Buying a domain, getting it pushed to a GoDaddy account.

[icl]

They have a domain registered at godaddy. Do I have to send them my GoDaddy Account ID and Account Email for them to push the domain to me?

How should you go about getting a domain pushed to your godaddy account? What's the right way and the wrong way?

I tried looking at http://godaddy.com/help/topic/823, but there didn't seem to be a relevant answer.

 

[mis_chiff]

They pick the domain, click Account Change
they will need your acct # and your godaddy email.
Then you accept when it comes...

 

[icl]

What about using paypal to pay them? Is there anything I should beware of?

 

[mis_chiff]

Depends of the type of sale, where it happened etc
Have you any info to check them out to be sure they
are legit?

and if it's a big amount of money - consider escrow.

 

[icl]

It's on ebay.
Is it strange that no registrar information is listed for a domain?

 

[Name Trader]

All domains have Registrar Info, usually in the top 3 lines of the whois info. Try iWhois.com or GoDaddy's Whois.

 

[icl]

Here's the full output (with some personal details blanked out):


Domain name:
*.co.uk

Registrant:
Mark *

Registrant type:
UK Individual

Registrant's address:
12 *
Sheffield
S*
United Kingdom

Registrar:
No registrar listed.

Relevant dates:
Registered on: 12-Jan-2007
Renewal date: 12-Jan-2011
Last updated: 29-Jul-2010

Registration status:
Renewal required.

Name servers:
No name servers listed.

WHOIS lookup made at 20:50:26 19-Jan-2011

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[dragtastic]

if buying on ebay make sure to check his feedback and make sure hes legit. read past feedback then make your judgment. I personally would use paypal for domains up to a few hundred. if the seller has great feedback theres nothing to worry about (usually)
if its an ebay noob then id contact him first.
Also - if worse comes to worse and he does screw you - just file a paypal claim and ull get ur money back if the seller is shady