$4.99 .COM registrations and transfers - courtesy of AlpNames.com!

AlpNames · Jan 23, 2017

Hi all,

Your friendly neighbourhood domain registrar here, just wanting to let you all know that, for a limited time and while "stocks" last, all .COM registrations and transfers at AlpNames.com are only $4.99 - and there are no volume limits.

Cheers,

Team AlpNames

AlpNames · Feb 9, 2017

Hi all,

This promotion has been a roaring success, but we are now being asked to wind it down. As such, please be advised that our .COM pricing is likely to change at some point today - we do not know the exact time, just that we should expect to end the promotion on fairly short notice and increase our prices accordingly.

If you intend to register or transfer any domains in the next few hours please DOUBLE-CHECK the price you are paying.

Thanks everyone for playing so nicely!

usernamex · Feb 9, 2017

Nooooo! : sobs :

Thanks for the heads up @AlpNames and the continuous support here on NamePros and directly : smile :

Transfers are definitely more challenging after the Dec 1st ICANN changes and the info you have shared in this thread has been super helpful

PS Did one at approx Thu Feb 9 15:00 UTC 2017 so worth trying still!

alcy · Feb 9, 2017

just curious
if I make deposit funds using paypal say $100
anyone knows how much goes back to my paypal if I do withdraw? I hear they take regular 3-4% paypal fee on it

anyone tried?
tnx

usernamex · Feb 9, 2017

Likely they just cover their pp costs since it's a partial refund, they get charged for that. Plus the lovely thing is they are NOT charging prefund fees - most all my other prefunds have a 2-4% fee. I just went to check at Alp and it does not tell you before you have to click the request refund button. You can ask support if you request the refund, and they do it manually if they can tell you the fees ahead of time.

Why refund anyway? Just buy more names : grin :

alcy · Feb 9, 2017

usernamex said:
Likely they just cover their pp costs since it's a partial refund, they get charged for that. Plus the lovely thing is they are NOT charging prefund fees - most all my other prefunds have a 2-4% fee. I just went to check at Alp and it does not tell you before you have to click the request refund button. You can ask support if you request the refund, and they do it manually if they can tell you the fees ahead of time.

Why refund anyway? Just buy more names : grin :

well u know how it is..
yuou preload your account for the $5 promo
then promo dies suddenty and you get $500 left
something like that

yeah its nice they do not charge to fund it.. but.. clearly, it does suck you pay paypal fee to get it back.. since they are using paypal itslef as gateway I think.. I forget the name of it.. BRAINTREE i think... which is some special paypal processor... then maybe a free two way (in and out) arrangement could have been made between them.. but.. I guess not

thanks

alcy · Feb 9, 2017

AlpNames said:
Hi Eko,

Yes! Transfers include 1 year's renewal on your domain name.

All the best,

Damon.

looks like your registrant confirmation links in the emails after we begin transfer are not resolving and failimg now
first time I see it happen on transfers

is this gonna be fixed soon??? thanks.

AlpNames · Feb 9, 2017

Hi, we do not charge customers to withdraw to PayPal.

PayPal is actually fairly friendly in that regard - if we process a refund (even partial), PayPal will refund the corresponding amount of their fees. We are only charged processing fees by PayPal on payments, including account top ups, but we have elected not to pass these charges on to our customers for now.

To clear up any confusion, we use Braintree (a PayPal company) for our card processing. We use PayPal for, er, PayPal. The reason we have things set up this way is that PayPal does not yet directly offer credit card processing for merchants in Gibraltar.

AlpNames · Feb 9, 2017

alcy said:
looks like your registrant confirmation links in the emails after we begin transfer are not resolving and failimg now
first time I see it happen on transfers

is this gonna be fixed soon??? thanks.

Show attachment 49518

What error are you seeing? Can you please paste the full text here?

alcy · Feb 9, 2017

AlpNames said:
Hi, we do not charge customers to withdraw to PayPal.

PayPal is actually fairly friendly in that regard - if we process a refund (even partial), PayPal will refund the corresponding amount of their fees. We are only charged processing fees by PayPal on payments, including account top ups, but we have elected not to pass these charges on to our customers for now.

