bibleman Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 I am so shocked by the irresponsible actions of DirectI. The domain of a client of mine expired a few days ago and is still well within the 40day grace period for renewal. But my furious client just called me to ask why the parked content of his website is porn. This is so embarrassing. It is a church website for goodness sake. How could DirectI be so inhumane? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickendippers Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Search the forums; eNom has been found to do something similar. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 The fact that they keep the expired domain online for you to renew is an additional service really - assuming you have automated renewal reminders being sent, just explain that you have no control over expired domains etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isdoo Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Problem is once the domain has expired you lose all rights to the domain. Sure you can renew it within the grace period, but it is that a grace period and nothing else. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XN-Matt Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 The holding site isn't put on there deliberately, it'll simply be keywords that associate with your site. Most registrars do it... the only one I deal with that does not, is Nominet (as the monetisation is an ICANN thing IIRC). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAJI26 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Also information is taken from your computer as well as what Matt said. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickendippers Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Harvesting information from a visitors computer without their knowledge for a domain parking page? That sounds unlikely and highly illegal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XN-Matt Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 (edited) Edit: notice you said customer *STRONG*computer*/STRONG*. Doh. Double Edit: Someone, i.e me, has spent far too long with templates this week, that he (me) cannot even remember basic BBCode! Fail! Edited May 19, 2009 by XN-Matt 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik H. Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 I don't see the problem .... for some domain extension when they expire you totally lose your domain and anyone can register it. It is an extra service, you should appreciate it ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Bibleman, I have had the same thing happen, with both Enom and DirectI, and have discussed it here on these forums. I was every bit as appalled as you, for the same reasons. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be much you can do about it. We are planning to eventually become an ICANN registrar, which may be the only way to prevent this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Set domains' due dates to some time before their expiry date (say 7, 14, 30 days) and this problem will go away assuming your clients can pay invoices within that timeframe We've just switched to doing this in order to avoid the inconvenience of a late/failed payment and our customers' responses have been positive so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAJI26 Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 I meant the cookies and cached pages! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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