850,000 RegisterFly Domains Moved to GoDaddy

miller60 writes: "The long-suffering customers of RegisterFly should soon be able to manage their names again after ICANN arranged for the transfer of its 850,000 domains to GoDaddy.com. ICANN terminated RegisterFly's accreditation back in March but it took a court order to pry the domains loose so they could be transferred to another registrar. For those just joining the story, RegisterFly is a New Jersey domain registrar that collapsed amid management chaos in February (see earlier Slashdot discussion here and here), leaving most customers unable to manage, renew or transfer their domains. ICANN, which was widely criticized for its inability to do more for RegisterFly customers, expressed relief at the saga's apparent conclusion. "The RegisterFly situation has been extremely difficult, first and foremost for registrants, as well as for the entire registry and registrar community," said Dr Paul Twomey, ICANN's President and CEO."