domains Transferring a .ai? You are not getting any years added

[equity78]

Kyle Tully posted on X that he paid $140 to transfer his .ai domain name to Spaceship. The name moved over, he paid $140 but even though the checkout showed (including one year renewal). Spaceship replied Hey there! We use this template for all transfers, regardless …

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[Future Sensors]

How is he qualified to handle disputes?

He’s using his personal Gmail for this, possibly with the help of some handy AI plugin to manage UDRP cases.

 

[bmugford]

He’s using his private Gmail for this, possibly with the help of some handy AI plugin to manage UDRP cases.

Yeah, nothing says credibility like using a gmail address instead of .ai.

I feel like the .AI registry was kind of not prepared for the success. It seems like the back end and policies are not real sophisticated.

In a lot of ways it just doesn't feel like a professional operation.

Brad

 

[DomainNature]

Richard at Spaceship gave me a credit for this transfer so I was able to renew the name without copping another $140 fee While there were issues with how spaceship displayed the transfer info (which will hopefully get sorted soon thanks to all this kerfuffle) it's the greed of the AI registry driving this policy that really needs to change.

Glad it was solved, this will be a lesson for others in future, thank you.

Maybe we have to contact the IANA and other authorities to regulate (.ai) registry and that moran who controls it. But the best way to fight it is to stop registering domains with this extension, cause most customers are domainers!
Also that guy say 10K sale it's like those domains sell everyday with 10K less or more, take care of your registry and don't play with us, if I can beat Google soon imagine what I can do to your (.ai) empire.

 

[Future Sensors]

For a multitude of reasons, the .ai registry should use role accounts instead of Vincent's personal account everywhere.

whois.ai. 14388 IN SOA ns1.offshore.ai. vince.offshore.com.ai. 2024071600 10800 2000 604800 86400

(A DNS SOA record includes an RNAME field, which specifies the email address of the domain administrator. This email address is formatted without the ‘@’ symbol, replacing it with a period instead)

 

[Chris Hydrick]

He’s using his personal Gmail for this, possibly with the help of some handy AI plugin to manage UDRP cases.

What's wrong with @gmail? nP'ers have reported receiving emails from a variety of prominent gmail accounts.

example: https://www.namepros.com/threads/who-is-using-elonmusk-gmail-com.1132618/

Yeah, nothing says credibility like using a gmail address instead of .ai.

Ahh... good point! Maybe gmail accounts aren't flagged as often as .ai email addresses are for spam or whatnot by email providers?

 

[Future Sensors]

The 'offshore' domain is in fact Vincent's private biz.

http://offshore.com.ai/

http://offshore.ai/

 

[bmugford]

What's wrong with @gmail? nP'ers have reported receiving emails from a variety of prominent gmail accounts. example: https://www.namepros.com/threads/who-is-using-elonmusk-gmail-com.1132618/



Ahh... good point! Maybe gmail accounts aren't flagged as often as .ai email addresses are for spam or whatnot by email providers?

Gmail is fine for many things. Not so much for professional correspondence, especially involving a registry and legal issues.

It's very unprofessional for that use.

Brad

 

[Future Sensors]

It might have been good initially for the few island residents. However, by now, you would expect a higher level of professionalism.

 

[Future Sensors]

Thanks for starting this popular thread about the .ai domain registry, @equity78.

And thanks to @Kyle Tully as well.

 

[equity78]

And another thing that's hitting the fan is that Andy Booth is considering not paying for Simulation.ai at $50K as he thinks it was run up on him by a shill.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1831625911315161148

 

[Future Sensors]

Just to be sure, tagging @enetwork here as well.

 

[equity78]

Yeah, nothing says credibility like using a gmail address instead of .ai.

I feel like the .AI registry was kind of not prepared for the success. It seems like the back end and policies are not real sophisticated.

In a lot of ways it just doesn't feel like a professional operation.

Brad

Brad, Vincent is .ai it's not a team or a company it's Vincent. I interviewed him

Q1) Tell us a little about yourself Vincent, how did you get involved with .ai?

Vincent Cate: I moved to Anguilla in 1994 and setup an email business. When I tried to register a .ai domain I was told nobody was running it and that I could, so I did.

https://www.domainblog.com/2024/02/01/quick-chat-with-the-man-running-ai-vincent-cate/

 

[Future Sensors]

Just to be sure, tagging @Dynadot @Caleb Tweed tweed here as well.

 

[equity78]

Q5) Is there any thought to maybe lower the registration fees for .ai or make initial one year registrations a possibility?

Vincent Cate: Things are working well the way they are. We have indexed our prices to the CPI index so they have just been going up with inflation.


No, I don’t expect to do one year registrations.

 

[bmugford]

Brad, Vincent is .ai it's not a team or a company it's Vincent. I interviewed him

Vincent Cate: I moved to Anguilla in 1994 and setup an email business. When I tried to register a .ai domain I was told nobody was running it and that I could, so I did.

https://www.domainblog.com/2024/02/01/quick-chat-with-the-man-running-ai-vincent-cate/

Interesting. Then it's easy to infer the greed and entitlement is coming from him directly.

Regardless, some dude running a major registry is not the way it should be. There needs to be more accountability.

From what I have seen it seems like a very primitive operation in comparison to other major registries.

Brad.

 

[Future Sensors]

Just to be sure, tagging @GoDaddy here as well.

 

[equity78]

Now in the first interactions when Kyle tweeted someone asked about .Bot Spaceship replied no they get a year but not .uk or .co.uk I did not know that.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1831618176188097009

 

[Zavian]

He is alienating a lot of people with his comments -

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No, they should not make it free, but they should set a standard price and then autorenew the domain for 2 years when the domain name is transferred.

 

[Future Sensors]

No, they should not make it free, but they should set a standard price and then autorenew the domain for 2 years when the domain name is transferred.

They actually should change it to 1-year periods.

 

[equity78]

They actually should change it to 1-year periods.

No plans to ever do that. I think Vince knows we are in our sweet spot we are the popular kid and we are going to bask in the sunshine as long as we can.

 

[bmugford]

No, they should not make it free, but they should set a standard price and then autorenew the domain for 2 years when the domain name is transferred.

Yes, any transfer needs to include a renewal.

They basically want money for nothing.

As is, it's simply an expensive penalty for moving the domain to your preferred registrar.

This is not like a $10 fee. It's $140.

That would renew a .COM for over a decade.

.AI is smoking their own supply with these policies.

Brad

 

[Zavian]

Yes, any transfer needs to include a renewal.

They basically want money for nothing.

As is, it's simply an expensive penalty for moving the domain to your preferred registrar.

This is not like a $10 fee. It's $140.

That would renew a .COM for over a decade.

.AI is smoking their own supply with these policies.

Brad

Even if the fee was $10, why would someone pay $10 to transfer a domain name if it is not even being renewed?

 

[Future Sensors]

Even if the fee was $10, why would someone pay $10 to transfer a domain name if it is not even being renewed?

Switching to a different registrar can quickly help you recoup this money.

 

[Zavian]

Switching to a different registrar can quickly help you recoup this money.

How?

 

[bmugford]

Even if the fee was $10, why would someone pay $10 to transfer a domain name if it is not even being renewed?

I agree.

While neither is desirable, I am just saying there is a difference between paying $10 for nothing and $140 for nothing.

Brad