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Re: [ga] keeping expired domains by a registrar


Some registrant does not want to pay the RGP fee and want the name to drop after its life cycle and re-register it at another registrar


then whats the use of RGP, pending delete etc.. ?


atleast in regular drop cycle the registrant can be given a chance to even backorder it if he couldn't register the domain manually, but the registrar keeping the domain and benefiting from it personally just because they like the name or maybe it has traffic?




Hugh Dierker wrote:

I am just a little confused here. What responsibility does the registrant have in renewing his domains? None? a little? or a whole lot?
If we were to suggest a kinder approach, how much time would the get?
I think this has to be seperate from what the registrar does with the name after a given period.
Eric


*/Bashar Al-Abdulhadi <bashar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:

    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




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