2 Quick Questions

[D MARKS]

1- Is there any restriction (time period) from the day you 1st register a site to the day in which you can sell it, I have heard of a 60 day lock, not sure where that applies.

2. Most of my site are reg thru godaddy, can these sites get pushed to another godaddy user, how does this process work?

THANKS IN ADVANCE!

 

[Mr Webname]

1) 60 days applies to transfering OUT of most registrars - pushing from one account to another WITHIN the same registrar is not a problem. (Godaddy invokes a further lock after making changes to the name so be careful there).

2) Yes they can but Godaddy has a more complex push requirement which generates an email to the gaining person and he/she has to acknowledge and accept the transfer - it is done through your GD panel.

https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/faq/faq.asp?se=+&app_hdr=&faq_id=130&topic_id=4&topic=Domains

 

[D MARKS]

Thanks for the quick reply, just for clarification...any name registered today, unless being pushed thru my register would not be able to be sold/transferred for 60 days?

 

[Mr Webname]

Thanks for the quick reply, just for clarification...any name registered today, unless being pushed thru my register would not be able to be sold/transferred for 60 days?

It can be sold and pushed to another account within the registrar but it cannot be transferred out during this time.

 

[Dave Zan]

Sounds like you're getting a little more formal. :-D

Most registrars allow ownership transfers of a domain name to another with
little to no problems. Selling the name to another individual is between you
and the buyer, the registrar doesn't have to intervene unless they say so in
their Service Agreement.

For example, if you and the buyer made payment arrangements that mutually
satisfied both parties concerned, if your registrar allows it, you can log inside
your domain name account and change the details just like that. Others might
send an email to you first requiring your explicit approval.

Go Daddy, so far, is the exception here: as webname mentioned, they won't
allow transfers of almost any sort until after 60 days. Stupid. :angry:

 

[Mr Webname]

For example, if you and the buyer made payment arrangements that mutually
satisfied both parties concerned, if your registrar allows it, you can log inside
your domain name account and change the details just like that. Others might
send an email to you first requiring your explicit approval.

I don't think many people here would recommend buying a name in that manner!
There is no difficulty in doing a proper push to the buyers account.

 

[Dave Zan]

I don't think many people here would recommend buying a name in that manner!
There is no difficulty in doing a proper push to the buyers account.

You don't think, that's the problem. (just kidding, Mr Webname :-D )

Quick add-on: before allowing, say, the registrant name change to occur, the
registrar might require the person who logged in (assuming it's the owner) to
click the box beside the "I have read the Service Agreement and agree to its
terms" sentence first before submitting the change. With the e-signature law,
that should, theoretically, make the whole thing legal. (US-based, anyway)

On the registrar's side, they'll definitely keep a log of that for legal purposes.

I only mention this if the registrar allows that for convenience. It's up to the
owner how he'll want to go about it while protecting himself.

 

[fatter]

my registrar wont allow a transfer within 60 days of renewal (itsyourdomain)

 

[Dave Zan]

I really wonder why some registrars won't allow any sort of transfers after a
domain name has been renewed for 60-days, despite the 60-day rule. It's not
like it's a new registration, and many registrars allow even domains to move
out after renewing!

Stupid, I tell you. Absolutely stupid! :veryangry