$80 may or may not be reasonable, imo. What does it cost Tucows to hold the domain that much longer?
josh on 12/11/06 5:29 PM, Maxine Appleby at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ domains-gen mailing list [email protected] http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen
