sanrb
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Hi one and all,
I am about to lose 3 precious domains (Domain Names). 'Precious' - totally IMPO. What do I do now?
Last year (I am referring to year 2015, as the year '2016' has just passed by, a few days ago), just last year, I came to know about domain name buying and selling or in short - Domaining!!!
As a novice in Domaining, I went on a buying spree and registered a few sucking (please read as useless) domains last year - in December 2015.
And these domains (the hopeless ones) were up for renewal late Dec'16 and early Jan'17. Those that were worthless, as per my studies/evaluations, here on this forum, were decided to be Dropped. And those 'Precious few' (again IMPO), were to be kept and renewed.
I kept those that were decided to be kept (and renewed them before expiry) and I deleted some that I personally thought were worthless.
Now, just a couple of days back, I got a shocker - Those domains that were very dear to me were not available for renewal. I had missed that deadline (of 365 days) to renew them - But I am still aware that there is still some grace period to renew the already expired domain names. I kept on searching the next day - or perhaps another day later for those .IO domains on the dashboard of my registrar - I could have mentioned the registrar's name here - but I am afraid that, that could lead to some unnecessary complications to the issue. If permitted here to mention the registrar's name - I will do so.
I fully remember that I had not at all deleted these 3 precious (IMPO) domain names - I had just deleted the ones I thought were worthless. And these 3 domains too got deleted automatically. How can that be possible?
I contacted the registrar - for 20+ hours, there was no reply. Then I contacted the NIC.IO the Super Registrars (I frankly do not know what they are called - so I call them the Super Registrars, here).
I got a reply saying like this:
Then, suddenly, I receive a mail (approx 22 hrs before now) from my original registrar:
And, if I need to keep these 3 .IO domains, I need to pay US$100 per domain. Is that worth? Or is that justice in the first place??
Please help!
I am about to lose 3 precious domains (Domain Names). 'Precious' - totally IMPO. What do I do now?
Last year (I am referring to year 2015, as the year '2016' has just passed by, a few days ago), just last year, I came to know about domain name buying and selling or in short - Domaining!!!
As a novice in Domaining, I went on a buying spree and registered a few sucking (please read as useless) domains last year - in December 2015.
And these domains (the hopeless ones) were up for renewal late Dec'16 and early Jan'17. Those that were worthless, as per my studies/evaluations, here on this forum, were decided to be Dropped. And those 'Precious few' (again IMPO), were to be kept and renewed.
I kept those that were decided to be kept (and renewed them before expiry) and I deleted some that I personally thought were worthless.
Now, just a couple of days back, I got a shocker - Those domains that were very dear to me were not available for renewal. I had missed that deadline (of 365 days) to renew them - But I am still aware that there is still some grace period to renew the already expired domain names. I kept on searching the next day - or perhaps another day later for those .IO domains on the dashboard of my registrar - I could have mentioned the registrar's name here - but I am afraid that, that could lead to some unnecessary complications to the issue. If permitted here to mention the registrar's name - I will do so.
I fully remember that I had not at all deleted these 3 precious (IMPO) domain names - I had just deleted the ones I thought were worthless. And these 3 domains too got deleted automatically. How can that be possible?
I contacted the registrar - for 20+ hours, there was no reply. Then I contacted the NIC.IO the Super Registrars (I frankly do not know what they are called - so I call them the Super Registrars, here).
I got a reply saying like this:
Hello,
You can transfer the domains into your direct management at NIC.IO using
Domain Owner's Password and then renew with us.
To do it you should set Domain Owner's Password at
https://www.nic.io/mailpass.xzx and then use this password to transfer
domain into newly created nic.io account.
More details in the FAQ entry at http://www.nic.io/faq.xzx#transfer
We remain at your service
Kind regards
I tried everything that I could, or was told to do, but in vain.You can transfer the domains into your direct management at NIC.IO using
Domain Owner's Password and then renew with us.
To do it you should set Domain Owner's Password at
https://www.nic.io/mailpass.xzx and then use this password to transfer
domain into newly created nic.io account.
More details in the FAQ entry at http://www.nic.io/faq.xzx#transfer
We remain at your service
Kind regards
Then, suddenly, I receive a mail (approx 22 hrs before now) from my original registrar:
As I can see in the last few days there were some domains deleted from your account. Also included is your domain 4Dxxxxx.io.
But we can still try to restore the domain. The price for .io restores is 100$. If you want us to restore "4Dxxxxxx.io" please reply to this email and we will create an invoice. After this invoice has been paid we will try to restore your domain. A renewal is included in the restore fee.
Here is the full list which domains were deleted from your account in the last few days:
2017-01-10 12:30:05 xxxx.org
2017-01-10 12:30:04 xxxxxxxxxx.net
2017-01-09 02:01:06 xxxxxxxxx.co
2017-01-08 02:00:08 4dxxxxxx.io
2017-01-05 02:00:41 xxxxxxxxx.io
2017-01-03 06:00:14 insurancexxxx.xyz
2017-01-03 06:00:09 xxxxxxxxxxx.download
2017-01-01 02:01:05 xxxxxxxx.io
2017-01-10 12:30:05 xxxx.org
2017-01-10 12:30:04 xxxxxxxxxx.net
2017-01-09 02:01:06 xxxxxxxxx.co
2017-01-08 02:00:08 4dxxxxxx.io
2017-01-05 02:00:41 xxxxxxxxx.io
2017-01-03 06:00:14 insurancexxxx.xyz
2017-01-03 06:00:09 xxxxxxxxxxx.download
2017-01-01 02:01:05 xxxxxxxx.io
Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
And, if I need to keep these 3 .IO domains, I need to pay US$100 per domain. Is that worth? Or is that justice in the first place??
Please help!
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