52:31 Any word on hosting be transferred to GoDaddy?? What about domain names that were bogusly "renewed" that others have stolen???

admin - Not hosting Super Administrator | 2007-05-30 06:19:33 GoDaddy has hosting but they aren't going to be transferring Registerfly hosting. Just the domain names. Hosting has no relation to the domain names and ICANN.

Danial Registered | 2007-05-30 09:28:58 DID GODADDY BUY THE DOMAINS OR DID ICANN PAY THEM TO TAKE OVER?

Phoenix - re: Registered | 2007-05-30 09:56:20 Danial wrote: DID GODADDY BUY THE DOMAINS OR DID ICANN PAY THEM TO TAKE OVER? More than likely Go Daddy either paid ICANN and/or RegisterFly to take over those customers. Most of those customers will stay with Go Daddy, so it's free money for them. So yes, Go Daddy would have been expected to pay for them.

captainproton Registered | 2007-05-30 11:43:43 If you read the associated press story, it mentions specifically that godaddy bought the customer database containing the domain names from Registerfly. They did not buy Registerfly the company, and I suspect that this is the reason the deal did not earlier go through, as that still leaves a large legal and financial liability with Registerfly. But as it became more readily apparent that RF would lose the domain names anyway June 1 in court and ICANN would eventually be able to send in the sheriffs, I think that Kevin became heavily motivated to get the deal done. I would be willing to bet though that RF will not be able to stave off bankruptcy, because he still owes everyone large sums of money. While he might pay off large creditors (I do not think he got more than $1 per domain name - it could even be more like $.60), he may not be able to pay off a judgement from Clark Dummit. But both ICANN and enom have pockets deep enough to dip into which I suspect Clark Dummit would reach for.

Danial Registered | 2007-05-30 12:04:36 I must be reading the wrong AP story. I don't see anything specifically about "bought".

captainproton Registered | 2007-05-30 13:07:13 Different versions of the story appeared. Google Registerfly news and read the Wall Street Journal article.

PPNSteve Registered | 2007-05-30 09:31:12 OK bad news.. woke up today to an email saying my transfer was canceled. CANCELED!! I did not cancel my transfer.. and the dns / whois now shows GoDaddy as owner.. Quote: ************************************************** **************** ITEM CANCELLATION CONFIRMATION ************************************************** **************** Dear Steve Per your request, the items listed below have been cancelled from your account, 1314####: .NET Domain Name Transfer - 1 Year: 1-GB.NET If you feel this cancellation has occurred in error or you need further assistance, our support staff is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via: + Online Support: https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/support.asp?prog_id=GoDaddy&isc=wwbb566 + Email: support@godaddy.com + Phone: (480) 505-8877 Thanks again for being a GoDaddy.com customer. Sincerely, GoDaddy.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2007 GoDaddy.com. All rights reserved. [code]Whois Server Version 2.0 Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net for detailed information. Domain Name: 1-GB.NET Registrar: GO DADDY SOFTWARE, INC. Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com Name Server: No nameserver Status: redemptionPeriod Updated Date: 30-may-2007 Creation Date: 11-feb-2006 Expiration Date: 11-feb-2007 >>> Last update of whois database: Wed, 30 May 2007 14:10:36 UTC

captainproton Registered | 2007-05-30 11:54:09 RF/Godaddy may have cancelled the transfer(s) on their end, so as to maximize the sale price to Godaddy. Or it could simply be procedural so as to keep the database accurate as they transfer the names over. It most likely will transfer along with the mass migration they will do later this week.

ultravisiontech Registered | 2007-05-30 11:56:01 What about domains that Rfly has allowed to expire. Is there any recourse to get them back?

captainproton Registered | 2007-05-30 13:05:33 Domains that are expired but not yet deleted will most likely be fine. Did your name delete? When did it expire?

