new gtlds ALERT: .XYZ Registry Stealing Back Newly Registered Numerics?

[lotk]

I registered all the below domains on 6/1/2017 after searching for 10's of thousands of numerics to purchase. Since I purchased, I renewed for 1 year and parked. Last night, all the domains had my 1 year renewal removed without any notification or email (or refund) and all have been put into the Pending Delete status so the parked pages no longer resolve, again, without any notification or email.

It's ridiculous that a registry can advertise on selling numerics, we research for hours and then buy available numerics from them, and then I'm assuming is going through the processes to steal them back. I've been a supporter of the xyz registry but that may change soon. This may be a warning for all .xyz domain owners if the registry is taking back registered domains.

Here are all the domains I purchased. My name is still in the whois but as you can see the domains are now Pending Delete even though they don't expire until 6/1/2018. I have emailed both the XYZ Registry and Dynadot (where I registered the domains) about 6-7 hours ago. Still no explanation whatsoever.

I will update this thread as I get more information. Do note that I know of at least 1 other person who is in the same situation as me.

176.xyz
175.xyz
174.xyz
173.xyz
172.xyz
170.xyz
169.xyz
167.xyz
165.xyz
164.xyz
162.xyz
159.xyz
157.xyz
154.xyz
153.xyz
152.xyz
149.xyz
147.xyz
146.xyz
145.xyz
143.xyz
142.xyz
140.xyz
137.xyz
134.xyz
130.xyz
129.xyz
127.xyz
125.xyz
124.xyz
107.xyz
104.xyz

 

[web3dev]

money...

you can't compare this to LLL.coms - NNN.xyz that were let to be registered yesterday have been premiums with fixed reg prices from the very beginning of this .xyz drama.

you can download the list here and check for yourself: https://gen.xyz/domain-investors/vp/xyz-vp.csv

edit: $1,300 apiece

Either I misunderstood op's post or you have missed the first para:

I registered all the below domains on 6/1/2017 after searching for 10's of thousands of numerics to purchase. Since I purchased, I renewed for 1 year and parked. Last night, all the domains had my 1 year renewal removed without any notification or email (or refund) and all have been put into the Pending Delete status so the parked pages no longer resolve, again, without any notification or email.

of course verisign cannot be compared with the sprung up ngtld registries, it was just a hypothetical comparison

 

[4pm]

Either I misunderstood op's post or you have missed the first para:

of course verisign cannot be compared with the sprung up ngtld registries, it was just a hypothetical comparison

sorry i don't get the point again...

NNNs have always been been premiums with $1,300 tag. officially and publicly.
yesterday they mistakenly made them avail to reg for 0.99
some people regged.
they will be refunded. and hopefully get apologies and credits.
the names will go back to the registry vault.
what's so hard to understand here?
xyz software developers made a mistake in their backend/api while they were rolling out their 1.1111B promo. let hang them on a tree for that...

 

[dordomai]

money...

you can't compare this to LLL.coms - NNN.xyz that were let to be registered yesterday have been premiums with fixed reg prices from the very beginning of this .xyz drama.

you can download the list here and check for yourself: https://gen.xyz/domain-investors/vp/xyz-vp.csv

edit: $1,300 apiece

i think not all were premiums... some were registered before they were premium and had normal renewals maybe... when they dropped, the registry realised they were not premium and took them back. or did theyhave 88 cents renewal?

like it or not but this is the future of domaining in .whatever... something valuable drops and it has already a premium price slapped on it. if it does not the registry will be quick to correct their mistake..

what you get to register is the worthless junk that would never sell to an end-user e.g 9N.xyz

vote with your dollars and support only the registries that treat you well.

 

[DaveX]

It's like buying a plane ticket, boarding the plane, then being told that you have to get off the plane and take another flight. BS.

They will allow you to pay more if you buy at one site compared to another. They never will refund the difference of the lowest available price. Just BS.

 

[kriss05]

.XYZ registry is not looking for easy ways to promote .xyz lol

 

[frank-germany]

they will refund everything. that's not a point.

plus time ?

 

[DaveX]

I really think they have a messed up system. I just bought 1 single .xyz at GD and it's not even showing up in my account after some time. Probably a mistake by the registrar again. So annoying.

 

[kriss05]

They must issue compensation for "moral damage"/broken dreams. If they are so incompetent to properly manage few db records, they must pay to those affected by their improper management.

