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- rootlock
They want to charge be $100 to recover a domain that isn't even expired yet. They are scammers and so sick of their tactics, moving everything over to hover, also moving my clients off of (mt).
- detritus0
Excellent.
- ukit20
Had it really not expired yet? Seems like there should be some universal rule instead of companies just doing what they want.
- omahadesigns0
Recover how?
namecheap is good.
- ukit20
My understanding was that once you hit the expiration date, there is a recovery period where you can get the domain back, but the registrar charges for it.
- rootlock0
Ya...now they are saying 30 days before the expiry date, which is bs. The renewal period is not the same as the expiry date. The best part was when I tried to check out they tacked on the $100 renewal fee and wouldn't let me not add a $100 ssl certificate. Try checking out of a godaddy.com shopping cart, it's like a game of tetris. Guaranteed you will have something added you don't want.
- set0
Off of
- omahadesigns0
I recently switched from godaddy a week before my domain expired and it was no problem.
- I have one expire during the 5 day transfer window and no problems.ETM
- omahadesigns0
If you stay for another year, do you still have to pay recovery?
- rootlock0
If I renewed for 10 years ... at $450 bucks they would of waved the fee. Another sales tactic to get the most out of the customer. Just sick of the tactics and their integrity as a business. I've used hover and love it, the customer support is top shelf and they treat you like a human not a cash cow.
- Fantrom0
If it's not a domain others would be interested in, just let it fully expire.
Then just buy it back for $.99 cents... use this code CJC1COMUK
That's what I've been doing lately instead of renewing.
I used the code recently but can't guarantee how long it will last.
Good Luck!!!
- dbloc0
I don;t get it. Why do you need to recover it if it isn't expired? Are they saying that it is expired?
- ETM0
Have you called them? I hate GoDaddy, but I have never experienced a situation like this. Not the same, but I just had a domain expire in the middle of the transfer to Hover and expected a hassle. No issue.
- rootlock0
Nope, both the godaddy interface and who.is is saying it expires in two days, they tried to tell me something to do with it being a .se domain. Anyways, they can have it I'm not going to be a hostage. The whole thing is so slimy.
- Hey just noticed you were in Calgary. Add in nb and noneck from Edmonton, it's almost a meetup. lol.ETM
- ETM0
Are there weird requirements from Sweden regarding .se domains?
- rootlock0
Ya I called them, told me if I renewed for 10 years they would wave it, they also told me a bunch of other bullshit. Like they tried to pay for it for me, and it's the domain issuer that is wanting the $100. Anyways, their whole business model is based on scammy upsells and 'fees'. No thanks.
- ukit20
I think it has to do with the domain suffix...I have a couple of foreign domains and they always renew a month early. Found this annoying since they don't list it this way in the admin area. However not sure it will be different with a different domain company or not.
- ETM0
Plus GoDaddy stopped offering deals on almost all renewals, new products only now. So why would anyone WANT to stay there if we still can't get dirt cheap renewals? I love hover. $10-15 may sound high, but since that already includes privacy, which many registries want another $5-15 a year for, it's good deal.
Plus their domain service to do the heavy lifting for you if you have a large amount of domains to move is priceless.
- omahadesigns0
Godaddy charges for privacy too. Other registries do it for free.