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Recently my girlfriend had a great idea for a website, so she bought her first domain. When she told me she bought it at GoDaddy, I couldn?t help but mention the [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/31/bob-parsons-godaddy-ceo-elephant-hunt_n_843121.html infamous video] of GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons killing an elephant. Like many people, she is strongly against animal cruelty ? and big game hunting. Within seconds she was learning how to transfer her domain from GoDaddy.
Plenty of people have decided to dump the service, whether it?s because of the hunting video, GoDaddy?s reputation for unfriendly service and annoying upselling, or their recent support of ? [http://www.godaddy.com/newscenter/release-view.aspx?news_item_id=378&isc=smfb2 then flip-flop on] ? the [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.R.3261: Stop Online Piracy Act].
It doesn?t matter why you want to leave GoDaddy. Here are some ways to do it.
''This how-to was written by [http://twitter.com/mattbushlow Matt Bushlow], who spends his days promoting a children's literacy nonprofit in Vermont, and his evenings writing about musicians and technology for various media outlets.''
==Pick A New Provider==
First of all, choose your new domain name registrar and management service. There are plenty of services out there, including [https://www.hover.com/ Hover], [http://en.gandi.net/ Ghandi], [https://dnsimple.com/ DNSimple], [http://www.namecheap.com/domains/transfer-a-domain.aspx Namecheap] and many others. Some mention a transfer fee of as much as $10 ([https://www.hover.com/ Hover]) and as little as nothing ([http://www.namecheap.com/domains/transfer-a-domain.aspx Namecheap]). In most cases that fee isn?t for the transfer itself, but for a one-year extension of the domain registration at the new service. (In Namecheap?s case, you?ll pay $4.99 for your first year of registration.) DNSimple even courts frustrated GoDaddy users with their ?Goodbye GoDaddy? promotion, which offers transfer ?at cost.? That means you?ll pay whatever GoDaddy was charging you, starting at $8.50 per year.
Most of these companies have their own articles that explain how transfer domains to their service. The directions are essentially the same, but each site presents them differently. Some have short directions without screen shots, others get into more detail and provide images for every step. For the noobs out there, the screen shots are very helpful.
===Hover.com===
This is one obvious space in which [http://hover.com Hover] stands out. They have a [https://www.hover.com/help/godaddy-complete-transfer-preparation-process detailed article] on how to transfer from GoDaddy, complete with step-by-step instructions and screen shots. (It?s a shame you didn?t decide to do this in the spring of 2011, when Hover offered to [http://help.hover.com/2011/04/18/extending-the-free-transfer-valet-service/ do the entire transfer for you] for free.)
Below, we'll provide detailed instructions on how to move over to Hover.
===Gandi.net===
To get started with a transfer at [http://gandi.net Gandi.net], click on the Domain tab. Then you?ll see the Transfer tab in the subnavigation menu. This will start the transfer process. There are some good notes as to what you need to do before you start your transfer.
But if you aren?t quite ready to start the transfer -- or you want to know a bit more before
you start -- there isn?t a readily available set of instructions. And Gandi doesn?t feature a search field. Luckily there?s still Google, which quickly reveals ?[http://wiki.gandi.net/en/domains/transfer/fromgodaddy Transferring Your Domain from GoDaddy]? on the Gandi Wiki.
The Gandi Wiki article is detailed and easy to read, even without the help of screen shots. They give you the steps to unlock your domain at GoDaddy and recover your authorization code. Then they send you to the transfer section of Gandi.net, which walks you through your transfer to Gandi.
===DNSimple.com===
[http://dnsimple.com DNSimple]?s approach is simple and direct. Their home page is just one big prompt to register or transfer a domain.
If you?re looking for a how-to, click on the Support tab. Then continue to the DNS Knowledge Base. There you?ll find an article called ?Preparing domains for transfer out of GoDaddy.? There you will find a simple set of instructions -- along with screen shots -- that will help you unlock your domain and send the authorization code to your e-mail address. Then you can go back to DNSimple?s home page to start your transfer to DNSimple.
Also, there?s a quick note at the bottom of the DNSimple how-to about [http://help.godaddy.com/article/6040?locale=en a little article on GoDaddy?s site] on approving or declining a domain transfer. As GoDaddy phrases it, ?This option might speed up the pending transfer's completion.? It?s a good idea to take this step.
===Namecheap.com===
Namecheap takes a similar approach to DNSimple: They get you started on your transfer from the homepage. If you?re looking for instructions, hover over their Domains tab, then click on Transfer a Domain. Once you?re on that page, you?ll see a thin blue button over on the right sidebar that says ?[http://www.namecheap.com/domains/transfer-a-domain/transfer-process.aspx Learn about the transfer process].? The little article there, called ?Domain Transfer Process? is more of an overview than a how-to. But if you look under it, you?ll see what you want: ?[http://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/876/83/how-to-transfer-a-domain-from-godaddy How to transfer a domain from GoDaddy].?
Namecheap starts its how-to with a comment about name servers and a little info about DNS before getting into how to unlock your domain at GoDaddy. This could be distracting and a bit confusing for the non-geek out there. Their instructions for how to unlock your domain and send the authorization code are also very short ? precise and accurate, but short and not very friendly.
