[...] it is to have an accurate WHOIS. There is also another article I read recently called “GoDaddy Makes Reporting Invalid Whois Easy“. This article is completely crazy. Just read the following excerpt and tell me if its not. [...]

[...] it is to have an accurate WHOIS. There is also another article I read recently called “GoDaddy Makes Reporting Invalid Whois Easy“. This article is completely crazy. Just read the following excerpt and tell me if its not. [...]

SITENAME.COM

This domain name has been suspended due to invalid Whois information.

If you are the registrant of this domain name please contact us at:
invalidwhois@secureserver.net.

When we approached GoDaddy all they (invalidwhois@godaddy.com) said was the domain information needed to be updated. They did not respond to requests to advise how this happened and what steps they had taken to verify the report before proceeding with the suspension.

The details for the site were like many people’s entries – third party resellers.

The site owner updated his information to be his own personal details and although it has been over 48 hours the site is still suspended.

He has been out of business now for over a week.

If you now Google the site, it does not exist.

We suspect it was a dis-satisified customer who reported the site to GoDaddy. It is getting a bit much when an customer can have a business “closed” like this.

A hammer to crack a nut much like the take down notices available under the DMCA.

GoDady has a ponderous online method for
checking registrant details, not obscure,
but time-consuming if you have a large
number of domains.

I estimated that it would take me DAYS
full time to singly check each of 1000+
names in my portfolio.

I know of no mass-check method on GoDaddy
or any file-download way to list my contact
info for many domains at a time.

I requested my account manager contact to
provide me with a mass-check method
(download etc.) over two weeks ago, and
have heard nothing in the interim.

Old contact data can easily lurk in
medium to larger domain portfolios that
have been built up over many years.

GoDaddy’s 60-day lockdown for any changes
to the contact data makes one reluctant to
do mass updates, as portfolios are ‘stock’
and domains must be available for transfer.

Thanks GoDaddy, for making it SO EASY
for some opportunist scum to steal my
names due to minor oversights.

Time to leave Godaddy.