It looks like Go Daddy recently redesigned the user interaction flow for pushing domain names (or transferring domain names from one Go Daddy account). Instead requiring you to enter the new registrant’s details such as (name, address, phone, and email address), the new process now simply asks for either the Go Daddy customer number or Go Daddy login name, and the email address that is associated with the Go Daddy account.

So what does this mean to users? As with almost everything else, there are two things - benefits and drawbacks.

Benefits: The new process makes the entire transfer process faster and eliminates the need for the new registrant to provide personal details to the current registrant so that the latter could initiate the domain transfer. Now all the current registrant needs to provide are the Go Daddy customer number or login name and the email address that is associated with account.

Drawback: The new registrant needs to create a GoDaddy.com account first before the current registrant can initiate the transfer. Previously, if you do not have a Go Daddy account when a domain is transferred to you, the transfer process will automatically create an account for you.

So is it better than the previous process? You be the judge. Here are the steps for initiating a domain transfer using the new Go Daddy process:

1. Visit GoDaddy.com, and then log on to your account.
2. On the menu, click Domains > My Domains. The Domain Manager screen appears and displays the domain names in your Go Daddy account.
3. Find the domain name that you want to transfer, and then select the check box next to it. If you have more than 100 domain names in your account, you may need to use the Search function to find the domain that you want to transfer.
4. After you select the check box for the domain, click Account Change. The Initiate Account Change screen appears.
5. In New registrant’s Customer # or login name, type the Go Daddy customer number or login name of the person to whom you want to transfer the domain (new registrant).
6. In New registrant’s email, type the new registrant’s email address. This email address must be currently associated with the new registrant’s Go Daddy account.
7. In Confirm email, type the same email address that you typed in the previous step.
8. Click Next.
   
9. On the page that appears, select the two check boxes. One check box is for the Domain Name Change of Registrant Agreement and the other is for the (nonsensical and controversial) 60-day non-transfer agreement.
10. Click Next, and then click Finish.

You have completed initiating a domain name transfer. You will receive an email from Go Daddy shortly with the subject “Change of Registrant Initiated”. The new registrant will also receive an email from Go Daddy with instructions on how to complete the transfer.