Re: [ga] keeping expired domains by a registrar

["kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I do think it's a relevant question though. If registrars are putting things into place that are designed to allow them to profit from the traffic built up on the domain and that becomes the more lucrative side of their business, then they will change more rules so that they can grab more domain names.

Always been a proponent of having domain names drop directly back into the pool and that registrars not also be in the domain tasting business.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Hugh Dierker 
  To: Bashar Al-Abdulhadi ; ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 5:09 PM
  Subject: Re: [ga] keeping expired domains by a registrar


  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










------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection.
  Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta.