franke1 — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:04:13 +0000

What are the usual rates? My website is not accessible and it is showing "This domain has expired". I tried to contact the hosting reseller, but they are not responding. Can anyone help?

andy206uk — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 21:18:25 +0000

Usually domain registration companies get you to pay before the expire so that they know you want to renew it. It would be a nightmare to pay the renewal for you then find out you don't want it. Sometimes companies add a small admin charge to the renewal. It's annoying but not illegal in anyway (unless they didn't advertise their renewal costs at the time when you bought the domain). Usually if you call up and complain about the difference they will renew at the original price (obviously, depending on who you speak to and the company policy).

Some domains (.com .net and .org) for example can (I believe) be registered for up to ten years.

timjpriebe — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:39:33 +0000

Is the registrar asking for money before or after it's technically expired? If it's after, that's standard. If it's before, they shouldn't be doing that. I'm not sure if it's illegal. It's not a good business practice at the least.