Registered A Domain In Error – Can you get a refund?

So you had a few too many drinks last night and decided to register some domain names, that sounded like a great idea at the time… However now you have woken up and realized how much you spent or you made a massive error and registered a typo domain name.

Accidental domain name registrations can happen but can you get your money back?

Fear not Domain Name Investors – If you have registered with GoDaddy, you might be able to get a refund…

I was recently reviewing the GoDaddy – REFUND POLICY and was surprised to see how much was actually eligible for a refund, many countries have there own legal laws in place that companies whom operate in there have to comply with local jurisdictions but GoDaddy still has there own T&C’s that you effectively sign every time you purchase an item from them.

The Terms & Conditions according the link above were last updated on 10/08/2022 and this isn’t legal advice just my interpretation of what domain names you can get a refund if you cancel within the refund policy terms and conditions.

Domain Name Registrations/Renewals

1. Standard Terms

• New Registration: 5 Days (120 Hours)
• Auto-Renewal (one-year): 45 Days (1080 hours)
• Auto-Renewal (multiple-year): 5 Days (120 Hours)
• Manual Renewal: 5 days (120 Hours)

2. Exceptions

• .AU: New Registration / Auto-Renewal / Manual Renewal – 3 Days (72 Hours)
• .COM.AU: New Registration / Auto-Renewal / Manual Renewal – 3 Days (72 Hours)
• .NET.AU: New Registration / Auto-Renewal / Manual Renewal – 3 Days (72 Hours)
• .ORG.AU: New Registration / Auto-Renewal / Manual Renewal – 3 Days (72 Hours)
• .CZ: Manual Renewal – 59 Days (1416 Hours)
• .IT: Auto-Renewal / Manual Renewal – 14 Days (336 Hours)
• .MX: New Registration – 45 Days (1080 Hours) Registration fee frozen during period, no charge. Fee is charged at day 46, No refund. If the domain name is deleted during the Grace Period the fee is unfrozen.
• .COM.MX: New Registration – 45 Days (1080 Hours) Registration fee frozen during period, no charge. Fee is charged at day 46, No refund. If the domain name is deleted during the Grace period the fee is unfrozen.
• .PE: Manual Renewal – 29 Days (696 Hours)
• .COM.PE: Manual Renewal – 29 Days (696 Hours)
• .NET.PE: Manual Renewal – 29 Days (696 Hours)
• .NOM.PE: Manual Renewal – 29 Days (696 Hours)
• .ORG.PE: Manual Renewal – 29 Days (696 Hours)
• .PH: Manual Renewal – 59 Days (1416 Hours)
• .COM.PH: Manual Renewal – 59 Days (1416 Hours)
• .NET.PH: Manual Renewal – 59 Days (1416 Hours)
• .ORG.PH: Manual Renewal – 59 Days (1416 Hours)
• .SE: Manual Renewal – 69 Days (1656 Hours)
• .SG: Manual Renewal – 29 Days (696 Hours)
• .SO: Auto-Renewal / Manual Renewal – 4 Days (96 Hours)
• .COM.SO: Auto-Renewal / Manual Renewal – 4 Days (96 Hours)
• .NET.SO: Auto-Renewal / Manual Renewal – 4 Days (96 Hours)
• .ORG.SO: Auto-Renewal / Manual Renewal – 4 Days (96 Hours)
• .UK: New Registration / Auto-Renewal / Manual Renewal – 5 Days (120 Hours)
• .CO.UK: New Registration / Auto-Renewal / Manual Renewal – 5 Days (120 Hours)
• .ME.UK: New Registration / Auto-Renewal / Manual Renewal – 5 Days (120 Hours)
• .ORG.UK: New Registration / Auto-Renewal / Manual Renewal – 5 Days (120 Hours)

The following Products were not Eligible for Refunds at the time of writing this post.

• Appraisals (Express and Certified Appraisals are non-refundable if the customer already applied the credit).
• Auctions Memberships
• Cloud Servers
• Configuration Add-Ons
• Discount Domain Club (if used for purchase)
• Domain: Auctions, Buy Service (you may request a refund ONLY IF you have not submitted a bid on the domain the service was purchased for), Consolidation or Monitoring
• Hosting Connection paid Apps (not refundable once set up)
• Merchant Accounts
• Office Max Bundles
• Premium Domain Names
• Redemption Fees
• Transfers (if successful)

All Registrations or Renewals in the following TLD’s are fully non-refundable:

Registrations or Renewals in the following TLD’s are refundable, except for the condition in parentheses (in which case, they are non-refundable):**

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