Here's an idea: vote with your wallet. My upper limit for e-books is $11.99. I might pay $12.99 if it's a book I really want, but the majority of books I purchase from the Kindle store are $9.99 or less.
The 60-day thing is an ICANN policy, so you can't really blame GoDaddy for that. You can, however, blame them for their awful UI and constant upselling during checkout.
I moved my domains over to NameCheap. They seem kind of amateurish at times, but they get the job done, and I haven't seen any major horror stories about them. I was using Dynadot for a while, but the recent 3-day downtime with no status updates rubbed me the wrong way.
Sorry, that is incorrect in this specific case (the 60-day policy). ICANN only mentions that a domain can be blocked under certain conditions (according to ICANN policy):
* Evidence of fraud
* Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) action
* Court order
* Reasonable dispute over the identity of the person authorizing the transfer
* Domain name is on hold due to payment owed for a previous registration period
* Express written objection from the domain name holder
* Domain name is in 'Lock' status (Registrars must provide
a readily accessible and reasonable means for name holders to remove the lock status. Contact your registrar for assistance.)
* Domain name is within 60 days of initial registration
* Domain name is within 60 days of a previous transfer
It is _GoDaddy's_ amendment to those points that adds the 60 day wait on registrant information changes. From ICANN:
2. A registrant change to Whois information is not a valid reason to deny a transfer request.
The problem is GoDaddy forced users to click the link that they have to abide by the 60-day policy in order to update their contact information, which they claim falls under the point:
* Express written objection from the domain name holder
which is obviously a stretch under the most lenient arguments.
I still roll with GoDaddy (despite checkout hell) as I'd rather deal with a massive, faceless corporation then some rinky dink operation that may some day implode.
