discuss Will Uniregistry Shutdown?

If Uniregistry stops and moves to Godaddy, then I will move all my domains away to another registrar.
Uni is one of the better and user-friendly websites. GoDaddy is the opposite.

Uniregistry, Corp. and its subsidiaries (Uniregistry) are preparing for the sale of their registrar, domain name brokerage, and parking businesses and related operations and assets to GoDaddy Operating Company, LLC and/or one or more of its affiliates (GoDaddy).

Godaddy bought afternic while ago and kept the two separate.

i expect the same with Uni

What about Namesilo if they join everything?

I am sure they will keep uniregistry for their larger portfolio holders, you don't buy a platform like that to shut it down. The engineering built into the coding is excellent, the app function is great as well, the market is efficient also. If anything it will be a model for probably a godaddy domains manger revamp.

I think the email had more to do with legal tos stuff, as the hand off draws close, and the deal closes, standard stuff.

Samer said:

Godaddy bought afternic while ago and kept the two separate.

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Well that didnt happen with my GD auctions account- GD inherited Afternic's ban on me and since then i cant see GD's auctions/aftermarket b4 the afternic merger.

Actually, my gut told me to move the few names i own at Uniregistry a few days ago, and before i knew it, Uni sent that email 2 days ago or so about the final handover to GD. I've actually started transferring my GD names out of GD...its a must. its time to let the dollar and my freedom of choice to speak on my behalf. so many good registrars to do biz with.

kemjika11 said:

Well that didnt happen with my GD auctions account- GD inherited Afternic's ban on me and since then i cant see GD's auctions/aftermarket b4 the afternic merger.

Actually, my gut told me to move the few names i own at Uniregistry a few days ago, and before i knew it, Uni sent that email 2 days ago or so about the final handover to GD. I've actually started transferring my GD names out of GD...its a must. its time to let the dollar and my freedom of choice to speak on my behalf. so many good registrars to do biz with.

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Perfect opportunity to @Joe Styler

I wanted clarity on these Uniregistry conjecture;
maybe fix this afternic ban on you, while we're at it;
You're 10+ year member should be treated better.

Samer

Uniregistry has one of the best user interfaces in the industry for management of domain name portfolios, and also their integrated aftermarket sales and negotiation platform is the best in the business. I hope it stays. GoDaddy's UI is not nearly as intuitive to use.

RJ said:

Uniregistry has one of the best user interfaces in the industry for management of domain name portfolios, and also their integrated aftermarket sales and negotiation platform is the best in the business. I hope it stays. GoDaddy's UI is not nearly as intuitive to use.

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"GD's UX not nearly as intuitive to use."? You're too kind.

It's garbage. Dont know how u use it. Uni massive upgrade.

We purchased Uni to be able to help larger customers and their dashboard and site, domain manager etc is not going away any time in the near future. We are very thoughtfully working towards making the experience best in class for large portfolio holders. This was a piece of that. We hope you will be delighted with the things to come and that they will make your lives easier and help your business improve.

Joe Styler said:

We purchased Uni to be able to help larger customers and their dashboard and site, domain manager etc is not going away any time in the near future. We are very thoughtfully working towards making the experience best in class for large portfolio holders. This was a piece of that. We hope you will be delighted with the things to come and that they will make your lives easier and help your business improve.

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“..prob not going away any time in near future“

very diplomatic; doesnt instill confidence, Joe.

realize the situation is fluid; but wish more firm.
Personally, i hope Uni UX, replaces GD UX,
if you dont keep the two brands separate,
which do very well; afternic brilliant case study.

Samer

So Uniregistry for big customers and domainers, GoDaddy for general public and business customers?

gd bought uni for its user-expererience. No way uni will be shutdown. which idiot told they will shut down?

I stopped using GD long long time ago. I gonna miss UNI.
My favourite now is EPIK. I suggest EPIK take this opportunity to develop its own parking platform. It's using VooDoo now, not bad, but could be better with its solo full version.

Joe Styler said:

We are very thoughtfully working towards making the experience best in class for large portfolio holders. This was a piece of that

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Does GD understand that Uni platform is buggy and has a number of never resolved issues, up to database(s) inconsistency?

tonyk2000 said:

Does GD understand that Uni platform is buggy and has a number of never resolved issues, up to database(s) inconsistency?

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Yes, Uni hasn't been able to handle transfer ins since yesterday, support hasn't been able to get it up, hopefully Godaddy can get that fixed.

wwwweb said:

Yes, Uni hasn't been able to handle transfer ins since yesterday, support hasn't been able to get it up, hopefully Godaddy can get that fixed.

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Unreal... Not only this. Thank Goodness, I have already stopped using uni. Even now - I have some domains added to portfolios (no parking, no forsale settings) - and there are some ghost domains / portfolios inside. I can do nothing. A couple of domains cannot be moved from one folder to another. If I enter a folder - it shows 0 domains inside, but on 1 level up it shows that there are 2 domains in this folder. Or, did anybody try to register nameserver like ns1. yourdomain .com and later delete it? It would never be deleted. And a lot of similar issues. Once I had an account manager @ Uni - and he promised to deliver the full list of bugs I detected to the head of tech dept. At least it is what I heard. Afaik both my acct manager and the head of tech. are no more with Uni, and the bugs were never fixed.

Long story short - GD purchased a headache...

tonyk2000 said:

Does GD understand that Uni platform is buggy and has a number of never resolved issues, up to database(s) inconsistency?

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I think we have a good handle on the issues but feel free to put anything you know of here. We have been meeting about it and want to make sure that the new experience is ultimately an improvement over both platforms.

Godaddy + Uni = Vision To Control The Premium Domain Market.
I think Godaddy will Buy More Platforms in the Near Future.

I kind of liked, that Godaddy managed to wire Uni parking payments on the 30th, I hope they remain without delays of net 30 parking payments in the future.

Net 30 is already the slowest. Don't spoil them to be even slower.
There are net7, net15 in the industry. Uni/GD should catch up instead.

You are right, maybe they should move to net15 slowly, at least for the parkers who have been doing this years long.

Joe Styler said:

We purchased Uni to be able to help larger customers and their dashboard and site, domain manager etc is not going away any time in the near future. We are very thoughtfully working towards making the experience best in class for large portfolio holders. This was a piece of that. We hope you will be delighted with the things to come and that they will make your lives easier and help your business improve.

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How much did you pay?
Was it in cash or Godaddy shares or a mix of both?

@Joe Styler

I am afraid that would be confidential