GoDaddy buying domains when they expire to extort their own users

Re:GoDaddy buying domains when they expire to extort their o... by paxys on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @04:23PM (#34154030)

So the author didn't set their domain on auto renew, ignored all warning emails and let it expire. Then someone (probably a bot) bought it and put it back up for sale, for an amount more than the author is willing to pay. And somehow this is all GoDaddy's fault? Where is the "scam" exactly?

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Re:GoDaddy buying domains when they expire to extort their o... by emodendroket on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @04:41PM (#34154235)

It sounds like the claim is GoDaddy themselves are squatting on domains their customers fail to re-register. According to previous reports they also do this to domains prospective customers search for.

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Re:GoDaddy buying domains when they expire to extort their o... by paxys on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @09:56PM (#34156994)

That’s the claim, yes, but there’s nothing to back it up. What makes her think that GoDaddy bought the domain and not like literally anyone else on the planet?

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