To clear up any confusion, we use Braintree (a PayPal company) for our card processing. We use PayPal for, er, PayPal. The reason we have things set up this way is that PayPal does not yet directly offer credit card processing for merchants in Gibraltar.

ah I see.. thnaks.
good to know no charge for withdrawing when we overload acocunt.

well I hope you don't start charging for topups any time soon..

what would that charge be anyway.. out of curiosity? must be 3-4% or something?

alcy · Feb 9, 2017

AlpNames said:
What error are you seeing? Can you please paste the full text here?

there is no text. the link never loads and chrome displayers exactly what I showed you on its page. I did quite a few tgrnasfers and those always worked.. til about 1 hour ago.

thanks

AlpNames · Feb 9, 2017

alcy said:
there is no text. the link never loads and chrome displayers exactly what I showed you on its page. I did quite a few tgrnasfers and those always worked.. til about 1 hour ago.

thanks

Please email [email protected] and include the link you have been sent and we will investigate. The link not resolving would suggest that you are using a partial or malformed link...best that we take a look.

AlpNames · Feb 9, 2017

alcy said:
must be 3-4% or something?

Pretty much! Payment processing is a great racket!!!

AlpNames · Feb 9, 2017

BTW - it looks like we may have gotten away with a few more hours on the promo...ssshhhhhhhhhh...

alcy · Feb 9, 2017

AlpNames said:
Please email [email protected] and include the link you have been sent and we will investigate. The link not resolving would suggest that you are using a partial or malformed link...best that we take a look.

nah... looks like a full link
besides I been clicking these for a whole bunch of times over last few days .. all worked fine.
I'm guesing its yuor end issue. hope to resolve cheers

TDM · Feb 9, 2017

Having same trouble

Email: Action required..
Please click link to approve..

http://null/registrant-transfer/authorize?id=xxxxx&token=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Some emails of that pack of domains went through normally.. a few of them had this scrambled URL in email..

alcy · Feb 9, 2017

TDM said:
Having same trouble

Email: Action required..
Please click link to approve..

Some emails of that pack of domains went through normally.. a few of them had this scrambled URL in email..

yep... I didn't even notice the links were different.. I jus tthought they didn't resolve this time around.

but now I compared and see they're all messed up

I guess alpnames will have to resend working links and emails to bunch of people

let us know when done alpnames.

cheers

alcy · Feb 9, 2017

AlpNames said:
Pretty much! Payment processing is a great racket!!!

hahah

well.. how about you let us know here before you start charging people so whoever wants to do it can preload a last time at no cost

hope that's doable. thanks.

AlpNames · Feb 9, 2017

OK, this "null" URL issue is a new one for us...thanks alcy for bringing it to our attention. We are speaking to our backend providers to have it resolved. In the interim, might I suggest that anyone suffering with this issue try to replace the "http://null/" with "https://my.alpnames.com/" - not the most elegant solution, but it may work.

Try it and let us know...

TDM · Feb 9, 2017

If your server/email crashes.. you know your offer rocks

AlpNames said:
OK, this "null" URL issue is a new one for us...thanks alcy for bringing it to our attention. We are speaking to our backend providers to have it resolved. In the interim, might I suggest that anyone suffering with this issue try to replace the "http://null/" with "https://my.alpnames.com/" - not the most elegant solution, but it may work.

Try it and let us know...

that works!

AlpNames · Feb 9, 2017

TDM said:
If your server/email crashes.. you know your offer rocks

Nope!
Already tried that. Not working as the overall structure (everything after "null" is quite different.
This method will just point to a 404 page

Ah! I thought you'd "XXXXX'd" out your token - is this how the email arrived???!!!

TDM · Feb 9, 2017

already doing this.. JFYI:
in original and working emails it was

http://my.alpnames.com not
https://my.alpnames.com

http://null/registrant-transfer/authorize?id=xxxxxx&token=xxx-xxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxx

(but i guess both versions work here

TDM · Feb 9, 2017

@alcy edit @AlpNames

Course i xx´d my ID´s and token

xxx = my work
null = alpnames work

But they scrambled first. haha

usernamex · Feb 9, 2017

Ok I just hacked the URL and it works

Take the first part of the link under terms
http:// alpnXXXXXX.myorderbox.com/

and append the link with the part with the token
/registrant-transfer/authorize?id=XXXXXX&token=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

paste as one link and you're good : smile :
http:// alpnXXXXXX.myorderbox.com/registrant-transfer/authorize?id=XXXXXX&token=xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Code:

If you approve these changes, you'll become the Registered Name Holder for
xxx.com which means you also agree to the terms within our Domain
Registration Agreement:

http://alpnXXXXXX.myorderbox.com/linkhandler/servlet/ViewRegistrarAgreementServlet

To approve or decline these changes, please click on the link below:

http://null/registrant-transfer/authorize?id=XXXXXX&token=xxxxxxxxxxxxx

AlpNames · Feb 9, 2017

It is being fixed as we speak...never understood how something can be working one minute and then just break!

TDM · Feb 9, 2017

Jup:

just replace
http://null/

with
http://my.alpnames.com/

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