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I've had this happen during new TLD launches. I owned lap.top for about a day but so did a whole lot of people. I lost that race. You don't own a domain. You re

I've had this happen during new TLD launches. I owned lap.top for about a day but so did a whole lot of people. I lost that race. You don't own a domain. You rent it and the registrar can take it back. They generally don't, outside of trademark issues, legal problems or race conditions but they can.

forty 5y ago
In my case I actually own and control the domain (I'm in the whois and my website shows up in the browser)
- rfd4sgmk8u 5y ago
  No, you rented it from the registrar. Nobody owns domains, one rents them for the temporary control over NS records. The registrar can take it away at their prerogative.
  - forty 5y ago
    You mean the registry. If you are going to be pedantic, you should at least be precise ;)
    - forty 5y ago
      (and I don't think renting is a much better term than owning when it comes to domain. I can sell the domains I registered, that's rarely the case for things you rent)
      - OJFord 5y ago
        You lease it. (And yes, you can sell leases in physical analogues too.)