RE: [registrars] Godaddy cancels a confirmed transfer because of whois privacy?

["Rob Hall" <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a dumb question.
 
If the Registrant is "Domains by Proxy", the godaddy service, then how did you get permission to transfer the domain ?
 
I have never seen "Domains by proxy" answer a transfer request in the affirmative.  
 
Given that they are the Registrant, and you need their permission to transfer the domain, how did you get the proper response to the transfer authorization email you had to send out ?
 
So long as "Domains by proxy" is the legal Registrant, they are the ones you need permission from, and they are the ones that must say yes to the transfer authorization email.
 
If you applied for a transfer from your Registrar without "domains by proxy" giving you the thumbs up to the Authorization email, then it may be you and not Godaddy who is in violation of the transfers policy.  No one else can possibly authorize the transfer other than "domains by proxy".  Anyone else claiming to be the Registrant is simply wrong.
 
I suspect Godaddy is correct in their denying the transfer, as the Registrant of Record did not authorize it.
 
Rob.

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From: owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Tim Ruiz
Sent: Sun 01/04/2007 3:28 AM
To: markjr@xxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [registrars] Godaddy cancels a confirmed transfer because of whois privacy?



mark, they just need to cancel the privacy and they will revert to the
registrant of record. let me know if there is any problem after that
and i will handle it myself.

Tim
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [registrars] Godaddy cancels a confirmed transfer because of
> whois privacy?
> From: Mark Jeftovic <markjr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, March 31, 2007 12:37 pm
> To: Registrars Constituency <registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> We're trying to transfer in a domain that has been sold to our customer
> by a godaddy customer.
>
> The domain is currently in "pending registry approval" yet the seller
> tells us that after he confirmed the transfer from the godaddy side,
> godaddy still denied it because he had whois privacy turned on.
>
> Is this accurate? Is this how godaddy does it? Even if the rant has
> turned off the registrar-lock?
>
> How can they nack a transfer that has been confirmed by the registrant
> on both sides (gaining and losing registrar), and if so, is there a way
> to "unstick" this failing transfer before the 5 day timeout so we can
> re-initiate?
>
> Normally we would just wait it out but this is part of a sizable domain
> sale transaction under escrow so both sides are a little skittish.
>
> If anyone from the godaddy side can check it out, email me for the
> domain in question, thx
>
> -mark
>
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