I'm caught in the meltdown of a certain registrar (see below) and have a simple question you may be able to answer.
Is it legal for a registrar to charge me a "release fee" to transfer a .COM to another registrar?
The registrar is in the UK, and I know it's legal there for them to charge a release fee on .CO.UK domains, but I didn't think they could do it with .COM's. I'm in California by the way, and a US citizen if it matters.
(Also curious about .ORG/.NET, and would love a free reminder of when the lock-down period starts before expiry...)
Anyway, so now I'm stuck with a bunch of names there that are due to expire, and they want around $50 US per name to renew or release. (I usually pay $9 elsewhere, so... ouch.)
That's it; any advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
[edited by: Webwork at 4:48 pm (utc) on Sep. 11, 2005]
[edit reason] Per Charter keep discussion of registrar issues general. [/edit]
On the other hand, their policies also include registrars not preventing transfers simply because
the domain name expired.
