The forty days IS a grace period. I used to think expire meant expire. NOW, I know that some domains don't expire for YEARS after their "expiration". A better term would be deactivated or disabled. There is then a period where you can't use it, but nobody else can register. This is nice because the customer SHOULD notice a drop in traffic, or a disabled domain. At that point, they WILL renew if it is important.
Steve >-- Original Message -- >Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:04:10 -0500 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Phillip Beazley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: Disappearing Renewals >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >At 02:47 PM 1/16/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Does the renewal report indicate that it was renewed? If so, THAT should >>be enough. This business runs on credit, and someone should be held >>accountable. > >No, that's why I'm SOL. Without the number that was generated at the time > >of renewal, I have no proof. Regardless of whether I KNOW it was renewed > >or not. > >>On one group I have been frequenting lately, someone spoke about how a domain >>is to expire, and by the time it expires, the grace period will be lengthened, >>so he asked if there is a way he can get it so he doesn't have to wait 70+ >>days so that he can no longer take advantage of work someone else did. >>Ironically, the domain in question is registered through tucows. > >Apparently there's no grace period, or it's very short. The domain expired > >on 12/2. It was "deleted" fourty days later on 1/12. It was registered >by >another party on the same day. Doesn't sound like a grace period to me. > >>I wrote him and said FORGET it! Besides, would you want someone to steal >>YOUR domains like this? >> >>If verisign says he CAN do this, then they should give me THEIR domain! >> There is really no difference. >> >>BTW, to suggest that someone pay someone ELSE for what amounts to THEFT, >>and pay a higher price because of work THEY did is ludicrous. EBAY, for >>example, is a totally worthless domain based on any examination of its merits >>as a domain. Yet, a company would be willing to pay a bundle ONLY because >>EBAY had a good/popular site, and EBAY advertised it. It may get extra >>traffic for years without any work. Without that, NOBODY would squat on >>it, or sell it for very much. WITH that, it is valuable. If this happened >>to Ebay, they would probably sue every registrar down to verisign. > >Yeah, very true. Unfortunately (for us) neither we nor the client have >pockets that deep... > > >-- >Phillip Beazley >Onvix -- Website Hosting, Development & E-commerce >Visit http://www.onvix.com/ or call 727-578-9600. >
