Lock your domains for 60 days.
If you’ve been reading all the recent stories about domain theft, you’re most likely concerned.
Domain theft can lead to major financial loss, particularly when domains are transferred out to a different domain registrar.
At GoDaddy, enabling two-step authentication is a must; the biggest domain registrar in the world is being targeted due to its popularity among registrants.
Two-step authentication is available worldwide, but if you *must* feel more secure, there’s one nifty trick to lock down your domains at GoDaddy.
You can take advantage of a GoDaddy practice that disables transfers out to another registrar, for 60 days after the registrant’s name or organization has been changed.
Select the domains you want to further lock down, and change the registrant name or the organization temporarily. Once updated, change them back to the proper contact info.
The domains can still be pushed between GoDaddy accounts, but they can’t be transferred out of GoDaddy for 60 days.
In the event that someone got access to your account, they would not be able to move them away; GoDaddy typically resolves such cases of domain theft within 48 hours.
Yes, that’s a great idea. Another way to protect one’s domain from unwanted change is to use a registrar who requires a code sent to the domain holder’s email whenever there is an attempt to change anything regarding a domain name. For example, when a registrant tries to change his/her address, they should type in the code sent to them by email by the registrar. Otherwise no change about the domain name.
Or pay for verisign registry lock if the domain is worth it.