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Re: Someone forgot to renew NodeJS.org

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Post by larrys »

chinmoy wrote: post #21
sturadnidge wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Shouldn't be anything to worry about - here’s how the domain expiry process works. 1. Domain ‘expires’, and enters a 40 day grace period. I have read things that imply this can vary from registrar to registrar, but it seems pretty standard from what I have seen. 2. After the grace period, it enters a 30 day redemption period. Again, apparently this can vary, but I have yet to see it (admittedly I have only looked at…

What you say is correct. I'll chip in a bit on "registrar to registrar". In case of Namecheap,renewing a expired domain is just like renewing a regular domain. While other registrars charge re-activation fee, Namecheap has no additional fees. So, Ryan can just renew the domain instantly whenever this comes into his attention.

The "registrar" of this name is actually enom.

In this particular case namecheap is merely a reseller for enom.

Important to point out here that namecheap which is much touted on HN as being so great to deal with is the organization that made the decision to take this domain offline - not enom.com the registrar.

Re: Someone forgot to renew NodeJS.org

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Post by larrys »

ck2 wrote: post #29

Also, 10 year registrations are typically only $80 If you have a serious domain, why not just grab the decade. Domain prices will only go up, sometimes $1 a year, so there are savings too.

"10 year registrations are typically only $80"

Where are you seeing $80 for 10 years (not doubting just curious).

$80 is below the cost that the registrar pays (for .com) to the registry and ICANN variable fees. Not to mention the cost for credit card processing as a variable fee.

Consequently in order to charge that amount the registrar has to make money in other places (could be to charge for things that are free elsewhere as one example).

Re: Someone forgot to renew NodeJS.org

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Post by aw3c2 »

larrys wrote: post #32
ck2 wrote: post #29

Also, 10 year registrations are typically only $80 If you have a serious domain, why not just grab the decade. Domain prices will only go up, sometimes $1 a year, so there are savings too.

"10 year registrations are typically only $80" Where are you seeing $80 for 10 years (not doubting just curious). $80 is below the cost that the registrar pays (for .com) to the registry and ICANN variable fees. Not to mention the cost for credit card processing as a variable fee. Consequently in order to charge that amount the registrar has to make money in other places (could be to charge for things that are free e…

nearlyfreespeech charges 9.49USD per year so that is not too far off for a respected registrar

Re: Someone forgot to renew NodeJS.org

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Post by 1880 »

larrys wrote: post #32
ck2 wrote: post #29

Also, 10 year registrations are typically only $80 If you have a serious domain, why not just grab the decade. Domain prices will only go up, sometimes $1 a year, so there are savings too.

"10 year registrations are typically only $80" Where are you seeing $80 for 10 years (not doubting just curious). $80 is below the cost that the registrar pays (for .com) to the registry and ICANN variable fees. Not to mention the cost for credit card processing as a variable fee. Consequently in order to charge that amount the registrar has to make money in other places (could be to charge for things that are free e…

Cheapest I've seen is $98 for 10 years (Dynadot), which is still not bad.

Re: Someone forgot to renew NodeJS.org

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Post by larrys »

aw3c2 wrote: post #34
larrys wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"10 year registrations are typically only $80" Where are you seeing $80 for 10 years (not doubting just curious). $80 is below the cost that the registrar pays (for .com) to the registry and ICANN variable fees. Not to mention the cost for credit card processing as a variable fee. Consequently in order to charge that amount the registrar has to make money in other places (could be to charge for things that are free e…

nearlyfreespeech charges 9.49USD per year so that is not too far off for a respected registrar

They are a reseller, not a registrar.

http://faq.nearlyfreespeech.net/full/accredited

Re: Someone forgot to renew NodeJS.org

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Post by sirrealle »

deweller wrote: post #16

whois nodejs.org Registrant Name:Ryan Dahl Registrant Organization:Joyent Registrant Street1:345 California St Suite 2000 Registrant City:San Francisco Registrant State/Province:CA Registrant Postal Code:94104 Registrant Country:US Registrant Email:ryan@joyent.com

With the email "ryan@joyent.com", it doesn't seem likely that it's an unmonitored email address that would have missed the registration, unless it was seen as spam / junk mail.

Re: Someone forgot to renew NodeJS.org

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Post by lamby »

aw3c2 wrote: post #34
larrys wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"10 year registrations are typically only $80" Where are you seeing $80 for 10 years (not doubting just curious). $80 is below the cost that the registrar pays (for .com) to the registry and ICANN variable fees. Not to mention the cost for credit card processing as a variable fee. Consequently in order to charge that amount the registrar has to make money in other places (could be to charge for things that are free e…

nearlyfreespeech charges 9.49USD per year so that is not too far off for a respected registrar

With inflation that's cheaper than $80 for 10 years. :)

Re: Someone forgot to renew NodeJS.org

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Post by moeffju »

How does this keep happening to people? No registrar I know has a default of "don't renew", and they send your reminders. Why not just buy the doman for 10 years, or set autorenew, or ... seriously. There is NO excuse for this.
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