I'm an idiot. This is a blog post warning you to never ever do what I have done. Because it was and is a nightmare. One that I haven't even fixed yet.
Last week I saw that my .com domain with Crazy Domains was expiring on the 14th. Good. I was sick of them and I didn't want my blog to be with Crazy Domains anymore.
My domain expired, and unfortunately, instead of a giant hand reaching through the computer and stopping me, I deleted the domain.
This sounds stupid to start with, obviously. But here's my logic, I hate you Crazy Domains, I would like to registered with Net Registry now. My domain has expired, it's done. I had it back ordered with Net Registry, ready to scoop it up once it was released back into the wild. So I delete my .com section from Crazy Domains and I go to register it at the other domain server.
It's not available, that's okay, no worries. I wait a few days, and it's still not available. How strange. So I contact Crazy Domains, all casual, like hi there I deleted my domain when I can I take it with me. Basically.
I get a response and smacked with the undeniable truth of a hidden part of domains that I should have known but had no clue about.
Sorry, after a domain has fully expired or been deleted, there is a Redemption period of 35 days. If you wish to reclaim your domain and use it before then, you can pay our Redemption fee of $140.
What. The. Heck.
If you hadn't noticed lately that you were having trouble accessing my blog, it is because nearly every single link around the web, goes through the permanentprocrastination.com url. And as I currently do not have the .com set up or active. It doesn't work.
Just to give you an idea of whether I should save my $140 and just wait until November 20th for my blog domain to be released, (with no guarantee I would get it) - My current daily pageviews have dropped to about 60. That is not okay. I like blogging, it is my passion and I can not improve if for over a month hardly anyone can even access my blog!
I filled out the form, and emailed it to them, along with my pay details for the $140. That was on Saturday. I haven't received a confirmation on anything, (just an email saying thanks for your email) the money hasn't been taken from me yet, and after contacting other support, it says it will take at least 5 days, from the time that they take the money!
I have been kicking myself. I am such an idiot! In an annoyed stupor, I decided to register permanentprocrastination.net for no real reason whatsover, except for obviously to throw money at more things. (if you could see me, I'm shrugging really hard, at myself, in a mirror.)
Why?? So I have no idea when I am going to get given my .com back. Hopefully by the end of the month. If they don't take my $140 out by the end of this week, and start the do over process, they are going to get a very angry phone call.
After all this, if I had made this same error at Net Registry, the redemption fee would be $220. Maybe Crazy Domains isn't so bad afterall.
I'm writing this post, because I had no idea that the Redemption period was an official thing. I made an expensive mistake and now it's my turn to deal with it.
(Bloglovin' works again currently because I emailed them and had them change my url to my old one)
Had you heard about the redemption period for domains?
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