.Com winners and losers - Here’s how registrars fared with .com in February.
ICANN has published the latest Verisign .com monthly report, containing data from February.
Let’s start by reviewing which registrars added the most new .com domain name registrations:
1. GoDaddy 912,763*
2. Rightside 203,096**
3. Tucows 106,910
4. PublicDomainRegistry 92,847
5. Network Solutions 62,104
When it comes to companies that won the transfer game, here are the top five registrars with retail operations for February. These numbers are ... read more ...
Tag Archives: domain transfers
Wed 3rd June 2015
Tue 13th January 2009
Register.com Must Stop “Call In” Practice by March -
Transfer authorization code process will be easier under new ICANN policy.
Under ICANN’s new Policy on Transfer of Registrations between Registrars, which goes into effect March 15, Register.com will no longer be able to require customers to call the company to request transfer authorization codes. These codes are used to transfer domains to a different domain registrar. (See Register.com’s Customer Service Lie)
The policy states “Registrars may not employ ... read more ...
Thu 4th September 2008
GoDaddy’s 60 Day Transfer Lock Closer to Termination -
GNSO Council approves changes to domain transfer blocks.
One of GoDaddy’s most complained about policies is that it blocks transfers of domain names that have had certain changes to their whois information within the past 60 days.
In September 2007 ICANN began working on an advisory that targeted transfer blocks like this. After ICANN finalized its advisory this past April I was happy to report that GoDaddy appeared to be allowing transfers even if changes were ... read more ...
Tue 29th April 2008
GoDaddy Allows Transfers After Whois Changes -
GoDaddy complies with ICANN advisory for transferring domain names.
Last September I wrote that GoDaddy might have to end its controversial practice of denying transfers-out when a domain owner changes whois information in the preceding 60 days.
A few weeks ago ICANN finalized the advisory that I wrote about, and it seems to target GoDaddy specifically. The advisory basically says that registrars can’t deny transfer requests due to changes in whois information, ... read more ...