PPNSteve Registered | 2007-05-30 13:25:40 the name was in pendingDelete but when the transfer processed lastnight it was in 'renew now' status. according to the CSR I spoke with at GD, they are proccessing all the RF domains seperately and he assumes that this trnasfer was pulled due to that.. he said to allow 24 hours for the domain to be back in an account (not mine) that can then be pushed to my account.. also he said that the whois/dns info I edited last night WILL be on the name as it's processed as well as 1YR will be added to the registration / expire date.. still if they sent me a transfer conf email, why did they bother to reprocess it again? Kinda makes no sense to me, but meh.. I'll give them their 24 hours. currently the website associated (and ns host servers) with this name are NOT working (they were last night) so lets hope they hurry with this process. I'll post more updates as they become available

digloo Registered | 2007-05-30 16:50:17 What's going to happen to all of the domains that can't be moved because of invalid EPP codes, like "RRP" and "AUTH CODE"? What I mean is, will we be able to get valid EPP codes for them after GD gets them? Frankly, it will be nice just to see an accurate list of names I've still got with RF. None of the names that have been transferred or renewed are showing up correctly in my RF account. Some of them are in their Expired list. Some have been transferred and still appear in their Active list. Some have been renewed and don't have current info showing.

captainproton Registered | 2007-05-30 17:36:28 The really do not need authcodes to do a transfer if they have the customer database Authcodes are a security measure to prevent unauthorized transfer. Nobody suspected that it would be used to hold domain names hostage. The first thing I am going to do when my domain names are with godaddy is make sure each one has an valid authcode.

sjwitz - FYI: New domains with R'Fly Registered | 2007-05-30 17:59:24 All-- Roughly 8-10 days ago, I did a test registration to see how a new domain with R'Fly would be handled. As expected, it claimed to have processed the domain order successfully, but of course nothing more happened. But it doesn't appear that GoDaddy picked up on the registration either. No monetary loss on my end...but since there have been reports of money actually changing hands with failed renewals, and other reports of unwitting new customers hitting R'Fly's site, I thought I'd let everyone know. At this point, FYI. --SJR

rfkma - Stolen Domains Registered | 2007-05-30 18:19:19 What is going to be done about stolen domains that were paid for but never renewed? I have one in particular that was lost due to RF's scam.

captainproton - Re: Stolen Domains Registered | 2007-05-30 23:49:14 Have you noticed how ICANN has avoided this topic entirely?? I sure have. This is why there is the Registerfly lawsuit that sues ICANN and enom too. I suspect that we will see a whole new group of people whose domains are up for expire June/July/Aug/Sept that will fall out the tree with this godaddy transfer and realize they are missing their website/domain name entirely, as Kevin did not proccess the renewal. The only question is what kind of legal remedy (if any) we have. Clark Dummit seems to be the only answer right now. Events are still unfolding, so it's kind of wait and see.

maxse Registered | 2007-05-30 23:56:20 OMG guys help. I just registered a domain with registerly.com YESTERDY MAY 30th!!! I only found out about this after I filed ticket which were unanswered and I went to the support page where I noticed that they are no longer accredited. They did not post tha ton the main page. My site was working for an hour today but has currently stopped working. AM I screwed? I cant believe I just did this today.

captainproton Registered | 2007-05-31 00:42:14 Hi maxse; Thanks for posting here. Many of us have wondered if Registerfly was processing new registrations or not. Do a whois here; http://www.internic.net/whois.html If the domain name shows up, then Registerfly may have performed the registration. I say may have because they might be 'kiting' the domain name. In which case you would not know that you have it for sure until a week from now. If it does not show up, then they took your money and did not perform the registration. If the domain is still available you should register the domain name elsewhere. It would be great for all of us if you would report back here, because many of us feel that Kevin is still ripping people off.

maxse Registered | 2007-05-31 00:47:00 here is the whois info I get. I cut out the actual domain name. But why is it currently down after being up for about 3 hours earlier? Will i be able to renew it in the future? And who do I contact since it is down now? I would really appreciate any advice you can give me. Registrar: TUCOWS INC. Whois Server: whois.tucows.com Referral URL: http://domainhelp.opensrs.net Name Server: DNS1.REGISTERFLY.COM Name Server: DNS2.REGISTERFLY.COM Name Server: DNS3.REGISTERFLY.COM Status: clientTransferProhibited Status: clientUpdateProhibited Updated Date: 30-may-2007 Creation Date: 30-may-2007 Expiration Date: 30-may-2008

