[HN Gopher] Tell HN: GoDaddy Stole My Domain
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Tell HN: GoDaddy Stole My Domain
GoDaddy did not send any notifications about domain expiration and
right after domain expiration they transferred domain to their own
account. Now requiring to hire their broker to purchase the domain.
The domain is still pointing to the IP address of my site. The
domain has expired on January 25, on January 26th they sent an
expiration notice. But I couldn't find the domain neither in
expired nor in active domains.
Author : novateg
Score : 9 points
Date : 2024-01-31 20:42 UTC (2 hours ago)
| jseliger wrote:
| Happens all the time.
|
| Don't use GoDaddy. Try NameCheap.
| novateg wrote:
| I use both. Never had this issue before
| elmerfud wrote:
| I've never heard of name cheap pulling shady stuff like this
| but the name cheap has their own set of problems. If they don't
| agree with your ideology they will terminate your service.
| metaloha wrote:
| What's the story on this? I have at least one site that
| sounds like it might be in danger if that's true.
| elmerfud wrote:
| https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/20/the-daily-stormer-was-
| back...
|
| I don't defend what the daily stormer has to say but I
| would defend their right to say it and not be canceled. To
| be clear it wasn't only namecheap involved in this effort
| to cancel their domain but since the name cheap was
| mentioned as an alternative to GoDaddy that is why I
| brought it up.
|
| We may not like the consequences of free speech but this
| mindset that businesses like namecheap simply registering a
| name so DNS resolution can happen refusing to do that based
| upon content they disagree with but in no way participate
| in bothers me a lot. Especially when it seems to be a
| coordinated effort of all of the registrars attempting to
| do this. Should the people who hold those beliefs not be
| allowed to rent housing, purchase electricity, shop at the
| grocery store, eating the restaurants? It is very dangerous
| to exclude people from a society based upon their ideology
| and their speech.
| fckgw wrote:
| Those companies are also exercising their free speech
| rights not to platform that kind of hateful content.
|
| Free speech give you the right to talk but not the right
| to force me to listen.
| Sohcahtoa82 wrote:
| Are we having this conversation for the millionth time?
|
| Free speech doesn't mean everyone is required to give you
| a platform.
| novateg wrote:
| Does anyone have the same experience with GoDaddy? What are my
| options?
| codegeek wrote:
| First, Godaddy is a scammy company. Stay away from them for
| future. NOw, as far as I know, when a domain expires, you have a
| grace period as per ICANN here:
|
| https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/domain-name-renewal-ex...
|
| I don't know if you have any legal options but according to
| ICANN, you should be able to renew the expired domain without
| extortion.
| anfilt wrote:
| I use namecheap mostly for domains they don't offer a few other
| registrars like name.com
|
| However STAY AWAY from godaddy!
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