it'syourdomain.com? - Buyer Beware!!

[HLK]

Everyone needs to know that when you want to transfer your domain out of
it'syourdomain.com you must fill out this form and have it notorized and send picture ID!! What a bunch of BS!!!!!!!!

REGISTRAR TRANSFER APPLICATION

WARNING: THIS REGISTRAR TRANSFER APPLICATION SHOULD ONLY BE USED IF YOU WANT TO TRANSFER YOUR DOMAIN NAME TO ANOTHER ICANN ACCREDITED REGISTRAR.

In an effort to verify your intent and to protect our customers from unintended transfers and domain name hijacking, we require all registrants to complete this form in its entirety and submit it along with a picture ID via facsimile to (630) 672-7455. If all fields do not match exactly, the transfer request will be denied.

The undersigned has previously registered ("Domain Name"), a second-level domain name with ItsYourDomain.com. Registrant hereby voluntarily and knowingly instructs ItsYourDomain.com and the current Registrar to take all steps necessary to complete a Registrar transfer for Domain Name to [INSERT NAME OF GAINING REGISTRAR] the new Registrar.

Registrant hereby discharges the current Registrar from any and all obligations and duties arising out of the Registrar transfer of said domain name, and releases the current Registrar from any and all claims, demands, actions, judgments, and executions that Registrant ever had, or now has, or may have, known or unknown, against the current Registrar, its employees, officers, shareholders, or affiliates, arising from the ownership of said domain name.

Registrant further acknowledges and agrees that it is not entitled to a refund of any fees it may have paid to the current Registrar or its affiliates.

The undersigned represents and warrants that he/she or it possesses the legal authority to authorize this Registrar transfer for Domain Name.

Registrant's Information

E-mail Address:

Phone Number:

Reason For Transfer: Please Select...Customer Service complaintsPriceServices I need are not offeredConsolidation of DomainsOther

If other, please specify:

Name of Registrant:

Signature of Registrant: ____________________
Date: ____________________


A Notary Public or its foreign equivalent must certify the Registrant's signature.

County of: ____________________

State of: ______________________

The foregoing instrument was signed before me by the person whose name appears in the Registrant's signature block.

Notary's name (printed): ____________________

Notary's signature: _________________________

Date of Notarization: ________________________

My commission expires: _____________________


Please submit completed form and photo ID via fax to (630) 672-7455.

 

[clemzonguy]

I was onto these people a long time ago just search for my posts. There is going to be a continual mass exodus from services like this once people discover about namecheap and more importantly enom. The word was out long ago and people are done paying high amounts of money for domain registration. I wouldn't at all be surprised to see these people pulling dirty tricks out of their hats (they are now associated with namefox). BUT you have to admit that overall this is a very good idea for those who are concerned about hijacking of domains as this has become a very bad problem. A person that I refused to sell a name to yesterday tried to transfer one of my names to godaddy this morning. I don't have any sympathy for those people who do not maintain their email address or contact information and I think that it's fair game although morally challenging to some. But for those of us who get domains hijacked due to crappy registrars (stargate of the past) it should be reassuring for those of us with large profiles (1000+) and could be a call for their business if you really think about it. Plus they get to keep the business of smaller people who are too cheap to pay transfer fees or go through the trouble they are asking for. Thank you jesus that I got my names out a long time ago while i could. My reseller jumped ship and went to enom.

 

[HLK]

I understand about security but there are other safeguards that can be placed on your domains. What about a secret personal question you must answer or a secret PIN # (the banks do this).

Moniker has done a good job of making it difficult for someone to jack a name.

To me it's a great big hassle to jump through hoops to put through a legitimate transfer request. Now I have to go find a notary public and swear that I own xxxteenlolipopsuckers.com... Total invasion of privacy

I like fast and smooth transfers especially If I'm selling

I'm with you, glad I have been with enom from the start..

 

[Duke]

The worst of it is that in addition to all of the paperwork garbage, Its Your Domain and their resellers like DomainsNext.com ALSO charge you an exit fee of twice what it costs to renew the domain there! That is what really borders on criminal in my mind. I wish ICANN would step in and discipline these renegade registrars that are preying on their customers by holding their domains hostage.