captainproton Registered | 2007-05-31 01:38:05 Hey maxse thanks for posting that!! It shows that Registerfly is reselling domain names through tucows. If you have the domain name a week from now and it shows the same thing, then it is with Registerfly, which in everyones experience here is a bad thing. However, if it reads as go daddy, then it has been moved with everyone else and you will receive an email from go daddy. If there is nothing or a different owner, then your domain name was "kited" (or 'tasted' as the other operative term) which is even worse and you most likely lost the domain name and/or your money. If it shows the same thing, grab a piece of chalk and start marking off 53 more days (60 all together) and transfer your domain name to another registrar on day 61. Be very sure you do this, as you do not want to be in the situation many of us are now in down the road. Plus, there will be no godaddy to rescue you. Unfortunately, it really is a waiting game to see what will happen here (which many of us are doing at this point). This is why it is VERY important that ICANN follows through with the court order to post their notice prominently on RF's website. It is very important that you do this a week from now (even every other day until then), and I would really appreciate another post on what you find. Because if Kevin let's the name drop, then we know that he still is committing fraud, which case the Florida attorney general would be more likely get involved which helps everyone because an investigation would be done. update: I just checked my 'stuck' domain names and they are now with godaddy. I have not received the email notification yet.

maxse Registered | 2007-05-31 02:11:32 the thing is that when I do a whois lookup through registerfly.com tucows is not listed anywhere there... Also what does "kited" mean? Can't I just call my CC company and dispute the charges, since I did not get my domain name? Also do you guys know the reason it stopped directing to my server all of a sudden? It worked perfectly for a couple of hours but now does not work at all. And my other site that it is supposed to point to is working perfectly. Is it not supposed to work or something? And lastly, how can it be with RF if they are not accredited anymore???

captainproton - re: Registered | 2007-05-31 03:09:05 maxse wrote: And lastly, how can it be with RF if they are not accredited anymore??? And then grasshopper manages to find the collective angst of hundreds of Registerfly customers. 'Kiting/domain tasting' is an innocently implemented protocol that has been turned upside down to scam and spam. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_tasting In this case, Registerfly could register the name, but within five days delete the domain name for a refund. In your case, if the domain name does not show up in the whois next tuesday (and it appears to have been deleted already and that it just has not propogated), then you will know that this is what happenned. The domain name may showup in your control panel at Registerfly, but all that means is that Kevin is trying to fool you. In this instance, he gave you one days registration, deleted it, and pocketed the money. The problem with calling your credit card company and disputing the charges is that Kevin will lock you out of your RF account and you will never get back in again. But forget contacting tech support at RF, there is none. Now can you see why a lot of us are angry? If your domain was deleted, we would all love to hear about it, as we all want to see Kevin strung up by his thumbs. For the backstory of how we got here; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registerfly If you wish, you can send me an email at captainproton11 =at= gmail.com I may be able to provide additional help. It is very important to catch Kevin in the act here if he is still ripping people off

PPNSteve Registered | 2007-05-31 10:52:29 still waiting for my domain to come back to me from GoDaddy.. This is starting to bring back some terrible flashbacks.. Since canceling my transfer, without auth I might add, Godaddy has changed the whois and dropped my nameservers from the registry.. sound familar? all we can do is wait..

SkipCard Registered | 2007-05-31 12:36:25 PPNSteve wrote: still waiting for my domain to come back to me from GoDaddy.. This is starting to bring back some terrible flashbacks.. I'm hoping for the best for you (and for all of us, really). This is something that I'm waiting to see anyone (ICANN? GoDaddy?) address: GoDaddy bought the database, but didn't buy RegisterFly. We all had a Registration Agreement with RegisterFly, but we now have no agreement with the registrar, GoDaddy, which holds our domains. I don't know what all this means, but I fear that it could mean situations like yours.

Sender - Check and double check... Registered | 2007-05-31 18:15:24 Going through this process right now -- actually had to go to the Godaddy link to get this process started. Most of my domains were moved over into a new account at GD -- however renewal dates and whois information were off on some domains. Double check everything with the transfer as it looks like there may be some minor bugs in the system.

