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Ugh . . . don't let your domains expire

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AtomSmasher:
A similar thing happened to me a few years ago, although it only cost me around $60 to get it back.  I thought $60 was incredibly high, but $160 is just absurd.

shmokes:
ICANN recommends $80, but registrars are free to charge whatever they like. 

jfunk:
Can I ask who your registrar is?

shmokes:
Tucows through the service provider Powweb.com

RayB:
AFAIK Tucows is a "wholesaler". So really your "registrar" is Powwebs. Actually, calling them a "reseller" might be a better term. By going through re-sellers, you accept Terms that can be whatever they feel like and it's perfectly permissible since they aren't bound by ICANN, Tucows is. After the redemption period, they can do things like auction off your domain instead of releasing it to the public. It SUCKS! This is how GoDaddy makes money.

Did you try calling them up? I've let domains expire before and the cost to renew during redemption period was the SAME as the normal renewal (ie: $10 - $15 range). I guess times have changed or maybe it depends on the registrar.

I've used these guys for years:
http://www.directnic.com/
https://www.hover.com/ 

Hover market themselves as a email and  forwarding service, but they are basically a domain registrar. They have an auto-renew feature that is on by default.

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