Redemption fees for .ca (4.Viewing)

At WHC

A little bit exorbitant in my opinion

Is there any more work involved on the registrar side or is it just a money grab?

I'll tag @bmetal , he's usually very forthcoming about stuff like that and can probably enlighten us all on the process and costs, or if its literally just the same as a regular renewal (and therefore a cash-grab).

MapleDots said:

A little bit exorbitant in my opinion

Is there any more work involved on the registrar side or is it just a money grab?

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there's no technical or financial justification for charging a redemption fee in the .CA world. It costs the registrar nothing. Purely a business decision.

As an example, consider that some of the .ca registrars "delete" expired .ca domains immediately ... any renewals at that point are automatically redemptions, and it would be insane for those registrars to charge a redemption fee (IMHO).

(edit: There are some technical hoops to jump, but any competent registrar has to have already written the software. The redemption process is a different sequence of a API calls than a normal renewal... but as I said, there is no extra cost to the registrar.)

Yeah, I thought that as well

Gonna have to see what they charge for .com redemption as well.

Anyone know of registrars that don't charge redemption for .ca & .com?

Having an investment portfolio means you are VERY price and feature sensitive, and you have a lot of decision making to do when it comes to renewing/expiring domains. This can be time consuming or just inconvenient timing. Having a cost and feature effective registrar that won't screw you if you dilly-dally a little too long is incredibly important.

One issue I've seen is that certain registrars refuse to give you the auth code once the domain is expired, or they at least make it as difficult as possible. CIRA's form that allows you to request your own auth code is great to get around that - but ONLY if the "lock" feature most registrars have isn't used. If your domain is locked, then having the backdoor to get an auth code doesn't help you, you're still held hostage by the registrar.

This is why as a large portfolio holder it is important to first and foremost, use a registrar that appreciates your business, not one that looks to take advantage of you when the opportunity arises.

This is why I've always been loyal to baremetal, they've never screwed me, in fact quite the opposite, they've looked out for me. If you have a good registrar, all of this other b.s. goes away.

rlm said:

This is why I've always been loyal to baremetal, they've never screwed me, in fact quite the opposite, they've looked out for me. If you have a good registrar, all of this other b.s. goes away.

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With CatchDrop/RegisterDomain dropping into the great abyss it got me to be more conscious of one man type of operations to assure there is a succession plan in place in case something happens.

I do agree, I like Canadian Companies where you can pick up the phone and work out any issues but with WHC and FM parting ways things are not the same. There are a number of WHC employees registered her but all of them combined cannot do what Frank did.