[HN Gopher] Godaddy just stole my domain
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Godaddy just stole my domain
I wanted to share a concerning experience we recently had with our
domain name on the GoDaddy platform. A few days ago, we purchased a
domain for our business for 10$. The transaction went smoothly, and
the domain was added to our account. However, to our astonishment,
we later discovered that the domain had been removed from our
account and was put back on sale by GoDaddy at an outrageously
higher price 2000$. We had genuine intentions to use the domain
for our business endeavors. We followed all the proper procedures,
paid the required amount, and were under the impression that the
domain was rightfully ours. It really seems like the domain has
been taken away from us to be resold at a much higher price. We
have all the necessary documentation to prove our rightful
ownership of the domain (bank statement, screenshots). At this
point, we have reached out to GoDaddy's customer support and are
awaiting their response to rectify the situation promptly. Can we
do anything else?
Author : moino06
Score : 29 points
Date : 2023-07-24 21:03 UTC (1 hours ago)
| gymbeaux wrote:
| There are many domain registrars out there, and most are better
| than GoDaddy. Try buying the domain from Google Domains or
| Namecheap, though it sounds like GoDaddy "bought" it and is
| trying to get you to pay $2000 for it, so you probably can't get
| the domain from another registrar. Malicious or not, this is par
| for the course for GoDaddy.
| howenterprisey wrote:
| Porkbun ride or die.
| orbz wrote:
| Sadly Google domains has been sold off to SquareSpace so
| depending on your thoughts about then you may want to consider
| elsewhere.
| NicoJuicy wrote:
| Cloudflare sells domains at bulk price
| jqpabc123 wrote:
| Sue. If everything you say is true, it sounds like a good case of
| fraud.
|
| Meanwhile, deal with a different registrar. I moved most of my
| stuff off GoDaddy years ago.
| moino06 wrote:
| Thanks, a bit lost as to what to do as this was a very
| important domain for me. Both on a professional and emotional
| level. Do you think I'd still be able to sue despite the fine
| print?
| dchest wrote:
| It was probably due to the domain registry realizing they sold a
| "premium" domain as an ordinary one. Here's Porkbun's explainer:
| https://kb.porkbun.com/article/191-registry-deletion-of-doma...
| moino06 wrote:
| Thanks. Helpful.
| GauntletWizard wrote:
| * * *
| damnesian wrote:
| I was going to ask who you bought the domain through, but I
| assume GoDaddy.
|
| If not, that's who you need to complain to.
|
| GoDaddy has been known for shady practices for some time now.
| They are NOT the only registrar out there. People really need to
| ignore their ads and shop around.
| cpach wrote:
| May I ask what TLD this was?
| juanse wrote:
| Avoid Godaddy at all cost.
| Postosuchus wrote:
| Not the same scenario but recently GoDaddy conveniently "forgot"
| to extract auto-payment for the only domain I still had with them
| (somewhat exotic .es TLD) and also forgot to warn me about it,
| letting the domain registration lapse.
|
| I noticed it via the automatic monitoring once the domain stopped
| resolving and escalated it, at which point GoDaddy graciously
| offered me to reinstate the domain for $55 lapsed registration
| fee. After a brief (10 sec) consideration I've made a
| counteroffer by telling GoDaddy to go fuck themselves and
| registering a "normal" .com domain with my default registrar. I
| am very lucky it was a tiny hobby website with no critical
| audience. Thank you for the lesson, GoDaddy!
| CharlesW wrote:
| Namecheap did this to me in January. It's infuriating.
| JoeyBananas wrote:
| Over the years, I've noticed GoDaddy has a disproportionately
| large number of unsatisfied customers compared to other domain
| registrars.
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