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The Freelancer Flowchart (Should I work for free?) (via http://jhische.com/)

A Gadget’s Life – From “Gee Whiz” to Junk (via the Washington Post):  An interesting look at the life cycle of gadgets.

GoDaddy has been a good domain registrar for me.  I have a portfolio of 300+ domains with them, and I have never had any major issues.

That said, sometimes when I choose not to renew a domain (usually because I do not wish to keep it), GoDaddy will renew the domain for me automatically.  I then have to and cancel the domain, and manually request a refund.

Here are the steps I follow to cancel a GoDaddy domain and get a refund:

1. Log in to your account at GoDaddy
2. Click “My Account”  (in the top right corner)
3. In the left hand menu, click “Payments and Renewing Items”
4. Find the item you wish to cancel.  Click the box to the left of it, then click “Cancel Item” at the top
5. On the right side, a box will appear.  Select “Cancel Now” and then “Save Changes”

If you have cancelled within a short period (I think it is 24 hours), then you can request a refund.  For this, you need to contact support:

1. Select “Submit Support Ticket” (found in the menu at the bottom of the page, under “Help & Support”)
2. Select “Domain Registration” from the drop down list
3. For the message body, I used text like this: “Hi, I wish to request a refund for the recently canceled domain “MYDOMAIN.NET” (order #6585559).  Thanks.”
4. Provided you’ve done this correctly, you should recieve your refund within 24 hours.

To avoid having to do this, I suggest removing “Auto Renew” from the domains you do not wish to keep.  It will save a lot of hassle.