Bashar,
I suggest you check out the Expired Domain Deletion Policy at:
http://www.icann.org/registrars/eddp.htm
Chuck Gomes
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*From:* owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
*On Behalf Of *Bashar Al-Abdulhadi
*Sent:* Tuesday, April 03, 2007 2:36 PM
*To:* ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [ga] keeping expired domains by a registrar
Dear all,
I noticed one of the registrars are doing the following:
1- If a domain expires they hold it for 29 days to be able to
renew it for regular renew fee and after the 29 days they renew it
for $160 + registration fee and they call it extended RGP period
while the domain registry status is LOCKED not RGP
2- domain keeps this status for 2 - 3 months and later on its
removed from your account and no longer renewable even at $160+reg fee
3- if you contact them saying you want your domain back they email
you the following:
Unfortunately, it's gone past the grace period where he could get
it back for the additional fee. At this point the domain is
considered abandoned and is not for sale. If your client has a
trademark on the name, he should send the trademark documentation
to legal@xxxxxxxxxxx
The question is can registrars keep names for themselves to
benefit from parking traffic and/or sell them in future for other
interested parties?
because in the cases above poor clients who doesn't have trademark
or can pay lots of lawyer fees are losing their domains forever