Still worse, even if you run their booby trapped gauntlet and need to get an auth code they won't respond to your emails, so you still can't transfer org, info, etc.! I know, I have tried. They are the worst offenders I have heard of. Do a search of "itsyourdomain" in Google and look at all of the complaints against these shysters. It will eventually catch up with them, but in the meantime they are victimizing a lot of people.

The sooner they are out of business the better for the entire industry. They are a black eye on the registration business. I hope everyone will stay FAR away from them. I am just going to let the domains I have there expire (since they can't be moved) and try to pick them back up on the drop. If I lose some, it will still be better than doing business with people like this.

 

[HLK]

Good stuff there Duke I totally agree!
I'm so PO'ed I would be glad to join a class action suit against them.

Anyone want to explore this let me know..

 

[clemzonguy]

I couldn't get any responce from them when first trying to transfer domains away. The reseller which had moved on to enom wasn't giving me any support on the names I had with them. I could still access them with the same login but every transfer was denied. The approval link had errors and so finally I went to the ICANN site and found the owner's cell phone listed and gave him a call much to his surprise. A tech support person called me within 10 minutes and assured me we could get it all taken care of. I attempted one more transfer and it was still blocked (or wasn't ACK-ED or put into the outgoing transfer list) and the next time the names finally went through. The other pain in the butt registrars were Names4ever. So far my transfers have been smooth and almost scary on some occasions without any approval notices. I consolidate everything at enom now when possible and put it on "lock down" although even there I guess that isn't necessarily a guarantee as they have sometimes gotten renewal dates screwed up inside their system. Any registrar is going to have problems but it's the ones that take care of you in the long term are who we need to support. If it wasn't for them leasing out their connections a lot of these SOBs would be out of business long ago.

 

[David G]

....Still worse, even if you run their booby trapped gauntlet and need to get an auth code they won't respond to your emails, so you still can't transfer org, info, etc.! I know, I have tried. ....I am just going to let the domains I have their expire (since they can't be moved) and try to pick them back up on the drop. If I lose some, it will still be better than doing business with people like this.

Been there and done that many times (mostly regarding org's), not with that firm but others, including Enom, Dotster and a few others, plus those Pool.com referred bad Asian firms. They make it next to impossible to either unlock names or get auth codes. Often not having a way to unlock or display the auth code in the CP. Sometimes the unlocks fail, and/or auth codes in C.P. does not work or is wrong (i.e. Enom) and support requests may be ignored. Often they make you jump thru hoops, or even charge a high fee for transfers away (i.e. Stargate and EasySpace).

I am now in the process of possibly losing several good names which can not be transferred away. In the past I thought the same thing as Duke, let them drop and get them back after the drop. Several drop services were used but none worked. The regeg attemps failed and names grabbed by others thru drop services I never even heard of, let alone used myself.

It's amazing valid transfers away are not mandated by ICANN or Public Registry (re: org's) to stop this from happening. I have contacted them with complaints a few times and all they say is there is little they can do, or I may file a formal complaint and (after a long wait), they will investigate (likely after the name is already lost). What an absurd situation. How can this BS be tolerated in such a big and important business?

 

[Monte]

As a former reseller of ItsYourDomain, my advice is to stay far far away. If you have names there, go through the hassle now and get your names out because it will be impossible to get them out in the future. They have more complaints to ICANN about transfer out's than any other registrar recently.

Having dealt with them so many times, I can assist anyone trying to get your names out if you are interested. Just send me an email - [email protected]

 

[Theo]

Is ItsYourDomain still crappy?

 

[smub]

there shud be security but not like this ... they are askin for too much ... i agree with clemzonguy

 

[Dave Zan]

Even though this thread is rather "old", I PMd someone from IYD to get his
feedback on this. The person from IYD is a regular in another domain forum I
regularly frequent.

I think you know who I'm referring to, RADiSTAR. But we'll see if he replies
sooner.

 

[David G]

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[Theo]

Trader, read Dave Zan's post a bit more carefully. He's talking - to me - about someone else (whom I don't even recall).

I wasn't and am not in the domain registry business.

 

[David G]

He sure worded it odd when he said you were "the person from IYD"

Anyway, IYD seems like they suck.

 

[Theo]

"I think you know who I'm referring to, Theo" makes more sense? Addressing someone with a comma. But I agree with you, some people write as they think.

Best of luck with IYD, I've finally consolidated all my domains away from all those Korean and what-have-you fly by night registrars. ICANN should cut some heads off.