Had an interesting chat with someone today.....
Couple of years ago he dropped a couple of LLLL.com domains, one to do with his business and one was his initials.....had owned them for years..
One is now owned by Buy Domains because he refused to pay the redemption fee and the registrar (he can't remember who) said he had to pay it.....
The other he still owns because again he refused to pay the redemption fee and Tucows finally relented and admitted it was a discretionary fee and not mandatory and set by ICAAN, which they initially said it was.....
So.....is the redemption fee mandatory or discretionary?
If it is in the T&C's of the registrar it becomes mandatory because its in the contract surely....but is it a discretionary fee that the registrars add to make a few extra $$$
We then had a talk about auto renewals, transfers etc.....he wasn't that pissed off just curious on the different outcomes.....and so am I, hence this post....
Couple of years ago he dropped a couple of LLLL.com domains, one to do with his business and one was his initials.....had owned them for years..
One is now owned by Buy Domains because he refused to pay the redemption fee and the registrar (he can't remember who) said he had to pay it.....
The other he still owns because again he refused to pay the redemption fee and Tucows finally relented and admitted it was a discretionary fee and not mandatory and set by ICAAN, which they initially said it was.....
So.....is the redemption fee mandatory or discretionary?
If it is in the T&C's of the registrar it becomes mandatory because its in the contract surely....but is it a discretionary fee that the registrars add to make a few extra $$$
We then had a talk about auto renewals, transfers etc.....he wasn't that pissed off just curious on the different outcomes.....and so am I, hence this post....
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