> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-discuss-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of David Kaufman
> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 1:18 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Tucows domain deletions
>
> From: "Donny Simonton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > So your customer and my customers have had 40 days to renew the
domain
> > and they have chosen not to renew the domain. So OpenSRS has come
up
> > with a way that on day 40 to put the domain up for sale or whatever
they
> > call it. I don't know the details, just what has been posted on the
> > mailing list. So instead of deleting the domain and allowing some
other
> > registrar to register the domain, they try one last chance to have
> > somebody pay for a renewal before the domain must be deleted on day
45.
> > Since they would normally delete the domain on day 40, most people
would
> > not even have an idea that this has happened.
> >
> > ... From a reseller's standpoint, this is a good thing ...
> > ... So stop your bitching and moaning! You will soon have an
additional
> > revenue stream that you wouldn't have had before, because somebody
would
> > have picked up the domain at namewinner.com or something similar.
>
> if you think *that's* a good thing, how about this?
>
> the day your domain expires, Tucows changes the nameservers to point
it at
> an expired-domain auction site for 40 days (or 10 or 45...). at the
end
> of
> that time, whoever has placed the highest bid (maybe you!) gets the
> domain!
>
> or better yet, the auction site is only open to SnapCows Premium
Partners
> and competing registrars, since they pay monthly fees just to be in
the
> game!
>
> -dave
>
When you buy a domain you pay $10.00 for 1 domain for 1 year. That's
365.25 days. OpenSRS is actually giving you 405 days before you lose
the domain. So once the domain hits 365.25 days, it's not yours anyway!
Donny
