Tell HN: Godaddy canceled my domain, gave me 2h to respond, then charged €150

Re:Tell HN: Godaddy canceled my domain, gave me 2h to respon... by FrenchDevRemote on Monday August 15, 2022 @11:01AM (#32470549)

could we make them loose a lot of money by making bots to search for all kind of useless domains?

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Re:Tell HN: Godaddy canceled my domain, gave me 2h to respon... by morgosmaci on Monday August 15, 2022 @11:20AM (#32470812)

They don't actually have to pay for it by using "domain tasting" which gives them the option to grab the domain for up to 5 days. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_front_running

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Re:Tell HN: Godaddy canceled my domain, gave me 2h to respon... by MerelyMortal on Monday August 15, 2022 @11:44AM (#32471127)

I use Dynadot, and they actually pass the "domain tasting" on to the customer: you have a couple of days to cancel your domain registration for a full refund.

As a customer, I highly recommend Dynadot (low prices like NameCheap, but a nicer interface - I tried both registrars when I switched my domains away from DreamHost).

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Re:Tell HN: Godaddy canceled my domain, gave me 2h to respon... by googlryas on Monday August 15, 2022 @11:41AM (#32471092)

So just wait 5 days to register?

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Re:Tell HN: Godaddy canceled my domain, gave me 2h to respon... by ipaddr on Monday August 15, 2022 @03:46PM (#32474429)

They re-register

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Re:Tell HN: Godaddy canceled my domain, gave me 2h to respon... by bombcar on Monday August 15, 2022 @11:16AM (#32470769)

Not really, no, because IIRC registers can "return" a domain within a period of time for free or nearly no cost.

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Re:Tell HN: Godaddy canceled my domain, gave me 2h to respon... by shakna on Monday August 15, 2022 @11:12AM (#32470718)

Not really. They're a registrar, those domains do not cost them a lot to hold.

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