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Hell, GoDaddy didn't even bother registering my domain after availability lookup. They waited until I paid for it and then 6 months later parked the domain with their bullshit. I never changed any settings or anything, and yet if you go to my domain, all you see is GoDaddy's bullshit.

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I'm not one to defend GoDaddy, but it sounds like you just never did anything with it. If you don't point the domain to a hosting account or change the nameservers, GoDaddy always displays the parked domain page by default. You can turn it off in your account settings if you want.

When I used GoDaddy they automatically park your domain until you configure the nameservers like you said. This is the most likely explanation of his/her account.

No. That is not the explanation.

Sorry, I should have been clearer in my post. The domain was set up and working, and then it stopped working.

This doesn't make sense. Please add more details...

I realize it doesn't make any sense. It was working until it wasn't. I contacted customer service and they just gave me the steps on how to set up the domain from the documentation. Since I had already done that, and it appeared the settings were correct (since it was working for a while and I never changed it afterward). I didn't bother with it any more after that because it's not worth fighting GoDaddy over $15 or whatever, I'm just taking my business elsewhere.

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