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Re:One-Word Domains by cstrat on Sunday May 24, 2020 @08:27PM (#23296328)
I had the same thing happen! I bought a domain a long while back, it auto-renewed and charged me more than $500 for 1 year. I've never used the domain properly and would have just let it lapse, they did warn me of the pending auto-renewal but I ignored it thinking it would cost $30 or something.

This was for a `.club` TLD.

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Re:One-Word Domains by steventey on Monday May 25, 2020 @12:59AM (#23297970)
That's crazy! Tbh it's kind of a jerk move on the domain registrar's side - by labeling a certain TLD as "Premium" they get to charge extra on the renewal/registration fees. Pretty unethical I'd say :(
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Re:One-Word Domains by boustrophedon on Monday May 25, 2020 @02:59PM (#23303787)
Mine was also .club, seems like they might be doing something fishy. I emailed ICANN about it and I'll update the comment above if I get a reply.
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