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Can’t Remove Private Registration From GoDaddy Cart.

Lets face it. Godaddy sucks! In more ways than one.

I’m trying to move my last two websites (that I started when I was a noob) from Godaddy to my new found glory that is WiredTree hosting. I needed to pay another month for Godaddy hosting to buy myself some time to migrate the files to WiredTree. So I add the hosting and domain renewal to my Godaddy cart, and I realize that there are two additional charges that I can’t “Remove”. They’re the Private Registration that I actually paid to have put on my domains when I was just starting out. What a Ponzi scheme.

The first joke is that Godaddy makes you actually pay for private registration. Second joke is that you can’t easily remove it. I had to call Godaddy and the guy on the phone helped me out. At least they’ve got good customer service going for them. The dude was American and spoke English, so that’s a good sign.

Remove Private Registration

1. Go to http://domainsbyproxy.com

2. Click “My Account”.

3. Sign in using the information that you probably don’t know. I found out my username by searching through my old emails. Your password is just your Godaddy password, so that should be fairly easy.

4. Once you log in, go to “domains” or something and then tick the little box and remove the service. It’s not hard, but definitely harder than just clicking “Remove” in your shopping cart.

Best luck!

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By on August 10, 2009 11 Comments Filed Under: Guides & Tutorials
  • http://www.futurich.com futurich

    same thing happened to me, only i renewed it anyway and sent them an email about removing the private setting and refunding me. They did not do it, however. Lame Godaddy Bastadz…
    .-= futurich´s last blog ..Future Batteries: Sony Lithium Ion =-.

  • http://eliteeternity.com Jeremy Blake

    lol. Godaddy is the worst.

  • http://www.jeremylindh.com Jeremy

    I ran into this with GoDaddy, too. Also when I was a noob. I’m now a Host Gator fan, other than that, this is exactly something I could have written!
    .-= Jeremy´s last blog ..Moving a Website & Changing Nameservers =-.

  • http://eliteeternity.com Jeremy Blake

    Host Gator much better than Godaddy? I figured they were next-to-near the same thing.

  • http://www.jeremylindh.com Jeremy

    As far as cheap, dependable hosting goes, I’ve found Host Gator to be great! Not to say I won’t find something else I like better… but for now I’m happy.
    .-= Jeremy´s last blog ..Moving a Website & Changing Nameservers =-.

  • http://www.seozy.com/ Vikas

    this is so lame! what the f**** man!! im getting so irritated! i cant renew my domain name without removing the bloody private registration

    • http://eliteeternity.com Jeremy Blake

      You can’t renew it without removing the private registration? Or do you mean that you’re trying to remove the private registration, and it won’t let you?

      Either way, I’m not sure what to tell you, dude. Godaddy is a POS. The up sells are a royal pain in the ass, and then when you finally get to the shopping cart, something else goes wrong!

  • Monaco

    Thanks!!! You saved me a LOT of time.

  • anonymous

    godaddy is the worst…luckily i somehow had my stupid domainsbyproxy username to turn this “feature” off…what a crime!!!!

  • Mathiyazhahan

    godaddy is very worst…. thanks for your valuable blog…..

  • http://bhupen.k6yar.com/ ruben

    worst yet, they keep you hooked (i am about to delete some domains simply because i forbid to send them email, when their online system doesn’t let me change from private to none private–proving to everyone here that godaddy is about those ladies you see at superbowl. hosting here is a big p.inthe as* stay away from this godaddy, and forget about getting more than 60 visitors a minute on a shared hosting there. they are as cheap as the lady commercial. a few bucks with yahoo hosting is way much better or other hostings. to godaddy : why create a fancy site, yet can’t even let someone change options easily ha ? answer : rip off ! i don’t care. when i get my time, all sites and domains will go to a better place, sorry go—daddy ! go some where.