[thelist] domains and easyspace

[Dan McCullough]

Letting them expire is up to the customer, and I dont think there is
any legal ramifications for doing that ( I am not a lawyer so dont
quote me on that),  I had a similar problem with a company who was
holding a friends domain name hostage, so I used DomainAlert from
GoDaddy and paid the fee and we put his domain on the watch list, and
he let it expire, it took like 30 days (standard redemption period)
for the domain to release the domain after expire and as soon as it
became available we got it, also during the redemption period the
domain is not active, and the domain company could put the domain up
for sale for itsself, however I think that would be considered bad
business pratice by most.  Now this soution is NOT CHEAP the
DomainAlert product costs money, and any time you allow the domain to
go there is a chance that someone is watching it as well, especially
if its a highly sought after domain like cars.com or something generic
like that.

On 11/3/05, Sales @ Lycosa <sales at lycosa.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> One of my customers is having severe difficulties with their current
> supplier, Easyspace. They have over 100 domains registered with them (a
> variety of tlds), but wish to transfer to a new provider. Easyspace have
> introduced high charges for moving a domain away (£50 + VAT per domain
> !!), and my customer wants to move all his domains away from them
> without incurring these unreasonable charges.
>
> 6 of these domains (.biz) are due for renewal on the 6th Nov 2005. They
> are unwilling to re-register these domains with easyspace as
> unauthorised payments have been taken by easyspace from my customers
> credit card (he has since voided this credit card).
>
> What is the chance of allowing these 6 domains to expire, then pick them
> up later? What are the waiting times for the various tlds before coming
> back into the public domain?
>
> Is there any legal process that can be gone into to force easyspace to
> allow transfers without charging? For example, what ombudsmen exist for
> domain disputes of this nature?
>
> Phil Parker
> www.lycosa.co.uk
>
>
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