eNom's Extended RGP???

[geek]

I've been stalking a domain which had expired on May 1st 2007. The registrar of the domain is eNom. Suddenly today the page shows a link at the bottom "Why am I seeing this web site?" and it shows mailto:[email protected]?Subject=Inquiring about the domain xxx.com, with status: Extended RGP

I've read around and many people says eNom extended the expired domain so that they can have the domain for themselves. Is that true? If i still want the domain should i email them and purchase from them?

 

[cdboard]

look in enom's club drop for that domain

 

[Name Trader]

Yep. It's true. All registrars get charged for renewals automatically by the registries. They have a specific length of time to reclaim a refund (which I think is 45 days). So, eNom seem to have adopted a policy of keeping all the good names and traffic names for themselves. They already have tasted the domain for 30 days under their Renewal Grace Period, so they already know the traffic/revenue potential of each domain. I believe this is both an automatic and manual process for eNom. While it's in the Extended RGP, which they say is 3 months, but can be up to the next renewal, only the original registrant can take the domain back by paying the Extendended RGP Fee of $160.

I've actually sent an email to eNom using that link. You don't get any response. But I expect they are gathering the info. You'd be better off checking the whois history at DomainTools and offering to buy it from the original owner, for something over $160. But you should do an escrow transaction because you have to remember this was the original owner, and he might just want his domain back.

 

[RJ]

eNom's "Extended RGP" is where eNom decides not to let a name expire and instead keeps and parks the name for themselves indefinitely.

After a few months, the registration info goes to a eNom whois privacy protection and the link to email them disappears.

Check one of my domains that they did this to,
http://www.taatoo.com/

WHOIS http://whois.domaintools.com/taatoo.com

 

[Domainate.com]

eNom's "Extended RGP" is where eNom decides not to let a name expire and instead keeps and parks the name for themselves indefinitely.

After a few months, the registration info goes to a eNom whois privacy protection and the link to email them disappears.

Check one of my domains that they did this to,
http://www.taatoo.com/

WHOIS http://whois.domaintools.com/taatoo.com

Ugh...I'd say how can they get away with it, but I know they're not the only registrar doing that kind of stuff anyways.

 

[Kate]

eNom's "Extended RGP" is where eNom decides not to let a name expire and instead keeps and parks the name for themselves indefinitely.

After a few months, the registration info goes to a eNom whois privacy protection and the link to email them disappears.

Check one of my domains that they did this to,
http://www.taatoo.com/

WHOIS http://whois.domaintools.com/taatoo.com

EXACTLY.
I've had the very same thing and they may subsequently renew the name for years until someone buys it from them.
They hide their practices behind so-called 'extended RGP' and then whois privacy. Lame.

 

[Brujah]

I have a handful of names in Extended RGP now also.

 

[harkster]

Been moving my names away from eNom. Another good reason to speed it up.

 

[fonzie_007]

enom has engaged in some question activity lately, this just being another example of it. (hint: run a search on some super premo .us domains and you'll find enom camped out on quite a number of them) Not the mention their alleged shinanagans regarding .info drops...

 

[Name Trader]

Well if our domains go into Extended RGP, then we only have ourselves to blame. We should have renewed them in a timely manner.

 

[SpareDomains]

I rarely drop anything unless it is completely useless, out of my last batch of 30-40 drops in april they picked up a few of them which I was kinda surprised that they took them.

 

[larryharlow]

some of my domains at RGP, I must pay 160 dollars if I want the back.....

 

[geek]

Now the Extended RGP link and page is gone. Does it mean the owner paid $160 for it? The whois still contains the owner's info.