David, I believe this is standard among the cheaper name providers; they have to make money somehow. People like Netnames ( and several others) charge far more, but don't indulge in the rather dodgy practices. I guess it all boils down to the old adage, "There is no such thing as a free lunch" ?
To enlarge more on this, I have just renewed a .co.uk and it has cost me 50 quid for two years. I know that is a lot more than you paid, but Netnames have been around for many years and offer one of the best domain management services around. I consider my domains to be great for my business and I want to hang on to them ( ever tried using a domain name as a picture credit? - it works!) I know that the other sting from cheaper providers comes when you want to transfer the name elsewhere, I gather from a colleague that the figure bought tears to his eyes. Netnames don't charge. Best, Nick WB. >I have recently had a very 'strange' experience with registering a domain >name (for a digital photography business) or two with 123-reg.co.uk. It >could be totally coincidental but... I noticed that about 12 hours after I >had registered a co.uk domain name with them, all the other versions (i.e. >..tv etc) were also grabbed. They were free before I had registered the >co.uk domain name... > Has anyone on the list had any similar experiences. > Is this standard practice within the industry ? > Thanks. > From David =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
