[Azhon]

I don't think register.com would be a very good replacement, I've heard of lots of complaints about them trying to overcharge, or asking for their fees too soon. They also allow expired domains go too quickly. They let some squatter take over theunderdogs.org because they didn't email its webmaster about it.

Try another registrar maybe?

[GenmaC]

About godaddy: Read before you sign anything - because otherwise, you don't have any right to complain. "GOD THEY DID WHAT THAT PAPER I SIGNED SAID THEY COULD DO OMG HOW UNFAIR AND THEY ARE NOW A TERRIBLE COMPANY"

I have a domain or two on godadday, and they ****ed up my passwords in a really wierd way a couple of times, which sucks. I don't use them anymore, obviously.

[Brody]

I agree. Reading the TOS is critical. I'll repeat, just in case it hasn't been clear: I have no qualms with GoDaddy.com enforcing its terms of service. But the terms of service indicate they'll do all they can to contact the domain holder before taking extreme action like redirecting the DNS. In my case, they didn't do all they could. They took one complaint, tried reaching me via e-mail, and within hours of receiving the complaint and not reaching me - redirected the DNS.

Had they sent email to the valid address in my account and I ignored it, or had they tried to call me at home and failed to reach me, then I couldn't fault them for enforcing the TOS. They'd also be within their rights to tell me to take a long walk off a short pier for complaining.

But, in this case, they dropped the ball, they screwed up, and they're trying to make good on it, to their credit.