After the directions, they mention that, ?In most cases you would also need to disable privacy protection service for the domain,? but they don?t tell you how to do that. (See the [https://www.hover.com/help/godaddy-complete-transfer-preparation-process Hover how-to] for that info. It?s only pertinent if you?ve enabled privacy protection on your domain.)
==Move Out==
Lucky for us, writer and programmer extraordinaire [http://twitter.com/davewiner Dave Winer] is one of countless folks who have already moved some of their domains away from GoDaddy and has offered to help us show you the way. He wasn?t impressed with the directions he saw at that company?s site ? or at Hover?s, where he relocated some of his domains ? so he wrote a [http://50.16.40.64/stories/2011/10/27/movingFromGodaddyToHover.html simple set of directions] and agreed to let us reprint them here:
# Go to the [https://dcc.godaddy.com/default.aspx Domains page] on GoDaddy.
# Click on the name of the domain you want to move.
# Click the Send By Email link next to the Authorization Code item.
# Check your e-mail. You should have received a message containing the authorization code. Leave this panel open in your browser, or copy the authorization code to the clipboard.
# Go to the [https://www.hover.com/domains Domains page] on Hover. Click the Add New button. Then click on '''Transfer a domain to Hover'''.
# From that point the process is self-documenting.
<br clear="all" />
We know not everyone is going to use Hover, but the scenario is similar with each service.
In most cases, you will have to sign up for the service first ? or during the transfer process. This usually includes payment for a one-year renewal.
After you?ve signed up, the steps to transfer the domain usually go like this:
# Add the domains that need to be transferred.
# Enter the authorization code -- or EPP key -- that was sent to you when you completed Dave?s Step 3.
# Wait for your service to send you a confirmation e-mail to the address you entered in your account as an admin e-mail. It will contain a link.
# Click that link to approve the transfer.
<br clear="all" />
It?s usually that simple, though there may be another step here and there. One step that Dave includes in his ?If you have trouble? section is that you have to unlock your domain at GoDaddy and disable the privacy feature. If you want a really clear explanation of how to do those steps, check out the [https://www.hover.com/help/godaddy-complete-transfer-preparation-process Hover how-to].
Those are the basics on how to leave GoDaddy. Not everyone?s directions are crystal clear, especially for non-geeks. In that case, you could always do what my girlfriend did: Make a phone call. She isn?t a geek at all, so she called her new service and spoke with sales for a few minutes and tech support for a few more minutes. After those conversations, she followed their directions and had the transfer finished lickety split.
Recently my girlfriend had a great idea for a website, so she bought her first domain. When she told me she bought it at GoDaddy, I couldn?t help but mention the [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/31/bob-parsons-godaddy-ceo-elephant-hunt_n_843121.html infamous video] of GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons killing an elephant. Like many people, she is strongly against animal cruelty ? and big game hunting. Within seconds she was learning how to transfer her domain from GoDaddy.
Plenty of people have decided to dump the service, whether it?s because of the hunting video, GoDaddy?s reputation for unfriendly service and annoying upselling, or their recent support of ? [http://www.godaddy.com/newscenter/release-view.aspx?news_item_id=378&isc=smfb2 then flip-flop on] ? the [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.R.3261: Stop Online Piracy Act].
It doesn?t matter why you want to leave GoDaddy. Here are some ways to do it.
''This how-to was written by [http://twitter.com/mattbushlow Matt Bushlow], who spends his days promoting a children's literacy nonprofit in Vermont, and his evenings writing about musicians and technology for various media outlets.''
==Pick A New Provider==
First of all, choose your new domain name registrar and management service. There are plenty of services out there, including [https://www.hover.com/ Hover], [http://en.gandi.net/ Ghandi], [https://dnsimple.com/ DNSimple], [http://www.namecheap.com/domains/transfer-a-domain.aspx Namecheap] and many others. Some mention a transfer fee of as much as $10 ([https://www.hover.com/ Hover]) and as little as nothing ([http://www.namecheap.com/domains/transfer-a-domain.aspx Namecheap]). In most cases that fee isn?t for the transfer itself, but for a one-year extension of the domain registration at the new service. (In Namecheap?s case, you?ll pay $4.99 for your first year of registration.) DNSimple even courts frustrated GoDaddy users with their ?Goodbye GoDaddy? promotion, which offers transfer ?at cost.? That means you?ll pay whatever GoDaddy was charging you, starting at $8.50 per year.
Most of these companies have their own articles that explain how transfer domains to their service. The directions are essentially the same, but each site presents them differently. Some have short directions without screen shots, others get into more detail and provide images for every step. For the noobs out there, the screen shots are very helpful.
===Hover.com===
This is one obvious space in which [http://hover.com Hover] stands out. They have a [https://www.hover.com/help/godaddy-complete-transfer-preparation-process detailed article] on how to transfer from GoDaddy, complete with step-by-step instructions and screen shots. (It?s a shame you didn?t decide to do this in the spring of 2011, when Hover offered to [http://help.hover.com/2011/04/18/extending-the-free-transfer-valet-service/ do the entire transfer for you] for free.)
