Domain upselling? Name.com takes a jab at … Godaddy
GoDaddy has been targeted on several occasions – tastefully, of course – by Name.com; the latest jab is about domain upselling. Known for offering a myriad options before allowing a final order to go through – anything from SSL certificates to web hosting and other add-on services – GoDaddy isn’t named, but implied in a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Update: Stolen domain Lightly.com has been RECOVERED!
We reported and covered exclusively the saga of the stolen domain, Lightly.com for almost 3 months. The domain was stolen from its legitimate owner in early June of this year. The brazen thieves from China hijacked Lightly.com away from GoDaddy, using a phishing email and moved it to the Chinese domain registrar, Ename. After listing […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.“UDRP fee” reversed at GoDaddy – Here’s how it was done!
It is unfortunate that our very own Maxwell has received his first ever UDRP notice; the young Canadian entrepreneur recently moved to the UK to pursue exciting new career interests. In a nutshell, GoDaddy charged Maxwell a $50 dollar “administrative fee”, simply because of the UDRP. While GoDaddy does nothing other than lock a domain’s […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Moniker hack aftermath: GoDaddy returns stolen domains to their owner
Several valuable numeric dot .com domains and an LLL .com have been returned to their legitimate owner, at GoDaddy. Following a report that asked for the non-disclosure of the domains involved, we verified that the theft of domains at GoDaddy has been reversed. The theft was linked to the recently exposed Moniker breach, from the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ALERT: Domains 3ON.com and W4F.com – Stolen and moved to Chinese registrar Ename
As we reported several times recently, the domain theft pattern continues: Domains are stolen at GoDaddy using an email portal phishing scheme, then moved to the Chinese domain registrar, Ename. The latter, does not comply with legitimate requests to transfer the domains back to GoDaddy, something that needs to be examined carefully, to investigate potential […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Does GoDaddy hosting allow “adult content” on their servers?
In a discussion involving the ever so popular GoDaddy rubber chicken, we read the following statement about hosting adult content on GoDaddy servers: “They are a family photo ONLY company so if you do artistic (not pornographic) images that show skin, you violate their TOS. So be aware.“ GoDaddy promoted soft-core aka “sexy” commercials through […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Video: Bob Parsons gets squeaky clean for ALS ice bucket challenge
GoDaddy founder, Bob Parsons, took on a full 10 buckets of ice water, for the ALS ice bucket challenge. Totaling several gallons of ice water, the feat was recorded on video, particularly as every bucket represented $10,000 dollars for a grand total of $100,000 dollars donated. Wow. That’s a lot of wasted water, Bob! Just […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Update: GoDaddy sent account to collections over $8.50
A disgruntled GoDaddy customer who received a collections notice over a failed charge for $8.50 insists that GoDaddy initiated the process with payment processor Certegy. GoDaddy has denied that they initiated any collections process. The GoDaddy customer clarified that the automatic renewal triggered a charge to a checking account that had been closed – not […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.‘Godaddy screwed me!’ Domainer account sent to collections agency over $8.50
Fresh from the yes!wtf department comes this news about GoDaddy sending to collections a domainer who didn’t keep an active credit card on record. Although the “Godaddy Screwed Me” title might have been overkill, so was the GoDaddy act, that involved an amount of $8.50 for the domain and $25 for the collection agency: “After […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.East Nashville Farmers Market domain hijacked by Russian hackers
The domain name Eastnashvillemarket.com has been hijacked away from its owners, organizers of the East Nashville Farmers Market. In yet another domain theft originating at GoDaddy, the domain has been moved to the India based registrar, PublicDomainRegistry.com. The current WHOIS displays the registrant based in Russia, with the domain’s DNS pointed to servers in Armenia. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.From GoDaddy to ename : A domain theft chronicle about 8si.com
The ongoing saga of the domain owner of Lightly.com, which is currently a stolen domain, prompted us to research similar domain thefts. In a case from June 2013, the domain name 8si.com was hijacked from a GoDaddy account, and was moved to the Chinese registrar, ename.com. If it sounds familiar, it’s because the Lightly.com case […]
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