Beware of Reg Fly Grace Period SCAM

[domainbrokers]

There's another thread about this that I would prefer to just see DIE a quick death, it has way too much needless info in it.

To sum it all up in this new thread, the grace period at Reg Fly is a major problem if you are like me the owner of many domains and a person that lets some minor names expire and renew them within the 30 day grace period that most registrar's use

In the members area of Reg Fly you will find this statement in the expired name renewal screen

" These names have expired, normally a 30 day grace period is provided however it is not guaranteed."

The fact is the major registrar's give you 30+ days of grace, Reg Fly does not. They say they do but they don't GUARANTEE IT. This is deceptive if you ask me and can cause a larger domain owner problems if they use Reg Fly.

Anyway, since my problem wasn't really a problem (the names removed before 30 days expired at RF were not even names I had at RF, they had been moved to eNom) I though some of you might like to know that the grace period at RF is not solid.

Also, if you keep getting WRONG renewal notices from RF like I have been getting, I think it is grounds for a class action suit. I view my time as being very valuable and I don't need to get WRONG BILLS from RF that then take hours to figure out.

So let's keep this thread going about grace periods and incorrect bills from RF and let the original thread die a quick death. It has way too much info in it to now be an easy thread to follow.

DB

 

[csmaster2005]

Originally posted by all4cost
The only thing I hate about regfly is - They said they were redesigning to "speed" up some - and if it is even possible - The Site is even slower !!!!

their site is really slow!

 

[bensontwenty]

What I would suggest for someone that is in a habit of buying so many names would be to use a tracking system that tracks when your domains are going to expire. Whilst I may not be in the same league as somebody who deals in thousands of domains, I have in the hundred's, I don't let them expire and then go about trying to resurrect a name.

Whats the point of this anyway, when you add time on to a domain, it adds it to the expiration date, not the date that you added the year.

No offence to anybody intended by this, but this discussion really is a moot point. All I see gained by the allowing of domains to expire is hassle for the registrant and in a busy life, that is hassle I can do without!!

And by the way, Registerfly is REALLY slow :lol:

 

[Raf]

I would have to agree with bensontwenty on tracking the expiry date for domains. Nice suggestion. :tu:

 

[fle8]

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