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Yep, similarly here. eNom successfully "extorted" $300 from me due to it. My fault ultimately in the end though. But it was a stressful couple days, and eNom and Google partnership soured my view of both of them. I no longer do business with eNom.



That's a bummer, they just moved it to an enom account (understandable) and charged me the usual renewal fee.


What happened, if I may ask? I use both enom and google...so, I am curious...


Just guessing, but the "extortion" fee's are likely due to renewing the domain after it has 'expired', during one of the last chance renewal phases.

https://help.enom.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003360647-Renew-E...

https://www.enom.com/kb/kb/kb_1487-last-chance-renew.htm

There is a whole process via which domains expire, they do not simply become available to register upon their 'expiry' date.

Full process is outlined here: https://tee-solutions.com/index.php/our-blog/127-domain-name...


>”extortion”

Why the scare quotes?


Because it’s as exactly as RileyJames said above. It was ultimately my own doing but was masked by the strange relationship eNom has/had with Google. It felt like extortion, but wasn’t in reality, just business practices that don’t put the customer first.


The person you're replying to is quoting another comment above and I am guessing they might not agree with the legal connotation the word carriers.


I guess, it does fit the common dictionary definitions though. Other companies in the space do not charge such fees.




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