discuss Should your domain registrar share the revenue from expired domains with you?

[katerleonid]

Let’s say your domain name expires, you decide not to renew it or simply let it go.
It goes to auction, gets multiple bids, and sells for $12,000.

Since it was your domain that expired, should your registrar share some of that revenue with you?

Why yes? Why not?

 

[Future Sensors]

Is this a promotion for NameSilo?

 

[chenzen]

Absolutely. This would help the registrar as well because more users would transfer their domains in. Obviously, renewal cost would still be a factor for most of the people.

 

[katerleonid]

That's a good question.

 

[Yanosh]

Is this a promotion for NameSilo?

Of course it is

 

[katerleonid]

@Yanosh Got me

 

[Eric Lyon]

Personally, I don't think they are obligated to share revenue from a domain someone let expire because they no longer wanted it or couldn't figure out how to sell it themselves.

Would it be nice if they shared a % even though the one dropping it didn't help negotiate or facilitate the sale? Absolutely!

Though, I think it benefits a registrar far more to give a % than not to. Mainly due to it being a great "retention" strategy to get more people to hold their domains with them, versus someone else, knowing that they could potentially generate revenue on domains they, themselves couldn't sell, but ended up selling when dropped.

Retention is a key element to any businesses long-term success

 

[katerleonid]

That’s true, Eric. Retention is very important, and sharing revenue from expired domains probably helps the registrar in the long run.