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Back in the very early 2000's I owned a domain and a month after renewing it, the registrar refunded me the registration fee and took ownership of it - the new

Back in the very early 2000's I owned a domain and a month after renewing it, the registrar refunded me the registration fee and took ownership of it - the new WHOIS entry was for the owner of that registrar. Similarly; you are at the whim of the NICs, with the .ly domains being a great example of a TLD taking back domains for whatever reason. https://benmetcalfe.com/blog/2010/10/the-ly-domain-space-to-be-considered-unsafe/ https://benmetcalfe.com/blog/2010/10/the-ly-domain-space-to-...

corobo 9y ago
What domain name and what registrar? Did you contest it with ICANN?
Animats 9y ago
If you're using a ccTLD, it's reasonable to expect country-specific policies.
- dogecoinbase 9y ago
  You wouldn't believe how many folks I've met who have no idea that those are ccTLDs, and not just handy two-letter TLDs. Kind of astonishing.
morganvachon 9y ago
> Back in the very early 2000's I owned a domain and a month after renewing it, the registrar refunded me the registration fee and took ownership of it - the new WHOIS entry was for the owner of that registrar. Are you comfortable with sharing their reason (if they gave one) for doing that to you? That seems like a situation that would quickly cause a mass exodus of customers to a competitor. Years ago when I first started helping people build a web presence, I used 1&1 Inc. as both a registrar and hosting provider. When one of my clients wanted to move to a cheaper host, I was happy to help her make the move, however 1&1 did everything short of taking ownership of the domain to stop her from doing so. They would delay the transfer, lock the domain after I'd unlocked it, and wouldn't respond to support requests. I finally had to threaten legal action to make them release the domain to the new registrar. I immediately pulled all of my own domains to a new registrar and moved my sites to a new host. They tried to delay my move as well, and again I had to say "lawyer" a few times before they let go.

corobo 9y ago

What domain name and what registrar? Did you contest it with ICANN?

Animats 9y ago

If you're using a ccTLD, it's reasonable to expect country-specific policies.

dogecoinbase 9y ago
You wouldn't believe how many folks I've met who have no idea that those are ccTLDs, and not just handy two-letter TLDs. Kind of astonishing.

morganvachon 9y ago

> Back in the very early 2000's I owned a domain and a month after renewing it, the registrar refunded me the registration fee and took ownership of it - the new WHOIS entry was for the owner of that registrar. Are you comfortable with sharing their reason (if they gave one) for doing that to you? That seems like a situation that would quickly cause a mass exodus of customers to a competitor. Years ago when I first started helping people build a web presence, I used 1&1 Inc. as both a registrar and hosting provider. When one of my clients wanted to move to a cheaper host, I was happy to help her make the move, however 1&1 did everything short of taking ownership of the domain to stop her from doing so. They would delay the transfer, lock the domain after I'd unlocked it, and wouldn't respond to support requests. I finally had to threaten legal action to make them release the domain to the new registrar. I immediately pulled all of my own domains to a new registrar and moved my sites to a new host. They tried to delay my move as well, and again I had to say "lawyer" a few times before they let go.