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I'm also really interested in any registries that have agreed to voluntary pricing schedules (aka caps) with registrars. I know I read an article a few months ago about one of the registries doing that, but I haven't been able to find it again.

I've interacted with ICANN once more, but I'm not sure what the progress is like. The original email to say my complaint was in progress was on Apr 12. Their docs say they try to respond in 3-5 business days with a 5-5-5 (day) process after...

It's not a department. It's one person. Based on my understanding, asking them for help is supposed to be a last resort. This is the first time in my life I've every reached out to someone in that role. They're not there to do any kind of...

@bismisoft Yes, I made some progress in the last couple of weeks. ICANN global support replied in <12h and gave me contact info for the compliance department. I used that to follow up, but didn't get a reply. I wasn't super surprised by that...

It's not the registrars. Those are registry premium domains. The registries make that designation and set the prices. The registrars end up providing support to customers that are confused by the complex pricing and lack of rules. I get your...

I finally went through all my logs for the other TLDs this weekend and, besides mine, .icu is the only other interesting one. Besides those, the worst thing I saw was a couple TLDs, out of about 320, where the renewal prices increased by a...

I saw someone mention .icu as a gTLD they weren't happy with in another thread. I have logs for the matching .icu of my domain, so I decided to look at them. I don't own this domain. Based on the quick parsing I did tonight... On Jul 21, 2021...

The registry agreement is very clear when it comes to renewal pricing of non-premium domains. Registrants are entitled to uniform pricing that's "exactly" the same as every other non-premium domain on the same gTLD. What's the point of ICANN...

@Bob Hawkes I finally got a chance to read through the related threads you linked from 2022-2023. What happened with your complaint? One of your comments in an older thread caught my attention. Now when I read Section 2.10(c) it makes me...

Thanks. I used the email address you suggested to follow up. I also think I could have complained to the ICANN Ombuds since "delays" is one of the examples of ways the Ombuds can help participants, but I think it's fair to ask for someone to...

I don't think registrars have any interest in something like that. Porkbun is in this thread saying as much and I think it's fair to judge Namecheap by their actions which include a lot of registrant advocacy based on what I've seen. Add in...

Don't feel bad if that's the case. I've been watching for premium reclassification for almost 5 years and, anecdotally, a lot of people don't understand what they're getting when they register a premium domain. The downsides aren't exactly...

As I've dug into it, I'm stunned by the lack of registrant protections when it comes to premium classified domains. That's left me with the opinion that registrars should refuse to sell them until better rules are put in place that protect...

Would you be willing to give the TLDs? Knowing the registry or registries is useful. Cloudflare doesn't support premium domains. Someone else on here pointed it out IIRC. From the docs:

Thanks. My expectations aren't high. I'm super reluctant to sell it because it would mean dropping my ICANN complaint. I don't ever sell domains either. I just buy them and put up trivial little projects / sites. I almost didn't reply to the...