PPNSteve Registered | 2007-05-31 19:51:25 what link? seems like I have to initiate everything from my end to get anything done.. currently on the phone with GoDaddy yet again. [i]EDIT: just got off phone with GD. looks like there can be issues with redemption / pendingDelete names so if your name is in that ststus, give GD a call. Anyway, long story short, rep said, after talking to supervisors 3 lvls up, that my domain WILL be in my account within 24 - 72(max) hours and that they 'waived' the redemption fee, etc.. ok now we wait very impatiently for those hours to pass.[/i] NOTE: this name went into redemption / pendingDelete due to RF stealing our renewal fees and not renewing the name.

n2cbo - Only one of 15 domains came ov Registered | 2007-05-31 21:53:43 Only ONE out of all my 15 domaind came over in the transfer. NOW WHAT?????

mitgib - Hostage again Registered | 2007-05-31 21:58:16 Well I for one am very displeased with this whole mess again, I am now a hostage at GoDaddy for 60 days, I cannot transfer any of my registerfly names out for 60 days, wtf, how is this good for me, at least at RF I was still able to transfer things out. I left GoDaddy a year ago and names I transfered out are now back where I do not what them. I lost API access for my customers to maintain their domains and GoDaddy so far has only said I can pay $199/yr to get API access to the names, I get that for free with any other reseller account out there, and I get better pricing at those places as well, this all just stinks. If ICANN actually did more than collect quarters, we would have had the choice to push our names to any accredited registry out there, or if no action taken, then default to GoDaddy, but to be a hostage for 60 days, this is inexcusable!

envyc - Equivalent value??? Registered | 2007-06-01 00:38:52 A couple of things gall me overall about this whole transfer to GoDaddy: 1. As mentioned elsewhere, the ignoring of other TLDs e.g. .com.au and; 2. Pricing - at RegisterFly, ProtectFly was dirt cheap or free at GoDaddy they want an extortionate $8.99 a year.

Hostage - Only gTLD's are transfered to Registered | 2007-05-31 22:22:32 If you read the releases and notices carefully, you'll see that only the generic TLD's are transfered to GoDaddy. For those of us with other domains, such as .US, we are still screwed.

captainproton Registered | 2007-05-31 22:43:24 This is why ICANN can not fall asleep at the switch (again) and get a complete copy of the customer database from Registerfly tomorrow, along with getting the notice fixed.

Cossins - Domain name rescued Registered | 2007-06-01 08:03:15 I am amazed. Today a domain name that had been long lost through the RF debacle, was deleted, picked up by a domain stealer, and offered back to us for a price (which we declined) is now back in our control and pointing to our DNS server. Whois shows it's ours and is registered through GoDaddy. I write this to encourage others to check out their lost names. Medina should be in prison for his misdeeds.

Lil Peck - Thank you GoDaddy! Bless you, Registered | 2007-06-01 08:08:59 I was thrilled to find all of my domains ( even the expired ones ) waiting for me at godaddy. The only ones missing are the ones that I was able to move to enom, and the ones with .be extensions. I am satisfied because I had given up hope of ever having access to those domains ever again. I had not done any development of the domains that didn't transfer over; I do hope that I can regain those as well.

longben Registered | 2007-06-27 14:23:29 For the .be domain names it is advisable to contact dns.be. As far as I know from personal experience (not transferring .be accounts from Rfly), they are always helpful and correct.

jonepet - Got one name, where are all ot Registered | 2007-06-01 08:14:54 I've got one name of the around 100 names I had on my Registerfly account transferred to my new Godaddy account. Where are all other names? These names are registered with my customers e-mail adress as domain registrant and admin contact. Do my customers get an account with their names, or will I get all names to my account? If my customers get their own account now, many of them will get free names because they never paid me for their names.

f**ckedFly - I'm Happy Registered | 2007-06-01 10:00:39 to see that finally most of you guys are out of this mess or get the opportunity to get out soon. Thank god, but still spread the word about RegisterFly as they still operate and do business as usual.

