David Kaufman wrote: > > 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!
I would like to point out that this is not what Tucows has been accused of doing in the development phase -- they wait for *40* days post expiry, then instead of marking it for deletion that day (like they used to), they wait four more days for some interest in the domain. Personally, I don't see anything wrong with this... it's keeping the domains in the family and not going to SnapNames or other sleaze (no, I'm not calling SnapNames sleaze here... just other companies that do similar stuff in less honourable ways). -kb -- Kris Benson ABC Communications +1 (250)612-5270 x14 +1 (888)235-1174 x14
