Namecheap.com is calling out GoDaddy.com with transfer out problems relating to domain names transferring out of GoDaddy.com to Namecheap.

The article posted on the Namecheap Blog states that GoDaddy is sending incomplete whois data to Namecheap. "GoDaddy appears to be returning incomplete WHOIS information to Namecheap, delaying the transfer process. This practice is against ICANN rules."

The blog article later states "it’s a shame that GoDaddy feels they have to block their (former) customers from voting with their dollars. We can only guess that at GoDaddy, desperate times call for desperate measures."

Although some data has been published as to how many domain names have been transferred out of GoDaddy because of a backlash due to GoDaddy supporting the SOPA bill and later changing positions on it… that number of domains will take a little bit of time to get an accurate judgement on due to transfers taking about 5 business days to complete and that is if no issues happen. GoDaddy deals with massive amounts of domain names daily and can be in the tune of 30,000 + newly registered domains a day at the registrar.

Likewise, many domain names are transferred in, out and deleted at the registrar daily. Webhosting.info is showing interesting data that GoDaddy has lost nearly 1 Million domain names from 11/14/2011 to 12/19/2011 and that is prior to any of the SOPA backlash.

Those numbers are something I have not seen before as numbers were always positive gains for GoDaddy. New numbers should be out shortly from Webhosting.info to see the post SOPA change and looking at the chart above, it is likely to stay on a downward trend. Having about a million domains leave the registrar in about a month may be another issue to look into.

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If you are a DotWeekly reader, you were informed in September 2011 that Box.net purchased Box.com in a discovery I had found with domain name whois record changes.

I had stated in that article: "Will Box.net become Box.com? Hard to say at this point but now they can if they want to." and now we have an answer to that question! Box.net has become Box.com which was confirmed by a blog article on Box.com.

I find it a bit interesting that Box.com is basically going by the generic name "Box" with the new domain upgrade and leaving off the ".com" in branding. "As part of our move from “Box.net” to just “Box” (it’s cleaner)" as stated in the blog article. Not only did they drop the .net, they never really switched to the .com! (technically they did, but are not really branding around it)

I really like the fact they purchased the .com but I think it’s not a wise move to brand away from the domain name Box.com!

A box is a box (aka I just wrapped a bunch of them) and Box.com is the file sharing service. I think overtime as the company continues to grow and depending on who you are talking to, if you simply say "Box" somebody may know what you are talking about but I think more people would know what you are talking about if you said Box.com!