By: RH
Day 42 vs Day 45 on Go Daddy Auctions
Over the last month there had been a lot of talk on the Go Daddy Auction thread at Namepros about names being renewed or transferred.
The frustration comes from winning bidders having to wait to get their name after they won the auction. Some referenced that even though Go Daddy support pages talk about 42 days, "If a domain registered with us after May 2, 2005 expires, we automatically list it for auction on Go Daddy Auctions® 25 days after the domain name expires. However, the current registrant can reclaim the domain from redemption up to 42 days after expiration. If the current registrant renews the domain, the auction is canceled and any bids are refunded."
Auction winners have had domains renewed between day 42 and day 45 after expiration. People wondered how can this be ? Well in the comment section of our interview with Paul Nicks, he explained that if there is no interest in the domain then its 42 days, BUT, if there is a bid denoting interest in the name and someone wins the name in auction, then Go Daddy gives the registrant up to day 45 to renew or transfer out to another registrar.
Paul Nicks said, "On the 42nd day we will cancel the domain name if no other customer has expressed an interest in it via either the auction system or a Go Daddy backorder. If, however, a customer has expressed an interest via either of these platforms we will move the domain to their account on day 43. Since the domain is still in the Go Daddy ecosystem we do allow, in rare circumstances, the original registrant to get the domain back via our redemption system up until day 45 which signifies the end of the grace period."
So that is the deal on domains won at Go Daddy Auctions, the owner has to day 45 which will not be shown in the help section or F.A.Q. on Go Daddy.
So its best not to mention an auction win until day 46. Hope this helped.
Good article. Their system has really rubbed me the wrong way on numerous occasions. If I didnt score so many good names on there below market value, I wouldn’t use their auction platform. Its just one of those things, take the good with the bad. A few tweaks and it would be perfect.
Here’s an idea for the first one GD…..
Auction the name off after day 45. Don’t make your clients sit in limbo for days wondering if theyre going to get the name THEY PAID FOR ALREADY and spent time (which is money) bidding on. Bc that really sucks. Other than that, Godaddy is pretty awesome as far as lowest price and support.
Regards,
MH
Thanks for the comment Michael,after day 45 becomes a problem because they could get stuck with domains that no one wanted.
This it total bullshit.
I transfer requested a name on Day 41 (I forgot about it right enough) and I put in the auth code etc.
Everything failed because their whois server was down. On day 42/43 depending on whether you included the original day they moved the domain to another account and they would have no part (zero) of me getting ownership back of the domain.
I understand. It’s not fair on the new owner, I suppose, but at the same time the whole lifecycle understanding of domains at GoDaddy is minimal in their support (they don’t even understand how it works).
Lesson. Don’t leave it until late. Don’t rely on GoDaddy’s servers being up and running for the transfer. In fact, don’t rely on GoDaddy for anything.. and their support is just not knowledgeable though they try. He was very patient and nice with me, to be fair. His lack of understanding I put down to the company practices not the employees.
Godaddy suxs.