Does Your Domain Have a Registry Lock? • Hacker News Board

Re: Does Your Domain Have a Registry Lock?

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Post by ryanlol » Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 2:20 PM UTC

kube-system wrote: post #54

ryanlol wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>”extortion” Why the scare quotes?

The person you're replying to is quoting another comment above and I am guessing they might not agree with the legal connotation the word carriers.

I guess, it does fit the common dictionary definitions though. Other companies in the space do not charge such fees.

Re: Does Your Domain Have a Registry Lock?

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Post by tonyedgecombe » Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 4:08 PM UTC

bhartzer wrote: post #59

I usually register my important domains for several years in the future, and have the register lock on. Some registrars call it transfer lock. I also Backorder my own domains on namejet, GoDaddy, etc just in case they ever do expire there’s still a chance to get them back. If only there was a company that offered domain name insurance, to make sure you never lose your domain, it’s never stolen, dns isn’t hijacked, an…

Ideally you would want your registrar to offer the insurance.

Re: Does Your Domain Have a Registry Lock?

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Post by xemoka » Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 4:58 PM UTC

ryanlol wrote: post #50

RileyJames wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just guessing, but the "extortion" fee's are likely due to renewing the domain after it has 'expired', during one of the last chance renewal phases. https://help.enom.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003360647-Renew-E... https://www.enom.com/kb/kb/kb_1487-last-chance-renew.htm There is a whole process via which domains expire, they do not simply become available to register upon their 'expiry' date. Full process is outlined…

>”extortion” Why the scare quotes?

Because it’s as exactly as RileyJames said above. It was ultimately my own doing but was masked by the strange relationship eNom has/had with Google. It felt like extortion, but wasn’t in reality, just business practices that don’t put the customer first.