Below, we'll provide detailed instructions on how to move over to Hover.
===Gandi.net===
To get started with a transfer at [http://gandi.net Gandi.net], click on the Domain tab. Then you?ll see the Transfer tab in the subnavigation menu. This will start the transfer process. There are some good notes as to what you need to do before you start your transfer.
But if you aren?t quite ready to start the transfer -- or you want to know a bit more before
you start -- there isn?t a readily available set of instructions. And Gandi doesn?t feature a search field. Luckily there?s still Google, which quickly reveals ?[http://wiki.gandi.net/en/domains/transfer/fromgodaddy Transferring Your Domain from GoDaddy]? on the Gandi Wiki.
The Gandi Wiki article is detailed and easy to read, even without the help of screen shots. They give you the steps to unlock your domain at GoDaddy and recover your authorization code. Then they send you to the transfer section of Gandi.net, which walks you through your transfer to Gandi.
===DNSimple.com===
[http://dnsimple.com DNSimple]?s approach is simple and direct. Their home page is just one big prompt to register or transfer a domain.
If you?re looking for a how-to, click on the Support tab. Then continue to the DNS Knowledge Base. There you?ll find an article called ?Preparing domains for transfer out of GoDaddy.? There you will find a simple set of instructions -- along with screen shots -- that will help you unlock your domain and send the authorization code to your e-mail address. Then you can go back to DNSimple?s home page to start your transfer to DNSimple.
Also, there?s a quick note at the bottom of the DNSimple how-to about [http://help.godaddy.com/article/6040?locale=en a little article on GoDaddy?s site] on approving or declining a domain transfer. As GoDaddy phrases it, ?This option might speed up the pending transfer's completion.? It?s a good idea to take this step.
===Namecheap.com===
Namecheap takes a similar approach to DNSimple: They get you started on your transfer from the homepage. If you?re looking for instructions, hover over their Domains tab, then click on Transfer a Domain. Once you?re on that page, you?ll see a thin blue button over on the right sidebar that says ?[http://www.namecheap.com/domains/transfer-a-domain/transfer-process.aspx Learn about the transfer process].? The little article there, called ?Domain Transfer Process? is more of an overview than a how-to. But if you look under it, you?ll see what you want: ?[http://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/876/83/how-to-transfer-a-domain-from-godaddy How to transfer a domain from GoDaddy].?
Namecheap starts its how-to with a comment about name servers and a little info about DNS before getting into how to unlock your domain at GoDaddy. This could be distracting and a bit confusing for the non-geek out there. Their instructions for how to unlock your domain and send the authorization code are also very short ? precise and accurate, but short and not very friendly.
After the directions, they mention that, ?In most cases you would also need to disable privacy protection service for the domain,? but they don?t tell you how to do that. (See the [https://www.hover.com/help/godaddy-complete-transfer-preparation-process Hover how-to] for that info. It?s only pertinent if you?ve enabled privacy protection on your domain.)
==Move Out==
Lucky for us, writer and programmer extraordinaire [http://twitter.com/davewiner Dave Winer] is one of countless folks who have already moved some of their domains away from GoDaddy and has offered to help us show you the way. He wasn?t impressed with the directions he saw at that company?s site ? or at Hover?s, where he relocated some of his domains ? so he wrote a [http://50.16.40.64/stories/2011/10/27/movingFromGodaddyToHover.html simple set of directions] and agreed to let us reprint them here:
# Go to the [https://dcc.godaddy.com/default.aspx Domains page] on GoDaddy.
# Click on the name of the domain you want to move.
# Click the Send By Email link next to the Authorization Code item.
# Check your e-mail. You should have received a message containing the authorization code. Leave this panel open in your browser, or copy the authorization code to the clipboard.
# Go to the [https://www.hover.com/domains Domains page] on Hover. Click the Add New button. Then click on '''Transfer a domain to Hover'''.
# From that point the process is self-documenting.
<br clear="all" />
We know not everyone is going to use Hover, but the scenario is similar with each service.
In most cases, you will have to sign up for the service first ? or during the transfer process. This usually includes payment for a one-year renewal.
After you?ve signed up, the steps to transfer the domain usually go like this:
# Add the domains that need to be transferred.
# Enter the authorization code -- or EPP key -- that was sent to you when you completed Dave?s Step 3.
# Wait for your service to send you a confirmation e-mail to the address you entered in your account as an admin e-mail. It will contain a link.
# Click that link to approve the transfer.
<br clear="all" />
It?s usually that simple, though there may be another step here and there. One step that Dave includes in his ?If you have trouble? section is that you have to unlock your domain at GoDaddy and disable the privacy feature. If you want a really clear explanation of how to do those steps, check out the [https://www.hover.com/help/godaddy-complete-transfer-preparation-process Hover how-to].
Those are the basics on how to leave GoDaddy. Not everyone?s directions are crystal clear, especially for non-geeks. In that case, you could always do what my girlfriend did: Make a phone call. She isn?t a geek at all, so she called her new service and spoke with sales for a few minutes and tech support for a few more minutes. After those conversations, she followed their directions and had the transfer finished lickety split.
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