SouthAfricaRed - re: Only gTLD's are transfere Registered | 2007-06-01 10:43:12 Hostage wrote: If you read the releases and notices carefully, you'll see that only the generic TLD's are transfered to GoDaddy. For those of us with other domains, such as .US, we are still screwed. I had a .co.uk that I bought through Registerfly. Fortunately they were reselling for TUCOWS. I contacted Tucows and after a week they gave me access to my domain and I was able to change the Ipsitag to initiate the transfer to another registrar. If you dont have a generic TLD's check if it wasnt resold for Tucows. Might work for other TLD's besides .co.uk

fredevad - No account email from GD Registered | 2007-06-01 12:04:11 First, my comments: - Yes, I too knew nothing of this until today when I got my "Welcome to GoDaddy.com" email (which at first I thought was spam because I didn't initiate it). - Interesting that Kevin was ordered to post a notice on RF website (which is there), but was not ordered WHERE to post it (it's a little blurb on the support page, NOT on the home page where it belongs). - I too have had issues with my domain name DNS entries "coming and going" over the last week. I feel very lucky that my livelihood doesn't depend on it. - If RF continues to commit fraud, why can't ICANN get a court order to take over the RF.com domain and post their own "parking page" (anyone remember how Phillip Morris got control of the yessmoke.com domain a few years ago?) - NASCAR can ban people for life, why can't ICANN? - Thanks for this site! Venting off (therapy session over), now my question- Has anyone else gotten their "Welcome to GoDaddy.com" message, went to the site (GD.com/welcomeregisterfly) and filled out the form, only to receive no email? It looked like the correct email address (counting the asterisks), but I never received the "further instructions" email. I've done this twice now, and still haven't gotten anything. Maybe they are "experiencing high demand" today...?

captainproton - re: No account email from GD Registered | 2007-06-01 12:45:55 fredevad wrote: First, my comments: - Interesting that Kevin was ordered to post a notice on RF website (which is there), but was not ordered WHERE to post it (it's a little blurb on the support page, NOT on the home page where it belongs). Look through the forum/thread/court documents. The court order has done exactly that. It's just that RF are lawbreakers.

sojo - GOT MY DOMAINS BACK HURRAAAYYY Registered | 2007-06-01 14:46:48 Got my domains back today - thanks to Godaddy. Received an email from them saying "welcome" so i called them and logged in and sure enough there were all my domains that i thought were lost forever! Thank God for GoDaddy!

PPNSteve - re: No account email from GD Registered | 2007-06-01 15:38:21 fredevad wrote: Venting off (therapy session over), now my question- Has anyone else gotten their "Welcome to GoDaddy.com" message, went to the site (GD.com/welcomeregisterfly) and filled out the form, only to receive no email? It looked like the correct email address (counting the asterisks), but I never received the "further instructions" email. I've done this twice now, and still haven't gotten anything. Maybe they are "experiencing high demand" today...? mine is even stranger: had some aol email domain in it.. this domain NEVER had an aol anything attached to it.. go figure. A call to GD support cleared up the issue and they PROMISED me it will be in MY GD account within 24 - 72 hours. We'll see...

PPNSteve Registered | 2007-06-02 18:57:05 looks like GD is pulling a fast one.. they are making all kinds of hurdles in my way so that I can't regain access to my stolen name. Now it's something about a change request form and all this documentation they require that just doesn't physically exist. we wait as they process the form i sent them. I'll have more updates later as this process continues.

flyaway - Expirefly Registered | 2007-06-03 12:52:56 What is going to happen to the names Kevin moved to his ExpireFly? None of those transferred to GoDaddy.

bigfoot - re: Expirefly Registered | 2007-06-03 13:33:29 flyaway wrote: What is going to happen to the names Kevin moved to his ExpireFly? None of those transferred to GoDaddy. Not true! One (yes, just one so far) of mine transferred to GD from Expirefly. Most haven't transferred yet, although using the domain watch I can see the process that that they're going through. Registrar change, Status changes (at least 2, sometimes more) and finally they're available to manage.

cpskins - GoDaddy SCAMMED ME Registered | 2007-06-04 10:29:58 I know the title is harsh but in my opinion it's true. They pretty much told me your f**cked we can't do anything. I bought a domain back in Feb 07 off someone while the domain was with Registerfly.com I had the domain in my account and whois is pointing to me and still is. I figured great I can get it back into my account and get things back up and running. But NOOO they put the domain in another account and nothing I can do about it except the other person who by law they can't tell me who they gave it to and ask him to give it back!!! wtf this is a joke Godaddy is a joke. I understand it's a mess but if it was in my account, and the whois points to me should be pretty simple to put 2 and 2 together and keep in mind the registerfly database is a mess and messed up. So pretty much all John C from Godaddy could tell me is to contact icann. Great support!!! will be moving all domains out of there once I get this all fixedup.

