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How to Move a Domain from Godaddy

Posted by Mayooresan | April 27, 2008 .

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I wanted to renew my domain so I went to Godaddy and tried to pay the money via PayPal. I was totally disappointed that Godaddy will accept only the PayPal accounts which has a credit card attached to it. Though I had some balance in my PayPal account I couldn’t pay the money.

Godaddy is growing, but they are losing their customers because of their poor customer care. Already many people are complaining about the poor hosting service provided by Godaddy. It will take ages to get a support from Godaddy’s customer care.

So I decided to transfer my domain from Godaddy to NameCheap. To initiate the transfer process you need to provide the EPP code to NameCheap. EPP code is a security code which used to identify the owner of the domain.

If you write to Godaddy and asked them for the EPP code, I’m sure they’ll fuss around. You can manually get the EPP code from your Godaddy control panel.

Login to GoDaddy. Go into the domain management section and select your domain. Then you will see down in the bottom left corner of the screen a line that says Authorization Code: Send By Email. Click the Send by Email link and follow the onscreen prompts. Then GoDaddy will send you your EPP code to the email address you have registered as your Technical Contact for your domain. Next I cut and pasted that EPP code into the namecheap.com domain transfer status screen.

After that you need to release the lock in Godaddy, so that it’ll get transfer to the new domain registrar. In my case NameCheap.

This is also a good time to make sure that your domain is unlocked at GoDaddy. When your domain is locked GoDaddy has a good excuse to not let the transfer to go through. After that I got a mail from Godaddy saying that, my request to transfer my domain was received and still I can cancel the transfer and stay with Godaddy. Who cares? Who wanted to stay with loser? In this case you need to approve the transfer in Godaddy control panel. Or else it’ll take more time to transfer from Godaddy to new domain registrar.

If you do as I said above you could transfer your domain in hours. Otherwise it’ll take around 8 days to complete the process.

To force the transfer

  • To do this, log in to your GoDaddy account.
  • Click on the Domains tab and select Pending Transfers. You should see your site listed.
  • Select the check box next to your site and click the Accept/Decline button a the top toolbar.
  • Choose accept and click the OK button.
  • Now your transfer will continue without waiting the three days!

As mentioned in NameCheap site, these are the main steps for domain transfer!

  • Step 1: User adds the domains that needs to be transferred and completes checkout
  • Step 2: If EPP Key (Authorization Key) is required, then an email with EPP request is sent. You can also enter the EPP key by going to My Account > Manager Transfers and clicking on the domain just after completing the order without waiting. (To obtain an EPP key, please contact your current registrar.)
  • Step 3: If Step 2 is completed or not required, then the domain is submitted for transfer.
  • Step 4: An email containing a link is sent to ‘Administrator Email’ for the domain.
  • Step 5: If user click on the link and approves the transfer, the domain name is transferred to Us.
  • Step 6: If the domain named is ‘locked’ at the losing registrar, the registrar lock should be removed before proceeding with the transfer. An email is sent if the lock needs to be removed.
  • Step 7: When the domain is unlocked, the transfer completes successfully

Now I successfully moved my domain to NameCheap. And I was surprised by their customer care. They take only few hours to reply my questions personally. I’m glad I’m with a superb domain registrar, and hope I can spend rest of my life with NameCheap.

GoDaddy go to hell!

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  5. THE CYBORG SPY April 27, 2008 11:06 pm

    hey does it come with a form mailer? or do we have to set up it by ourselves and upload it?Hows the user interface is it better than Godaddy?

    I totally agree with you,Godaddy sucks.I had couple of websites hosted there and had a terrible time.

  6. Mayooresan April 28, 2008 9:11 am

    @THE CYBORG SPY
    Unlike Godaddy, user Interface is much simple and easy to understand, and their customer care is very fast. They are responding within 1 or 2 hours.

    They are supporting form mailer

    These are the services offered with a domain
    * Free URL Forwarding
    Direct & Cloaked With No Ads

    * Free Email Forwarding (No Ads)
    you@yourdomain.com -> ISP

    * Free Parking Page Included
    Your Domain will not go unresolved

    * Free Transfer of Ownership

    * Free Dynamic DNS With Client

    * Free Security Features
    Registrar Lock etc.,.

    * Full Control of Your Domain

    * Advanced Control Panel
    One of the best in the industry

    * Custom DNS Settings
    CNAME, A, MX, MXE Supported

    * Custom Nameserver Registration

    * Friendly Customer Support

    * Optional Whois Protection
    Using WhoisGuard Product

    You can get a Form Mailer here for free!

  7. Dennis June 25, 2008 3:49 am

    Godaddy rocks dude, not sure what planet you are from. Every single one of the statements you made above, with the exception of the paypal issue, are simply NOT TRUE. I have dealt with dozens of registrars and hosting companies over the past two years - none of them come close to the ease and speed of Godaddy. Now network solutions, registar, those are two turds to deal with… Godaddy - easy, fast, cheap. Nuff said.

  8. Mayooresan July 2, 2008 8:52 pm

    @Dennis
    Bro! I just wrote my personal xp and this is what my friends also say!!!

    Sorry but I hate GoDaddy!