Reactivation Period (Enom) is one busy domainer...

[Ms Domainer]

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I have my eye on a domain that supposedly expired on November 5, 2012.

It shows "Reactivation Period" as owner and that it is "Reactivation-pending."

enom is the registrar.

"Reactivation Period" holds over 900,000 domains.

You think, perhaps, a little warehousing is going on over at enom?



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[Kate]

"Reactivation Period" holds over 900,000 domains.

You think, perhaps, a little warehousing is going on over at enom?

No kidding :]

 

[Keith]

I wonder how many domains are registered with enom? Could that many be legitimately expired?

 

[Kate]

Even for a registrar like Enom, the number is very large - if the figures are accurate. I think they must be approximate.

http://www.webhosting.info/registrars/top-registrars/global/

But Enom is known for keeping expired domains and hiding behind whois privacy.

 

[Ms Domainer]

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See #10 of enom agreement:

http://www.enom.com/terms/agreement.aspx

They say they can keep the domain for up to 120 days after expiration, which seems to fly in opposition to ICANN's 75 day rule.


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[Kate]

Well it is a way for them to make their business practices more palatable:
"Look, were are giving registrants extra time to redeem their domains, thus going well beyond our contractual obligations"

Basically, the TOS are written in such a way that by not renewing your domains you are effectively abandoning ownership to them. Ditto for other registrars.

The Icann redemption process does not really apply to quality domains. When the process was devised a decade ago, registrars weren't still in the habit of keeping and selling the assets of their clients. But they have realized a long time ago that there is money to be made and that blindlly dropping domains is flushing money down the toilet.

Talk about the fox guarding the henhouse.

 

[Ms Domainer]

Talk about the fox guarding the henhouse.

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8-X

Isn't that the truth...

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[Dave_Z]

"Reactivation Period" holds over 900,000 domains.

Multiplied by (at least) $7.85 per .com renewal, which AFAIK becomes non-refundable after 45 days .com expiry, that means eNom spent at least $7,065,000. And that's without a guarantee any of those (post-)expired .coms will be successfully auctioned off within their own contracted 120-day period.

While some can maybe afford to, that's quite a lot of money to risk paying out.

 

[Ms Domainer]

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"Reactivation Period" has now gone stealth.

Domain redirects to the same infamous "Backpack Girl" page.

All roads seem to lead to enom (despite privacy attempts)--see name servers:

_____________________________

Domain name: [Redacted]

Administrative Contact:
Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc.
Whois Agent ()
+1.4252740657
Fax: +1.4259744730
PMB 368, 14150 NE 20th St - F1
C/O [Redacted]
Bellevue, WA 98007
US

Technical Contact:
Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc.
Whois Agent ()
+1.4252740657
Fax: +1.4259744730
PMB 368, 14150 NE 20th St - F1
C/O [Redacted]
Bellevue, WA 98007
US

Registrant Contact:
Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc.
Whois Agent ()

Fax:
PMB 368, 14150 NE 20th St - F1
C/O [Redacted]
Bellevue, WA 98007
US

Status: Locked

Name Servers:
dns1.name-services.com
dns2.name-services.com
dns3.name-services.com
dns4.name-services.com
dns5.name-services.com

Creation date: 05 Nov 2001 20:09:55
Expiration date: 05 Nov 2013 19:09:00

_______________________

Warehousing, a conflict of interest, is definitely the ugly part of the domaining biz.

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[Kate]

I'd assume they are keeping the domain from now on.