portpro - Check with eNom Registered | 2007-06-06 17:28:48 You might contact eNom, some of my domains were transfered to them. Any domains registered more than a few years back were done with eNom. I had to send a screenshot of my registerfly account and a copy of my Drivers License to get them.

cymoo - THE MARINES HAVE LANDED! Registered | 2007-06-05 08:53:25 If you have never seen a Marine Landing. Which I have not, but all my UNCLES and GRANDADDY's have. LINE UP!

blakilox - 319 Domains from Down Under Registered | 2007-06-06 11:15:16 Unfortunatley due to financial pressure Just listed all 319 of my "GODADDY" domains on Ebay, $1 no reserve. Will be of most interest to investors from Australia. ebay.com.au Item 150130127225

whizz - Good news! Registered | 2007-06-06 16:35:47 We waited a week to see what would show up - one domain out of the dozen or so that we could not leverage out of RF ... So, I called GoDaddy as the remaining domains were in various states of database damage: no Auth Codes, ProtectFly junk information, expired, etc. Within 2 minutes the support tech found all the domains had already been collected into an account for which they had no email address (ProtectFly strikes again). We set up the login and then verified the list of names - ALL ARE ACCOUNTED FOR. Even the names that "disappeared" from our account on RF have been restored to us. Our multiple renewal attempts have been credited as added years of registration. I personally am stunned and amazed (particularly given the other comments in this thread). GoDaddy really seemed to have done a lot of work behind the scenes and its support people were obviously briefed and prepared. After months of uncertainty, we have all of our domain names back under our control. Finally. What a relief. I hope others experience this efficient resolution. Top marks for GoDaddy, bottom of the class for ICANN who dawdled far too much and had insufficient safeguards in place. Shame on ICANN – perhaps people at ICANN should wear the name ICANN’T on their badges until they truly can protect domain name owners. It’s really about us, not about creating as many Registrars as possible! May Kevin rot in some prison somewhere for the trouble he caused and for the greed he exhibited. Hopefully he’ll get to do some Federal time, and, if so, I personally hope he serves hard time - breaking rocks during the day and dealing with the “attentions” of other inmates after work hours might help him experience the pain and violation we felt from his activities.

portpro - Not all Domains go to GoDaddy! Registered | 2007-06-06 17:21:33 Well half my domains went to GoDaddy and the other half went to eNom. Two of my .com domains that went to eNom have been expired for little over a month. ENom charged me $50 each for "Domain Redemption". Does this sound right? I had already paid for renewal at registerfly.com but to no avail.

reversi - finally i got my domains trans Registered | 2007-06-07 05:16:46 Hello, finally i could regain access to my domains trough Godaddy. my domains were down since january due to continuous renewal failures. Today they returned online! The unique problem is that i have to check all my domains to find which godaddy account has been assigned to them [i saw it is related to the email listed in the contact field].. but i don't care if i have multiple godaddy accounts now.. the good thing is that they all work! there's only 1 domain left in the "limbo" [with wrong email contacts] but i hope the procedure Godaddy ask to follow will solve this situation.. I can see the light now thanks registerflies.com Simone from Italy

tartan - Daddy or Fly what's the diffr Registered | 2007-06-07 06:57:14 I don't know why godaddy!?! I have 200 domains moved to a godaddy account their system has a bug and It can't send my password reset link and they say that I have to fax a form for every one of my domains and collect 200 ID copies from my customers in order to gain access to these domains. At least in registerfly my domains were transfered out smoothly but here they have locked them and don't give the authorization codes. Is here anyone who can help me!?! Are the registerfly authorizations code valid for moving out from godaddy too!?!

