On: Does Your Domain Have a Registry Lock?

[RileyJames]

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...

[ryanlol → RileyJames]

>”extortion”

Why the scare quotes?

[xemoka → ryanlol]

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.

[kube-system → ryanlol]

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.

[ryanlol → kube-system]

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