- Jul 9, 2020
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I beg my pardon if this is in the wrong place
Made probably the worst mistake of my life and bought one of my first domains from GoDaddy with their $1 .com lure with a $19 renewal.
The domain ended up being a great asset and I couldn't risk losing it.
If anyone has any info/experience in this, I would highly appreciate it
.com expired on the 11th of July. Currently, in the grace period, which ends tomorrow, the redemption period starts on the (22nd of July). Meaning that if I would want to have my domain back after the redemption period starts, I would have to pay their $80 fee + their $19 renewal.
In the process of transferring my domain far away from them, but I read that domain transfers usually last 5-7 days which would technically go over the grace period, but I'm left wondering if it counts as something that I would have to pay them their $80 fee.
Contacted GoDaddy's support and they kept refusing to answer my question and even said that I would have to pay their $19 domain renewal so that I could even transfer my domain, as they said "You can't transfer your domain until you renew it"... which I found false by making a 5 second Google search.
Just wanted to make sure I don't risk losing $80. Might be a silly question.
Made probably the worst mistake of my life and bought one of my first domains from GoDaddy with their $1 .com lure with a $19 renewal.
The domain ended up being a great asset and I couldn't risk losing it.
If anyone has any info/experience in this, I would highly appreciate it
.com expired on the 11th of July. Currently, in the grace period, which ends tomorrow, the redemption period starts on the (22nd of July). Meaning that if I would want to have my domain back after the redemption period starts, I would have to pay their $80 fee + their $19 renewal.
In the process of transferring my domain far away from them, but I read that domain transfers usually last 5-7 days which would technically go over the grace period, but I'm left wondering if it counts as something that I would have to pay them their $80 fee.
Contacted GoDaddy's support and they kept refusing to answer my question and even said that I would have to pay their $19 domain renewal so that I could even transfer my domain, as they said "You can't transfer your domain until you renew it"... which I found false by making a 5 second Google search.
(From their own website. They were also fully aware that I was in the grace period.)
Just wanted to make sure I don't risk losing $80. Might be a silly question.
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