Brian, When was the last time you tried to buy a domain back?? Very few names actually drop anymore, most are picked up and monetized, maybe dropped again, picked up by other speculators, and in some cases attempts are made to contact the original owner and hold them hostage for outrageous amounts of money!
Yes, you should thank Tucows for even relinquishing the name and a reasonable price. ~Maxine Doctor PC - Brian O'Donnell wrote: >>>Parked Pages on Expired domains: >>> >>>At day -10 of TUCOWS domain life cycle we turn on an "expired domain >>> >>> >parked > > >>>page" for all domains (Remember you can customize the "expired domain >>>header" in the RWI with your customer message IE: This domain Has >>> >>> >expired > > >>>please click here to renew) >>> >>>Tucows then reviews the traffic, parked page revenue and secondary >>> >>> >market > > >>>value over the next few weeks then makes a decision to renew or drop the >>>domain at day -39/-40. We move/renew the domain into an internal account >>>(Tucows Cost) and continue to share the revenue with the reseller. If >>> >>> >the > > >>>original end user comes back to renew the domain within the regular >>> >>> >grace > > >>>redemption period we move the name back as per the rescue process at a >>> >>> >cost > > >>>of $80.00. Tucows continues to manage the domains in an internal account >>>at no renewal costs to the original reseller. Parked Page revenue also >>>continues to be shared 50/50 as long as we own the domain. >>> >>> >>This is what people want to opt-out from (which should be clear as it is >>the only thing about parked pages that is not opt-in). Opting out was >>promised here on this list when parked domains were discussed before >>their introduction. Please explain us what steps we have to take for >>opting out from _parked pages on expired domains_. >> >> >> > >No such thing as opt-out wrt expired domains. Tucows holds these domains >(for the above-mentioned $80.00) until the original registrant wants it back >or they can no longer derive revenue from it. This is, according to the >person I spoke to at Tucows, "to prevent the name from being scooped up by a >domain speculator who will offer to sell it back to you for more." > >I guess it's okay to be a domain speculator selling you back your name, as >long as it doesn't cost the reseller more than $80.00. I don't know what the >legal or ethical ramifications are of us increasing that $80.00 (to the end >customer) so as to make a profit (or at least not lose any money). > >I guess I need to thank Tucows for being our knight in shining armour and >taking ownership of my customer's domain (without my or my customer's >knowledge or consent*) and holding it for "only $80.00" instead of letting >it drop so that it could be registered by anybody (including me or my >client) for $10.00. > >*Yes, I know.... If the customer had paid the renewal, we wouldn't be having >this conversation. But I actually had been dealing with Tucows all these >years because I thought that they were more ethical than all those "other >guys". Now, of course, I know that that isn't the case. > >Brian O'Donnell >Doctor PC >www.doctorpc.ca > > >_______________________________________________ >domains-gen mailing list >[email protected] >http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen > > _______________________________________________ domains-gen mailing list [email protected] http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen
