Re: [ga] keeping expired domains by a registrar

["kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You know, ICANN has restricted free trade by all the restraints they have put on people who want to operate a new TLD as a registry. They want to review business plans, charge $50,000 per application called a refundable deposit but not really. They should call it sort of a refundable deposit or a you might get this back someday deposit, or just be honest and say it's a fee.

Yet, anyone can become a registrar. Registrars deal directly with the public. Many of them engage in questionable if not outright fraudulent activities. In comaprison to registries, registrars are a re far greater danger to consumers and domain name holders. Why doesn't ICANN focus it's efforts on this area VS the creation of new tlds?

Chris McElroy aka NameCritic
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bashar Al-Abdulhadi 
  To: Hugh Dierker 
  Cc: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 6:16 PM
  Subject: 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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