RegisterFly Customers, Welcome to GoDaddy!

Comments (2) · June 1, 2007 at 8:00 am · Hot Web Topics, Web Hosting

I have seen a number of folks out there confused as to why they are getting E-mails from GoDaddy saying that they are their new domain name register. Well, afraid it isn’t a scam folks. GoDaddy seems to be willing to pick up the slack where RegisterFly dropped the ball.

Web hosting and domain name provider Godaddy.Com is to receive domain name accounts from RegisterFly, it was announced this week. The move comes as a response to RegisterFly’s inability to maintain domain names registered by its customers and its subsequent loss of ICANN accreditation.

The company was the center of considerable controversy as its demise left thousands of domain name registrants stranded. Regsiterfly’s subscribers’ domains will automatically be moved to Go Daddy. On completion, over 850,000 domain names will have been transferred to Go Daddy.

Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Well, I can talk to you for ever on how bad GoDaddy’s Web hosting is but - as far as domains go, they are the king of the ring. So what do you think - is this fair or not?

 

Was RegisterFly Hacked?

Comments (1) · March 20, 2007 at 5:00 am · Web Hosting

I have been following the RegisterFly saga via the Web Hosting Show over the past few weeks and it just seems to be getting uglier and uglier. It is safe to say that I would recommend anybody registered with them with any service they provide should get out now while the getting is still good.

After reading through a few posts on Web Hosting Talk, I noticed a thread talking about RegisterFly being hacked. Here is a screenshot that was posted:

I hope things get better before they get worse, but from the looks of things brighter days are not ahead anytime soon for the RegisterFly company or their customers.

 

RegisterFly Still Getting Hit

Comments (4) · March 7, 2007 at 5:00 am · Hot Web Topics

RegisterFly folks, I have an offer for you - but I will leave that for last.

You know you are in a bad spot when you are a domain name register and your Web site is down for any period of time. That is almost as bad as visiting a Web host, seeing it down, and then once it comes back up have a big “99.9% Uptime” logo flashing in your face.

If you want to hear some of my thoughts on what RegisterFly has gone through thus far, I would check out the Web Hosting Show from two weeks ago. The latest ‘bit of news to happen in their recent streak of bad luck is going offline for a little while. You can read all about the technical details at Netcraft. I am not sure if I feel more sorry for the RegisterFly company or the customers of RegisterFly.

Once source of news on this story I have been surprised by is ICANN. I never even knew they had a blog till somebody from the ICANN organization left me a comment yesterday via WebHostingShow.com. It is bookmarked, and is now one of my best friends when it comes to tracking all this RegisterFly trouble.

If anybody from RegisterFly’s side of things wants to have their side of the story told, I am offering you an open spot to do it on the Web Hosting Show podcast - the number one hosting podcast out there today. There is an open door for them to send me any audio statement they wish to send and I will play it for the world to hear. Now the only question is, will they take me up on it?