Poll: Did you transfer your domains from GoDaddy today?

Poll is missing option: "I never used GoDaddy to begin with because of their bad track record"

I moved my few domains off Godaddy last month after the following occurred:<p>1) Godaddy left me a voicemail out of the blue saying they needed to talk about my account.<p>2) I called back and spent 5 minutes on hold, and another couple minutes digging up my PIN, only to learn that<p>3) They had noticed I was using Amazon EC2 and wouldn't I like to consider switching to Godaddy webhosting?<p>I'm embarrassed that I chose Godaddy in the first place. Never again.<p>PS. I switched to NearlyFreeSpeech.NET and am very happy with them.

Yup. I've been a little bothered by GoDaddy in the past, but they provided good service, so I didn't really stress it too much. Domain transfers are a pain in the ass, so when you have a bunch of domains, there's momentum working against a transfer. But, when they get on board with legislation that's going to destroy my industry, I'm done.<p>My initial excuse was "well, I just renewed them all, and I don't want to burn that much cash". But then I saw that Namecheap appends your transfer renewal year to your existing expiry, so my domains that renewed last month now renew in November 2013. So, I'm just shifting money I'd be paying anyhow upfront, rather than wasting registry time (as GoDaddy often tries to get you to do).<p>I decided to switch today, before I grew complacent. Almost 60 domains, but the last step of the transfer is now pending, and it feels great.

#4. Nope, already did long ago, due to their stupid commercials.

I'll be switching the first thing tomorrow morning.. all 100 or so of my domains. Will be spreading the word to all my internet marketing friends as well.<p>I'm tempted to write a scraper script that finds sites registered with Godaddy (using public registration info/searching for "registered with Godaddy"), harvest emails, and tell them all about switching.

Needs at least one more option: switched after past GoDaddy débâcles.<p>I didn't switch immediately after the elephant controversy, but did a couple months after that when half my domains were up for renewal.<p>Knowing now that Namecheap and other registrars will actually extend my expiration date no matter when it is, I'll definitely be moving my remaining domains ASAP (some of which I bought for 5-year periods not long ago, hence my prior reticence to switch).

I switched away a long time ago, and frankly, I'm surprised how many otherwise intelligent people are still using them.

Yep. Not even as a protest... I'd just rather not host domains with a company that thinks it's okay to "disappear" them.

Yes.<p>I had been wanting to participate in the Dec-29 mass de-activation protest but it just so happened that a handful of my domains were expiring on this 25th. Something I was very conscious about was the hoops and hassles Godaddy makes you go through for doing a transfer... I was not looking forward to wasting time figuring that mess out, but very thankfully the article from earlier today (<a href="http://blog.jeffepstein.me/post/14629857835/a-step-by-step-guide-to-transfer-domains-out-of-godaddy" rel="nofollow">http://blog.jeffepstein.me/post/14629857835/a-step-by-step-g...</a> ) made that a hassle-free process.<p>I will be transferring some 50 or so domains over to Namecheap -- either because I own them, or have sway over friends/family who currently are stuck with them.

no because I also have hosting over there. if any of the ssh+git friendly competitors are willing to waive the hosting fee for the remainder of my contract with godaddy, I'll be more than glad to switch. otherwise I'll have to stick with them...<p>I disabled automatic renewal though - so I'll definitely leave them when I get my money's worth.<p>ps: don't dish me cause I don't want to move away due to money. sadly money is an issue for me these days... :(

No, I transferred them (all 65 of 'em) back in May. Solidarity with elephants, you see.

Seeing the threads on HackerNews homepage today, I'm surprised so many powerful websites were on GoDaddy.

Just did, but can someone please tell me how to cancel my GoDaddy account? The only KB article I can find about this on their website is either purposefully wrong, or woefully outdated.

I switched away a long time ago when I got a cold call from GoDaddy trying to up-sell me their hosting... when I told him I use Amazon for all my hosting the salesperson was convinced I was confused about what he was trying to sell me having never heard of Amazon Web Services.<p>Either way... I was stuck with some domains on auto-renew I couldn't transfer out right away but today turned out to be a good reminder that I still had those last domains to transfer. Bye Bye GoDaddy!

I'm unemployed in SF, as a web developer. I can't afford to.

Waiting for the 60-day period after renewal to expire so they are eligible for transfer.

Their service has always been poor, so I never used them in the first place.

I had no complaints about their service (other than the fact that they send tons of emails trying to sell more...) but, as a Canadian, I felt that was one of the few ways in which I could do something to express my serious concern with and disapproval of SOPA.

If you have transferred (or are going to) domains away from godaddy because of their SOPA support, please could you add your domains to this list - <a href="http://stopsopa.mattbearman.co.uk" rel="nofollow">http://stopsopa.mattbearman.co.uk</a><p>Thanks in advance

Better question wold be where are you all transferring to? And what garuntee do you have that your new register has the same 'morals' as you now and into the future? GoDaddy is the devil I know.

Question is, how many people here are going to boycott going to NFL games or watching them on TV (including SuperBowl) given that the NFL is one of the official supporters of SOPA?

13 transferred to namecheap.com just now! All of my new domains are with name.com, but I am giving namecheap a run since they have some coupon codes. Used this (which has codes):<p><a href="http://blog.jeffepstein.me/post/14629857835/a-step-by-step-guide-to-transfer-domains-out-of-godaddy" rel="nofollow">http://blog.jeffepstein.me/post/14629857835/a-step-by-step-g...</a>

Sorry but if I'm going to have to reevaluate all my tech providers each time some shitty tech legislation is beng voted on I'll have a lot less time to spend actually creating something useful for the world.<p>If we all had to analyze the political positions of corporations we do biz with we'd have a lot more to complain about than just SOPA.

