{"id":3527,"date":"2013-11-10T14:26:09","date_gmt":"2013-11-10T19:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=3527"},"modified":"2013-11-10T15:06:59","modified_gmt":"2013-11-10T20:06:59","slug":"godaddy-inbound-transfers-require-a-double-checking-of-the-whois-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/godaddy-inbound-transfers-require-a-double-checking-of-the-whois-info\/","title":{"rendered":"GoDaddy: Inbound transfers require a double-checking of the WHOIS info"},"content":{"rendered":"

You either love or hate GoDaddy – there is no in-between.<\/p>\n

Or maybe, there is: when things work as expected, one gets to appreciate the quick in\/out transfers.<\/p>\n

GoDaddy is also the only domain registrar that regularly shares coupon codes for below the cost registrations, in the $0.99 – $2.99 range, plus ICANN fees.<\/p>\n

Recently I wrote about how inbound domain transfers<\/strong><\/a> appear to be speedier at GoDaddy, but there is a slight caveat to be examined.<\/p>\n

Quite often, the WHOIS info on the domain contains inaccurate, jumbled up, or missing information from one or more contacts.<\/p>\n

For example, the Registrant company and name fields become joined, or the phone number disappears; in many cases, the administrative email is missing or defaults to a GoDaddy email, “nocontactsfound@secureserver.net.”<\/p>\n

I find this to be due to some inconsistency of how GoDaddy parses WHOIS info data. Since I have not witnessed a similar behavior when transferring domains to other registrars, I believe it’s safe to point the finger at GoDaddy’s peculiar processing of the WHOIS.<\/p>\n

So next time you transfer a domain to GoDaddy, double-check that the contacts are as they should be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You either love or hate GoDaddy – there is no in-between. Or maybe, there is: when things work as expected, one gets to appreciate the quick in\/out transfers. GoDaddy is also the only domain registrar that regularly shares coupon codes for below the cost registrations, in the $0.99 – $2.99 range, plus ICANN fees. 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