Google Has Most of My Email Because It Has All of Yours (2014)

Re:Google Has Most of My Email Because It Has All of Yours (... by switch007 on Sunday October 23, 2022 @04:30AM (#33305467)

My register doesn’t allow registrations longer than 1 year. Their reason: “ We've found that longer registration periods lead to a higher chance of customers losing or forgetting their account details or missing notifications and ultimately letting their domains expire due to outdated contact information or expired credit card details.”

I’m wondering whether that’s valid and if I should find a new registrar…

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Re:Google Has Most of My Email Because It Has All of Yours (... by imhoguy on Sunday October 23, 2022 @05:16AM (#33305661)

That is made up reason. Extension periods depend on TLD providers. I've just checked and e.g. OVH lets me renew .com domain until 2030. You max our renewal now, then setup some "domains housekeeping" day in your yearly calendar to puth the expiration date every year. Pity I can't do that with some proven and basic hosting to prepaid a few years ahead.

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Re:Google Has Most of My Email Because It Has All of Yours (... by abiloe on Sunday October 23, 2022 @06:59AM (#33306036)

> My register doesn’t allow registrations longer than 1 year.

Ummm.. then maybe get a better registar? It's not like there aren't many to choose from.

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Re:Google Has Most of My Email Because It Has All of Yours (... by switch007 on Sunday October 23, 2022 @09:07AM (#33306686)

I think you missed the last part of my comment.

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Re:Google Has Most of My Email Because It Has All of Yours (... by int_19h on Sunday October 23, 2022 @07:56PM (#33311485)

The reasoning might well be valid in general, but only you can decide whether it's applicable to you or not.

FWIW, name.com lets me renew my domain for 10 years at a time, so it's definitely not something that all registrars do.

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