I already had four at gandi.net, and yesterday I moved my two big ones from godaddy. I still have about 10 hosted at godaddy, and even though the process to transfer is painless, I have to pay $14 x 12 to get them all moved, and I'm currently in "don't spend a lot of money because I'm in a startup" mode.

No. I've wanted to for a long time but it's a pain. The domains alone are a bit of work but we have almost a dozen Wordpress blogs hosted by them as well. Migrating all of those is a bit more than I'm willing to take on. Maybe if I start slowly and get through one at a time.<p>Any tips on making that migration easier?

Transferred 1 expiring + 2 that had just autorenewed last month. You don't 'lose' the time remaining on a domain - Hover (probably all the registrars) just take the domain under their control and bill you when the current registration period is up (+ $10 a\per domain for transfer fee)

Moved all 18 of my domains two years ago after deciding their high pressure check-out page had pissed me off one too many times.<p>All my normal domains went to www.dyn.com and the few obscure country code ones I had went to www.eurodns.com. I've been happy as larry ever since.

I actually transferred away after the elephant incident: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/31/bob-parsons-godaddy-ceo-elephant-hunt_n_843121.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/31/bob-parsons-godaddy...</a>

I only have one domain there, which I renewed on reflex a month ago, so I won't bother.<p>I will change next time that domain is about to expire. To help me remember I made a filter in gmail to apply the label "change registrar" to all email from GoDaddy :)

I transferred mine a couple years ago after the last ridiculous thing GoDaddy did.

Is there a list of anti-SOPA registrars anywhere? Haven't been able to find one.

I switched everyone I know months ago when their coward of a CEO was doing his elephant-slaughtering thing.<p>Just sent out another batch of emails to other friends and colleagues who may still use them, and will help them switch.

I've thought about leaving for quite a while but never got around to it. Now - it would almost be more difficult not to with the step by step guides and coupons. Transferred my 6 domains from GD this morning.

Could there be an option "Still waiting to see if GoDaddy changes stance"?

Yes. This was the tipping point (and the fact there was a guide to do it made me).<p>Previously, I got sick of the hidden charges they had ("Business registration fee", added with each domain) that you may not notice.

I transferred everything to NameCheap today, but I should say, I've been wanting to transfer away from them for a while now for a variety of reasons, and this is what finally convinced me to do it.

I had all my domains on Name.com, I'm waiting to see what their position on SOPA is; if it's negative, i'll switch to Namecheap. I hate GoDaddy regardless of their stance on SOPA.

I'm still waiting to hear back from another registrar about transferring my domain - they don't yet support .de transfers, but are more than willing to take my money. :)

I believe I'm stuck within the 60 day policy due to recent renewals before all of this came to light (will have to double check). Will be switching as soon as possible.

I've got like 4 years left on one registration. Anyone know if there's a way to carry over the time I've already paid for? Are there registrars that will do this?

I have started the process for most of my domains. There are a few that I'm concerned about making sure don't cause any downtime while they're being transferred.

Letting Godaddy host your domains actually costs them money, doesn't it? They provide it as a free service hoping that you will renew your domains with them.

I transferred long ago, because of general "icky" vibes.

About 25 domains, though I found out there was a catch around transferring domains within 30 days of their expiration date, so it's more like 21.

I did. I've been meaning to for a while, anyway, just hadn't gotten around to doing it. This seemed like good motivation to go ahead and do so.

I transferred to namecheap.com over Bob's Elephant hunting controversy some time back. Now that doesn't seem like as big a deal in retrospect.

I'd vote for "I'm letting my domain(s) on godaddy die, so there's no point in paying to move them." I guess "No" is the best fit for me.

I've been using them for awhile and have just been too lazy to transfer. That said, with this, I'll be swapping over on December 29th.

Yes. Just transferred 31 domains from GoDaddy to Namecheap. Would like to transfer more but Namecheap doesn't accept .asia domains.

Was meaning to switch due to their questionable ethics but was too lazy until now. Waiting on three transfer to namecheap now.

I moved 10 domains over which are not connected to email, to confirm the process. Planning on moving the rest over soon.

I switched all my domains. I've been meaning to for a while, but this was the catalyst I needed to stop being lazy.

Just found out that namecheap doesn't support .name TLDs. Graah. I'm not going to deal with two registrars.

I don't have domains with GoDaddy, but I did turn off autorenew for my one and only SSL cert through them.

Need to calculate the cost as I have several domains with them but I plan on moving very shortly.<p>I'm also based in the U.K.

Yes. I then emailed them regarding my transfer and they responded with platitudes. No real surprise there.

Over the past year I have been slowly migrating my domains from GoDaddy to Hover. Best decision ever.

No. Boycotting GoDaddy will have no effect on SOPA, nor will it make them change their tune.

Just looking for the best provider. Hover.com seems the best I've encountered so far.

no, but i'm not in charge of it. I did suggest it and told my boss about SOPA though

Maybe you can add another option for people who don't have godady to begin with?

Yes a few to test out how easy the process is, transferring the rest soon.

Yes, I would have moved sooner, if i knew about the Elephant situation.

Nope, and have no plans on moving my domains to a different registrar

Everything but my .asia domains anyone know a good registrar for them

Yes, transferred all of my domains from GoDaddy to Namecheap.

Are people who are voting 'yes' also closing their accounts?

Well... most of them. I have one .name address to move yet.

I have 1and1 ... is there a mass exporter for it? :)

No, I moved 60+ off there several years ago.

No, I transferred them away years ago.

I transferred about 25 domains.

Just started switching now.

favorite alternative poll?

my two domains will switched by the end of the year.

Yes. It's done!

doing it this weekend

Go-go-goodbye goDaddy!

Yes

No.

Yes.