GoDaddy - DOMAIN BROKER SERVICE AGREEMENT
PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY, AS IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.
This Domain Broker Service Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into by and between GoDaddy.com, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“GoDaddy”) and you, and is made effective as of the date of electronic acceptance. This Agreement sets forth the terms and conditions of your use of GoDaddy’s Domain Broker services (the “Domain Broker Services” or the “Services”). For the purposes of this Agreement, a person who wishes to purchase a registered domain name will be referred to as a “Buyer,” and a person who is the registrant of the domain name that the Buyer wishes to purchase will be referred to as a “Seller.”
Your electronic acceptance of this Agreement signifies that you have read, understand, acknowledge and agree to be bound by this Agreement, along with GoDaddy’s Universal Terms of Service Agreement, which is incorporated herein by reference.
The terms “we”, “us” or “our” shall refer to GoDaddy. The terms “you”, “your”, “User” or “customer” shall refer to any individual or entity who accepts this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to confer any third-party rights or benefits.
GoDaddy, in its sole and absolute discretion, may change or modify this Agreement, and any policies or agreements which are incorporated herein, at any time, and such changes or modifications shall be effective immediately upon posting to the GoDaddy website (this “Site”). You acknowledge and agree that (i) GoDaddy may notify you of such changes or modifications by posting them to this Site and (ii) your use of this Site or the Services found at this Site after such changes or modifications have been made (as indicated by the “Last Revised” date at the top of this page) shall constitute your acceptance of this Agreement as last revised. If you do not agree to be bound by this Agreement as last revised, do not use (or continue to use) this Site or the Services found at this Site. In addition, GoDaddy may occasionally notify you of changes or modifications to this Agreement by email. It is therefore very important that you keep your account (“Account”) information, including your email address, current. GoDaddy assumes no liability or responsibility for your failure to receive an email notification if such failure results from an inaccurate or out-of-date email address.
2. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICESThe Services are provided to facilitate the buying and selling of currently registered domain names only, and not the purchase or sale of associated website content. GoDaddy provides a venue and a transaction facilitation process and will take a stated commission for each completed transaction. GoDaddy is not an escrow agent. As a result, GoDaddy does not guarantee the quality, safety or legality of many of the domain names. A Seller may elect to withdraw from negotiations at any time without any penalty up until the point in time when Seller has provided a verbal or written confirmation of an agreed upon purchase price, at which point the negotiation process is deemed to be complete.
You acknowledge and agree that your transaction will be handled by GoDaddy's “Transaction Assurance” process. GoDaddy will remit payment of the full agreed upon purchase price to the Seller within approximately 20 days after receiving funds from the Buyer, except in the event of a dispute or where the payment is suspected to be fraudulent, as determined by GoDaddy in its sole and absolute discretion.
By using GoDaddy's “Transaction Assurance” process, you authorize GoDaddy to perform tasks on your behalf in order to complete the transaction. In these transactions, GoDaddy acts as a transaction facilitator to help you buy and sell domain names. GoDaddy will not use your funds for its operating expenses or any other corporate purposes, and will not voluntarily make funds available to its creditors in the event of bankruptcy or for any other purpose. You acknowledge GoDaddy is not a bank and the service is a payment processing service rather than a banking service. You further acknowledge GoDaddy is not acting as a trustee, fiduciary or escrow with respect to your funds.
Except under the limited circumstances expressly set forth in Section 8 below, GoDaddy is not responsible and disclaims all liability in the event that the domain name transaction fails to complete due to breach by either the Buyer or the Seller of its respective obligations. Buyer acknowledges and agrees that Buyer does not obtain any rights in the registration of a domain name until the transaction is complete.
In all transactions, where the domain name is registered to GoDaddy, domain names purchased through the Services may not be transferred away from GoDaddy to another registrar for a period of sixty (60) days following the Change of Ownership date.
FOR THE PURPOSE OF FACILITATING THE CHANGE OF REGISTRANT INFORMATION DURING AND AFTER THE SALE OF ANY DOMAIN NAME, WHETHER AS BUYER OR SELLER, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ICANN'S CHANGE OF REGISTRANT POLICY, YOU AGREE TO APPOINT GoDaddy AS YOUR DESIGNATED AGENT FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF EXPLICITLY CONSENTING TO MATERIAL CHANGES OF REGISTRATION CONTACT INFORMATION ON YOUR BEHALF. AS DEFINED IN ICANN’S CHANGE OF REGISTRANT POLICY, A “DESIGNATED AGENT” MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY THAT THE PRIOR REGISTRANT OR NEW REGISTRANT EXPLICITLY AUTHORIZES TO APPROVE A CHANGE OF REGISTRANT REQUEST ON ITS BEHALF.
3. YOUR OBLIGATIONS (APPLICABLE TO BOTH SELLER AND BUYER)You agree to thoroughly, accurately and honestly complete all forms and requests for information provided by GoDaddy throughout the process. You agree GoDaddy will not be responsible for any false or misleading information you provide, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
You agree to notify GoDaddy within five (5) business days when any of the information you provided changes. It is your responsibility to keep this information in a current and accurate status. Failure by you, for whatever reason, to provide GoDaddy with accurate and reliable information on an initial and continual basis, shall be considered a material breach of this Agreement. Failure by you, for whatever reason, to respond within five (5) business days to any inquiries made by GoDaddy to determine the validity of information provided by you, shall also be considered a material breach of this Agreement.
Both Buyer and Seller are obligated to complete the transaction after they mutually agree to a price for the domain(s). Both Buyer and Seller specifically authorize and direct GoDaddy to act as their Designated Agent to facilitate the transfer of the domain(s).
4. PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO SELLERAs a Seller, You may use the Services to list domain names to which you have registration rights for sale and are able to transfer in accordance with your obligations under this Agreement. By using the Services for such purposes, You represent and warrant that:
- You have all rights, titles and interests in the domain name necessary to complete the transaction;
- You have the ability to transfer the domain name free and clear of any obligations, liabilities, liens or encumbrances;
- The domain name does not infringe on the intellectual property rights of anyone else; and
- You have the right to transfer the domain name in accordance with your obligations under this Agreement.
You agree not to sell any domain name to any Buyer found through the Services without using the Services to complete the transaction. Should GoDaddy find that you are circumventing the Services, GoDaddy reserves the right to terminate your account and cancel all of your listings.
You are obligated to complete the transaction if Buyer commits to purchase the domain name through a fixed, agreed upon price. Should you fail to complete the transaction for any reason (including, but not limited to, failing to move the domain name to GoDaddy's account if Buyer commits to purchase the domain name through a fixed, agreed upon price, GoDaddy reserves the right to (i) charge you a fee or (ii) terminate your membership with GoDaddy Auctions (as determined by GoDaddy in it sole and absolute discretion).
If you choose payment by paper check, you acknowledge and agree that a Twenty-Five Dollar ($25 USD) check processing fee will be assessed to you each time a U.S. based check is printed. You hereby authorize GoDaddy to initiate and post (i) credit (positive) entries for payments to the Deposit Account and (ii) debit (negative) entries to the Deposit Account to reverse erroneous payments and/or make adjustments to incorrect payments. You acknowledge and agree that the amount initiated and posted to the Deposit Account will represent payment for domain names sold using the Services. If the domain name sold is registered with GoDaddy and eligible for transfer from Seller to Buyer via GoDaddy's change of account (“COA”) process, GoDaddy will initiate the payment of proceeds approximately five (5) days after receipt of Buyer’s funds. If t