LegalWorker - PULLED FROM THE QUICK SAND! Registered | 2007-06-09 13:00:29 ---------------------------------- BETTER THEN ANYONE EXPECTED I AGREE only the short term blind and those with a hidden agenda are complaining, even if there is some Godaddy, policy that could be reviewed and refined, just getting out of Registerfly and getting your domains back is like being pulled from the Quick sand when you were up to your neck ... www.Godaddy.com has done a fantastic public service in such a short time, even with the Proxy "Protectfly" domain names that they have sorted out for the most part and, returned to the rightfully legal owners. No one can deny that on this Emergency retrieval that Bob Parsons and GoDaddy.com have done an outstanding job, and we can hope that they as leaders and innovators they will with ... shining integrity standardize an industry "Registry Model: with honesty/fairness for domain name registrants TIP!  If you find someone in Customer Service who seems unable to solve your problem call them back and talk to another Representative as there are many, many very qualified company reps who are trained for this task, especially the ... "Concierge Dept " Note: You will have to renew your expired and deleted domains names right away as there is just a short "Grace Window" or risk paying a $80 Redemption fee, ACT NOW! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x

domain_guy - sounds like you work for godad Registered | 2007-06-09 02:56:30 I cant wait untill I can get out of godaddy. Godaddy is the only registrar that I know of that will lock up your domain for simply modifying the registrant field. they said it was an icann rule..I dont believe it. Between godaddy's fine print and ICANN's lack of ability to function as a responsible entity, I just had to renew with godaddy against my will. On average, godaddy's hostage ploy will force a renew with them 1 out of 6 domains that people have with them. There is only 1 thing dumber than me modifying my registrant field with godaddy, and that was emailing ICANN about it. Also, dont let a name expire more than 18 days with godaddy. Godaddy will remove it from your account, auction it, and push it to another account without it expiring. the winner keeps the same expiration date, plus 1 year. 50 days to go!

LegalWorker - *WHAT DO YOU THINK? Registered | 2007-06-09 01:14:29 ----------------------------------- *Kevin Medina has "STILL" not posted the required court ordered notice as ordered when found in "Contempt of Court" on 06/25/2007 The court ordered: That Registerfly.com shall place within 2/3rds of the way down on the "front web page" NOTICE of Registerfly.com loss of official accreditation as an ICANN approved registry. Instead on the "BOTTOM" of the page a deliberate misaligned fuzzy, hard to read font style has been placed. The court was specific that if there was noncompliance's that KEVIN MEDINA shall pay $5000 per day to the court, Kevin Medina has not complied and continues to defraud the public. I feel if the Honorable Judge Real of said federal court does not collect the $5000 per day for the continued, noncompliance's and order Mr Medina back to court to "Show Cause" that a motion for a ... "Grand Jury Investigation" WOULD warrant further consideration of the entire Registerfly scandal of ongoing special treatment for Registerfly.com and Kevin Medina of what appears on the surface to be possible corruption and immunity above the law allowing fraud to be perpetrated . --------------------------------- WHAT DO YOU THINK? --------------------------------- =================================

alexsien - TUCOW DOMAIN Registered | 2007-06-09 01:33:27 Hi guys, All of my domains except for 1 got transferred to Godaddy. One is stuck at Tucows/Domain Direct. Apparently Registerfly used them as a reseller. I contacted DomainDirect.com, abut they could not help me. They told me I would have to transfer the domain using the Registerfly Control Panel... that doesn't work. doing whois on the domain brings up this: Registration Service Provider: RegisterFly.com, +1-973-736-2545 +1-973-736-1355 (fax) http://www.registerfly.com Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC. Record last updated on 15-Jan-2007. Record expires on 21-Aug-2007. Record created on 21-Aug-2006. Domain servers in listed order: NS2.HOSTER906.COM NS1.HOSTER906.COM Any ideas on what I can do? has anyone experienced this problem? Thanks.

John7 - GoDaddy has joined the bad guy Registered | 2007-06-09 08:35:50 I know everyone's time is valuable, so I will be brief and get to the bottom line of things: 1) GoDaddy's 60 days restriction is not only unprofessional, it is also unethical. Of all things that happenned to the victim of RF, GD have just made it worse by adding more insult to the injury. 2) GoDaddy violated ICANN's agreement by impose another registriction if any updates are made (no matter how minor). 3) GoDaddy violated ICANN's agreement by auctioning off names without properly going through the redemption/deletion process. 4) GoDaddy is trying to profit from the purchase of the data from Reg