Enom wants $200 for each of my expired domains! Domain GURU's, what to do??
 

I had 20 of my domains expire, and they were in the "activation period". Well, I forgot to renew them, and now according to NameCheap they are now in "redemption period".

Well, according to NameCheap, the way I can get them back is to pay Enom $200 per expired domain while they are in this redemption period and I can get them back.

My question is, has anyone heard of this? And what is a MUCH cheaper way of getting the domains back? It would cost me $4000 to get my 20 domains back, that seemskind of outrageous.

I know Evan of XPays, and Taboo, and a few other here can probably have some answers for me.

that sucks big time

That sounds more like extersion then anything else...

Look at it this way. Lets say you paid for 2 years of registration. Well the registrar delivered on their end. Now that you have let the domains expire, they are not yours anymore. The fact that the registrar gives you a grace period in which you can renew your domains even after they have expired, is a courtesy. In this case, that courtesy costs $200 per domain.

That seems quite a bit excessive.. I had a domain go into redemption period by mistake once and I don't think it cost me anything extra to renew it.

Right, it does sound to me like extortion too.

So what can I do? Is there a service that will let me get the domains back for much cheaper?

Namecheap is telling me the $200 is being charged by the registrar (enom) but I don't know if this really is the case. Could it be that this is going into Namecheap pocket?

I screwed up by letting them expire, but $200 per domain, my god.

I had to do that a couple years ago, and it was like $85 or something, so being $200 now isn't surprising to me. Sounds like you gotta suck it up, and pay it.

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If I remember right the one I let it happen to was at Name Cheap. Dunno what you can do other than pay the fees or let them expire and then try to grab them again. It's unlikely you would get them if they had much traffic. There are guys that have programs that try to snag any names with traffic that expire using the various name grabbing services.

ICQ me, we'll talk.

I reactivate domains all the time with namecheap for just $8.88


YOU are getting HOSED my friend!

Well, yes, the reactivation is only $8.88, but this is passed the reactivation period, it's considered the "redemption period".

Well, I have to give HUGE props to Brujah, you sir are awesome. He helped me out so much on ICQ. Thanks again brother!!!

explain ? what did you do to get out of the large fee ?

I would keep quiet about what they are and have a fellow GFY'r try to buy them when it is over or see about trying now for a lower price and pay the premium on that.

fuck

you beat me to it.

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh

if they worth it you gotta pay...

So what'd you do ?, you get them back what ?

next time I am sure you wont forget to renew your domains....

I'm curious about how this was resolved too.

Somecreep, it's not really a courtesy, as ICANN requires registrars to allow domains to be renewed during a thirty day redemption period. However, I think they allow registrars to charge whatever they want, so the prices are often ridiculously high.

happened the same thing to me a year ago. i let it expire

happened to me couple of months ago, I was asked to pay 90 bucks or so per domain, if I'm not mistaken it was Dotster though, not NameCheap

shouldn't have let them expire. that simple

Yea i had to pay around 90 bucks

thats normal practice these days with registrars to get them out of the redemption period they charge pretty hefty fees your best to just backorder all the domains and let them drop completely usually takes about 72 days. it's better than having to pay anywhere from 150-200 per domain. I ran into this same problem a few months ago and thought the same thing WHAT ARE THEY FUCKING CRAZY...

you'll get first shot at renewing them anyway after the redemption period the previous owner gets first dibs on the domain not sure how long that period lasts ask your registrar

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