 

[4pm]

plus time ?

yes. they will extend their 1.111B promo for a couple of years

 

[Fancy.domains]

I have (had?) the same thing going on with two other names. I also managed to set up websites for both of them.

I am not naive and understood that the registry probably did a mistake. However, Did not .club give away a name when same mistake occured.

 

[DaveX]

I have (had?) the same thing going on with two other names. I also managed to set up websites for both of them.

I am not naive and understood that the registry pribably did a mistake. However, Did not .club give away a name when same mistake occured.

Yes, they did. It's something we all know.....Good Business versus Bad Business.

 

[DaveX]

Just got off the phone with GoDaddy....They say the .xyz domain I regged is okay but for whatever reason, it will be up to 2 hours before it is in my account....we'll see. Weird. Never had that before with GD.

 

[phantasmagoria]

if I was searching for available domains and all those nnn came up as available, I would have thought it was a glitch. It's just too good to be true, even if .xyz isn't as popular. It has happened before where I would search for names and it comes up as available, but not really.

 

[Fancy.domains]

if I was searching for available domains and all those nnn came up as available, I would have thought it was a glitch. It's just too good to be true, even if .xyz isn't as popular. It has happened before where I would search for names and it comes up as available, but not really.

It happens often with me as well. The difference here was that the names were able to register all the way into your account and whois changed. In other words, you had full control of the names and I also, as mentioned before, were able to set up websites for them.

Next time, maybe it's a company who will suffer from a similar "glitch" aka bad security / technology standards?

 

[phantasmagoria]

It happens often with me as well. The difference here was that the names were able to register all the way into your account and whois changed. In other words, you had full control of the names and I also, as mentioned before, were able to set up websites for them.

Next time, maybe it's a company who will suffer from a similar "glitch" aka bad security / technology standards?

Yea I will give him that, never have I been able to get that far, you can usually pay for it, and it can be on your account, but seeing your name on the whois like that lol they should just give it to him, or at least half in good faith but they probably won't. I will admit though XYZ has been glitchy as hell at times.

On the topic of XYZ though, there is an opportunity here to invest with numbered domains, but Daniel Negari should have done this from the beginning when he had the oppurtunity and people were actually registering all those numbered domains like crazy.

Now he has to jump start that again, which we can help by going to investment websites and pitching this cheap opportunity to forum members to make money, but he needs to use some of his own money to advertise his idea across many platforms for it to really take off. Like I said he missed an opportunity in the beginning, and this 99 cent deal should have been with all numbered domains.

Just my opinion.

 

[bmugford]

More evidence the house always win. .XYZ is only willing to sell worthless domains.
If one that might have some value is registered well they are going to have to "reclaim" it.

There are zero protections for consumers when it comes to new extensions.

If I go into a store and buy a product, then take it home the store has no right to reclaim the item from me. Why should a domain be any different than any other product?

If I make an error pricing my domain, and it sells and is transferred to the buyer, do I have the same rights to "reclaim" the domain by blaming a mistake?

Only registries reserve those rights to fuck customers over.

Brad

 

[lotk]

Here is Dynadots response. XYZ registry has not said a word.

We received an email from the .xyz registry last night. These domains were reserved/premium domains, and an error on their part allowed the domains to be registered for standard fees. They are not honouring the registrations, unfortunately.

The domains will be deleted, and your payment refunded. That should be completed either tomorrow or Monday morning.

My sincerest apologies on behalf of the registry.

 

[NigelD]

Here is Dynadots response. XYZ registry has not said a word.

We received an email from the .xyz registry last night. These domains were reserved/premium domains, and an error on their part allowed the domains to be registered for standard fees. They are not honouring the registrations, unfortunately.

The domains will be deleted, and your payment refunded. That should be completed either tomorrow or Monday morning.

My sincerest apologies on behalf of the registry.

Absolute Disgrace - I think their greedy stance will cost them more than the value of these domains in negative PR. Who on earth would spend a lot of time and money developing an xyz domain?

 

[offthehandle]

The XYZ registry fiasco here just puts more black clouds over their reputation. Quality control and process. What a shame. This is bad for business, it paints a bad picture of the greed of the XYZ people, and their other snakeoil "we have your next bitcoin" promotion. They should give you at least a couple nnn's just for your trouble. "Real" companies when they have integity, acknowledge the mistake with an apology and compensation. There is this distant, "hands off" hiding behind the door response from the XYZ snakeoil company sent to you through Dynadot to you that show no respect for you, the customer.

 

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