Namejet Surcharge on Purchases?

[tld_org]

I admit I haven't paid close attention to my credit card statement, but I just noticed Namejet has been charging a surcharge on auctions I've won. Example, I won an auction for $69 and was charged $70.73.

Was there a change and I missed reading about it? Because I know there was a point where a $69 domain would actually cost $69.

Very sneaky if this was buried in the fine print somewhere.

 

[pchip]

Hope this helps! Received this e-mail from NameJet on 11/23/2016


We have some exciting news to share!


Beginning December 14th NameJet will offer the ability to Add Funds to your account via PayPal and Alipay! This will make it easier than ever to win and pay for domains on NameJet. Simply click on the Add Funds link in your My Account page and proceed from there once those features are live.


You will also be able to delay the automatic billing so you can adequately fund your account post-auction. The limit for adding funds this way will be $5,000 USD (instead of the previous limit of $2,500.) That new limit is also being extended for adding funds via credit card!


Also, in order to provide these types of features and to continue improving the NameJet experience, beginning December 14th NameJet will charge a 2.5% Online Administration Fee for all payments made to NameJet via any online method, such as credit card (regardless of what credit card is used), PayPal or Alipay. This fee will be applied to any payments billed for auction wins when utilizing an online method (including the credit card on file) and for adding funds to a NameJet account via an online method. Please note that paying for domains via wire transfer will NOT incur this fee.


Thank you for your business and have a safe and happy holiday season!


The NameJet Team

 

[tld_org]

Thanks, must have went to spam or I just missed it.

So they do a crap job of removing shill bidding and then they hit you for a extra fee on top of the overpriced auctions, nice.

 

[pchip]

So they do a crap job of removing shill bidding and then they hit you for a extra fee on top of the overpriced auctions, nice.

I know right. You're paying for a new feature that most of us could care less about and for improving the NameJet experience which is a joke. Just call it like it is, we're going to start passing the CC fees onto you because we can and we'll make more money.

But hey, it's exciting news as they said "We have some exciting news to share!"