question GoDaddy domain transfer

[domainventure]

Ok, This one has me a bit confused.

#1 I owned a domain with a creation date of 20-May with Godaddy
#2 I have received final reminder to renew the domain on 31-May
#3 I had the domain access in my account control panel on 1-July, which is when I transferred out to Dynadot. The process in Dynadot showed ok and whois showed epp ok.
#4 However, seems Dynadot takes close to a day to send authorization request to the registrant on record, which by the time they sent the request, it went to the new registrant on record as seen in #.5
#5 Meanwhile, along the way, the domain which in expired status is won in the Godaddy auction (either expired or closeout, did not follow that)
#6 I see the whois changed to the new registrant within Godaddy on 1-July (possibly a matter of hours after i initiated my own transfer request)

I know it's all related to my waiting till the very last minute and nothing to do with any of other parties and no, I was not trying to get an auction appraisal. Just sheer laziness in managing a portfolio.

1. I am just curious on how a domain where I was able to unlock, get the authorization code emailed and have transfer initiated with another registrar, could still be pushed to the auction winner? Quite possible that these processes are all automated and work independent of each other.
2. My possible solution is just cancel the Dyandot transfer and move on.

Say what, guys?

 

[000]

I've had that happen as well. Definitely sucks. Usually the transfer codes & approval email show up within minutes or an hour (depending on registrar) but sometimes it takes longer and can screw up last-minute transfers like this.

If you find yourself in a last-minute scenario like this again, and the new registrar is taking too long to send the approval request, perhaps you could try starting a transfer from an additional registrar too. Or, if you have a lot of domains at GoDaddy (heck, even if you don't), you could always ask your rep to hook you up with a discount on renewing it vs. transferring elsewhere. As long as it hasn't hit Redemption Status yet (yours was on the brink), GoDaddy won't be hit with the $80 redemption fee - even if they do try to wrangle you into a high last-minute renewal rate.