Go Daddy has blocked customers contact information in the Whois database in a move to cut down on emails sent from domain investors to registrants, according to a post on Go Daddy?s support blog on Tuesday.
While the move is being positioned as a service to its customers, who have apparently complained about these tactics used by domain investors and third-party firms, it is also a way to protect the Go Daddy auction business.
The tactic makes sense for domain investors, since they can circumvent Go Daddy auction and by doing so, likely pay a lot less, according to a report by DomainNameWire.
Obviously, the tactic also cuts down on revenue available to Go Daddy through its Go Daddy auction process, which could amount to a significant loss if a lot of customers are selling domains directly to domain investors rather than going to auction.
Recently, Go Daddy partner Sedo disclosed that it brokered $15.1 million in sales through its domain marketplace in the third quarter.
The reality is the majority of Go Daddy customers will not be impacted by the change, but for those that are open to being contacted by domain investors, Go Daddy says they have the option to revert private Whois information to the original registrant information at any time.
According to Go Daddy, its system updates the registrant, administrative, and technical contact information so buyers can?t contact the domain registrant during expiration.
According to a FAQ on Go Daddy?s support page, Go Daddy will hold an expired domain name for ?approximately 42 days before canceling it.? However, on the 25th day after expiration, Go Daddy puts the domain name up for auction. At this point, customers can manually renew their domain name, but they are subject to any applicable renewal and redemption feeds. The registry might hold the domain name before releasing it for general registration.
The move won?t impact domain transfers, Go Daddy says.
?If you want to transfer a domain name away from us during the auto-renew grace period, we will automatically revert the private contact information to the original registrant information when you request the authorization code,? Go Daddy says.
Services like VeriSign DomainCountdown, which is currently in beta, show .com and .net domain names that have expired and will be available for registration soon is a good resource for domain investors.
Talk back: Have you used Go Daddy auctions to bid on an expired domain name? Do you use the Whois database to get in contact with owners of expiring domains? Let us know in a comment.
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About Nicole Henderson
Nicole Henderson writes full-time for the Web Host Industry Review where she covers daily news and features online, as well as in print. She has a bachelor of journalism from Ryerson University in Toronto, and has been writing for the WHIR since September 2010. You can find her on Twitter @NicoleHenderson.
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