[rawrly]

It seems everyone is just too trigger happy to try to report success with the GoDaddy boycott.

The reality is that everyone need to be patient to get any real numbers. The domain registration transfer process is not immediate, it typically takes 3-5 days to complete, so it's improbable to actually know that exact number (unless you work at goDaddy and are pulling raw transfer request data). The real numbers on the success or failure of the boycott campaign will be seen in the upcoming weeks.

[freejack]

Most transfers complete within hours. Some take as long as 3-5 days, but a good registrar can make it happen very quickly nowadays.

To your point, I can say that our retail transfer rate for the 22nd was up 10x from the prior day, the 23rd, was 4x from the 22nd and the 24 looked pretty much like the 22nd. That's a ton of domains (I run Hover, the retail arm of Tucows - the second or third largest registrar depending on how you count market share...)

[notyourwork]

Jumping the gun also doesn't allow people like myself time to transfer after the holiday. As much as I would love to transfer now I do have to travel and visit family. Its on my todo list but won't happen till next week.