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Hello everyone,
This is my first post at NamePros, referred here by the very knowledgeable Mike at Domain Sherpa.
I'm having issues with one of the nTLD Registries, namely Art dot Art who have had found themselves out of their depth with running a professional Registry over the last 48 hours since opening their doors to professional members of the Art industry for domain name registrations, prior to general public release. They have now temporarily shut down their service.
I registered a very good four letter domain name ****.ART with them 48 hours ago for £289. The order was processed in which I received an email and payment accepted in full.
The problem came several hours later when .ART cancelled my registration saying that my purchase was on an "unpublished list" and should not have been available for registration.
Is this common place with domain name Registries or simply bad practice? I suspect that they are seeing what is of interest, cancel and will re-list at 10 or 20 times the original value. They have yet to clarify where in their T&C they are allowed to, without good reason, revoke a registration.
I'm aware that some Registry's are very honourable when it comes to domain name registrations and "mistakes" on their end:
17928-club-sells-200000-domain-for-10-99
I look forward to your replies and possibly applying pressure to any Registry to honour their agreements, else they come across as unprofessional and not trustworthy.
Many thanks,
Derrick
This is my first post at NamePros, referred here by the very knowledgeable Mike at Domain Sherpa.
I'm having issues with one of the nTLD Registries, namely Art dot Art who have had found themselves out of their depth with running a professional Registry over the last 48 hours since opening their doors to professional members of the Art industry for domain name registrations, prior to general public release. They have now temporarily shut down their service.
I registered a very good four letter domain name ****.ART with them 48 hours ago for £289. The order was processed in which I received an email and payment accepted in full.
The problem came several hours later when .ART cancelled my registration saying that my purchase was on an "unpublished list" and should not have been available for registration.
Is this common place with domain name Registries or simply bad practice? I suspect that they are seeing what is of interest, cancel and will re-list at 10 or 20 times the original value. They have yet to clarify where in their T&C they are allowed to, without good reason, revoke a registration.
I'm aware that some Registry's are very honourable when it comes to domain name registrations and "mistakes" on their end:
17928-club-sells-200000-domain-for-10-99
I look forward to your replies and possibly applying pressure to any Registry to honour their agreements, else they come across as unprofessional and not trustworthy.
Many thanks,
Derrick