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Originally Posted by lagcam
I think they bank on people not renewing until a domain has almost expired by which time it is too late to transfer to another registrar and they have to pay whatever stupid renewal fee Godaddy ask.
They also make you cancel privacy to transfer the domain which means your personal data is available to be harvested and fear of that discourages some people from transferring out.
I never had a problem with them personally but only have a small percentage of my domains left with them now.
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I have transferred domains on the day they were to expire, away from GoDaddy, and out to NameCheap, NameSilo and Name.com with no difficulty at all. The process is very easy.
- Unlock domains at GoDaddy and immediately have the auth codes sent to you.
- Paste the list of domains and their associated auth codes in the transfer form at your new registrar and pay for the the transfer.
- Watch your email account closely for the "click for approval email" and do it.
- Go to GoDaddy/ Domain Manager / Transfers / Transfers Out and click them to approve them as soon as you see them listed.
You can normally complete a transfer in this manner in 45 to 90 minutes. All three of the registrars named above have allowed me to transfer my names out of GoDaddy in about an hour.
Good luck.