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rowan · 01-01-2009, 04:21 PM

I use a couple of registrars, at one which supports auto renew it seems they don't renew until the last day. What happens if the transaction fails, then a retry succeeds a day or two later, once the domain has expired?

Is the $90 charge just pure extortion (and profit) by the registrar or do they also have to pay an extra fee to ICANN to revive a domain that has technically expired? If it's the former then I guess the scenario I outlined above wouldn't matter...

01-01-2009, 04:21 PM
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	I use a couple of registrars, at one which supports auto renew it seems they don't renew until the last day. What happens if the transaction fails, then a retry succeeds a day or two later, once the domain has expired? Is the $90 charge just pure extortion (and profit) by the registrar or do they also have to pay an extra fee to ICANN to revive a domain that has technically expired? If it's the former then I guess the scenario I outlined above wouldn't matter...