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In 1999, a group of employees at Jomax Technologies were brainstorming a new company name, with "Big Daddy" being a popular suggestion. However, finding this domain name already taken, "Go Daddy" was purchased instead. [9] Parsons believed this to be a simple and memorable name. [9] Jomax Technologies rebranded to GoDaddy in February 2006. [10]
On December 19, 2006, GoDaddy received a third-party complaint of invalid domain contact information in the WHOIS database for the domain FamilyAlbum.com. [6] GoDaddy wrote a letter to the owner of FamilyAlbum.com saying, "Whenever we receive a complaint, we are required by ICANN regulations to initiate an investigation as to whether the contact data displaying in the WHOIS database is valid ...
In late 2012, Namecheap relaunched the initiative and set the date for the second Move Your Domain Day as 22 January 2013. On that day, Namecheap announced that domain transfers would be greatly discounted, and between $0.50 and $1.50 per domain transferred would be donated to the EFF (depending on the total number of transfers). [16]
Domain slamming (also known as unauthorized transfers or domain name registration scams) is a scam in which the offending domain name registrar attempts to trick domain owners into switching from their existing registrar to theirs, under the pretense that the customer is simply renewing their subscription to their current registrar.
After transfer, the domain cannot be transferred again for 60 days, except back to the previous registrar. It is unwise to attempt to transfer a domain immediately before it expires. In some cases, a transfer can take up to 14 days, meaning that the transfer may not complete before the registration expires.
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A drop catcher is a domain name registrar that offers the service of attempting to quickly register a given domain name for a customer if that name becomes available—that is, to "catch" a "dropped" name—when the domain name's registration expires and is then deleted, either because the registrant abandons the domain or because the ...