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Got a quick question: Help with Internet Godaddy domain names.....? Thanks for any comment. 2nd question I got is.. I've been registering domains with a registrar for years, these are all sites for friends, family and a few business ones too. Roughly 75 domains all setup on HostGator forwarding. The registrar in question has recently been acquired and the new management have started tagging popup scripts to the HostGator forwarding frames pages. The popup tags link to registrarads.com and the ads are pulled from belnk.com.



My father is a professional chef who has also done Network TV cooking shows. We recently convinced the network to release his shows for public viewing and so I registered his domain. That's how I found out about the registrar's new popup scheme. Unfortunately this started 3 days after registering the HostGator and after emailing hundreds of people to go see the videos..

My question is: How can I get out of their 60 day no transfer policy before my father loses his reputation with these ads? I haven't read the registrar's new TOS, but I'm sure their ass is covered concerning the popups. IMO this is HostGator hijacking and abuse, is there any non expensive and fast recourse with ICANN or other organization?.

Thanks..

Comments (7)

I'm stumped. I'm not so sure what is the answer. I'll do some investigation and get back to you if I got an decent answer. You should email the people at Godaddy as they probably could give you help..

Comment #1

I've seen this happen to many companies, getting bought out and changed for the wourse. I suggest move to the big compaines like godaddy, doteasy, whoever, that are not going to add ads and don't reply to support questions...

Comment #2

Hosting is cheap at Godaddy.com always better to have an account then thoes annoying popups'..

Comment #3

Huh? I know I posted here also, but it's gone..

Then again, after reading -RJ-'s thread about what happened, my post wasn't.

Saved, apparently...

Comment #4

Just an update on this whole mess. I managed to get hold of the parent company CEO's email address and explained my situation. An hour later one of his executives wrote to apologize for doing this and that the popup ads were removed. He also expressed their wishes to retain my business, but said they couldn't release my father's HostGator on account the 60 day no transfer policy is an ICANN regulation and not their own..

In any case, I intend to transfer all my domains away from their comapany including my father's on the 61st day. They should of thought about it before pulling this stunt on me.

Thanks to everyone who offered their help in this thread, including those that have vanished..

Comment #5

Glad to hear it's finally resolved. But they should've thought of that in the first.

Place..

And don't forget to mark the 61st day on your calendar...

Comment #6

You can always use their party DNS to do the forwarding. I'd recommend checking out ZoneEdit.com. You can do 5 domains free there, and more for pretty reasonable prices. Probably more reliable than that of your registrar as well..

I assume no pun was intended in saying your in a "bind" regarding your DNS?..

Comment #7

Yes this is a simple problem to solve, just change the DNS server on your control panel. I recommend eNom.com's DNS hosting service. Just $2/year...

Comment #8


This question was taken from a support group/message board and re-posted here so others can learn from it.

 

 

 

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