RegisterFly, get out now. Move your domain name hurry

[WurkAnimal]

http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/02/...rfly-implodes/

[Joe Gronlund]

Ouch, the lawsuits..

[Quillz]

Good thing I use NameCheap.

[mlx]

It's really a shame what's going on there. I'm sure that ICANN and eNom know about this for ages, now that it's pretty much too late they actually start doing something LOL

I'm having 27 domains left at RegisterFly, not sure what will happen to them, looks like right now I cannot get them out as trying to unlock them or disable that ProtectFly whois protection always fails

P.S. check http://registerflies.com/ for more information

[iraqi hack]

Good thing I use NameCheap.

its cool

[Joe Gronlund]

its cool

Dont i know you?

[Andy Huang]

Too late to move them out now. Changes to contact information are erroring; I tried to disable my protectfly, it said it went through, but it won't let me update any whois or contact info. Just gonna have to wait and see how this one plays out... oh wells.

[WurkAnimal]

Good thing I use NameCheap.

Same here.

[Floris]

My password reminder isn't even being mailed out.

[Scott.Mc]

I had a long read at the registerflies.com site, it's very strange some of the info on it.

I am transfering out of registerfly though just waiting for the information. Not really to do with this though because I have been meaning to move everything to namecheap so it's easier to manage.

[WurkAnimal]

Where are you all moving to then?

I didn't go with RegisterFly in the first place due to the fact that they charge to transfer your domains.

[mlx]

I'm moving to GoDaddy due to their special offer
https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/trans...egisterfly.asp
http://www.bobparsons.com/RegisterflyScandal.html

By the way, I mentioned above that I wouldn't be able to unlock domains. So just for everyone else who might be a bit lost there some updated information. It looks like RegisterFly's own Whois will always say "Status: LOCKED" no matter what. Or it takes ages to update ... I don't know. This has been very confusing to me.

Unlocking the domains actually seems to work though (at least the ones registered since RegisterFly has been ICANN accredited). www.dnsstuff.com has been quite helpful to get some fresh whois information checking whether the domains have been unlocked correctly. If it says "Domain status: ok" there the transfer should work fine.

Once you have turned off ProtectFly you will find the required auth codes at: Manage domains => Domain Contact Information => Configure

I have already transferred 2 domains successfully this way and the rest is about to follow soon.

Last but not least, only those domains that have been registered while RegisterFly was still an eNom reseller cannot be unlocked indeed. In this case contact [email protected]. They asked me to provide a copy of my photo ID, a screenshot of my RegisterFly account showing all of my domains with them, and a screenshot of my account information in my RegisterFly account. Afterwards they pushed all those domains into an eNom account even though they were locked and had ProtectFly on. All this took about 2 days I guess, so give them some time to reply.

I didn't go with RegisterFly in the first place due to the fact that they charge to transfer your domains.

Well, good you didn't, but who's not charging for domain transfers? Doing that transfer you get another one year extension of your domain anyway, so it's definitely not a waste of money, is it?

[Cromulent]

Wow that is pretty bad. If your transferring go for one of the bigger names (GoDaddy or Name Cheap) at least that way you know you will have a bit more security in the future.

[ManagerJosh]

Namecheap == eNom reseller.

[mlx]

Namecheap == eNom reseller.

Yeah, just like RegisterFly used to be about a year ago

Which doesn't mean that Namecheap is bad of course, just a matter of fact about RegisterFly ...

And I believe they used to be one the bigger ones as well.