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   Help from registrars? no way.

   

   Anonymous Coward, Jan 17th, 2005 @ 5:19am

   
   

   The registrars make money from additional service fees that help to 'protect' your domain from potential hijacking. Didn't pay your 'protection' money in addition to your domain registration fee? Too bad. That Panix got hijacked is only a boon to the registrars, and will make them more money the more they delay. The last thing they want to do is be helpful.

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   Mistake, not hijack

   

   Pete Austin, Jan 17th, 2005 @ 11:56pm

   
   

   "However, the word hijack might not have been a fair comment. The panix.com domain was registered by MelbourneIT 'fair dinkum' through a reseller... Panix might have been one of the more prominent outfits to fall foul of new rules relating to the transfer of domains which came into effect in November. Under these rules requests for transferring a domain are automatically approved in five days unless they are denied by the owner of the domain."
   The Inquirer
   

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   Re: Help from registrars? no way.

   

   Domaindo, Jan 18th, 2005 @ 11:37pm

   
   

   Yes, many registrars nickel and dime you, but at least one exception to that is Domaindo (which is a Godaddy reseller with prices even lower than GoDaddy itself - Domaindo has no fees for domain locking, etc...)

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