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I guess this is a cautionary tale.

I was recently having issues with my Gmail account that's tied to my Epik ( a domain registrar ) account, so when I was supposed to renew my domain, I didn't receive any e-mails about it. When I decided to randomly check on my website, it seemed to be down. So I checked Epik and a domain that usually cost £15 a year to renew now cost £400 to renew as it was expired.

As a teenager who does not have £400 to spend on a domain, I decided to just wait until the domain fully expired and buy it for a cheaper price.

After some time, the domain fully expired and GoDaddy decided to buy it as soon as it did, and charged me £2,225 to renew the domain. I don't understand how a price that large is justified, considering that my website gets barely any visitors and I basically only use the domain for hosting stuff. No idea how hiking prices this much is legal

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[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That's the second time I've seen someone cast xyz in a negative light. What's wrong with it? (Genuine question, in case it needs saying)

[–] NateNate60 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It's just a hallmark of "I bought the cheapest domain name TLD available".

That's not necessarily bad if all you need is something to get the job done, but there is a stereotype associated with it.

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 5 months ago

Fair enough. I got one because it was the cheapest domain... though reading some of the other replies, I probably shouldn't try to do anything like email with it!

[–] crank0271 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] NateNate60 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Nothing wrong with Boost Mobile, or any other discount telecom provider either. It's not like the phone signals taste different lmao

[–] twei@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 5 months ago

What about "The ZipoApps of gTLDs"?

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's commonly used by spammers, so it could cause issues if you're planning to use it for mail.

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 months ago

Makes sense. Cheers!