this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2023
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[–] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How bad could the bill have been? Was there any prior mention of server costs/donations before this?

[–] jsveiga@feddit.nl 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don't think it is a payment issue. At least in Brazil (where I live), a registration (which can be done directly with the .br registrar, not necessarily third parties) costs less than 10 USD a year.

vlemmy.net was registered less than 2 months ago, for 5 years. I suppose (hope) it was already paid for 5 years.

it's strange that it's parked at a dynamic dns service though

[–] coldhotman@nrsk.no 7 points 1 year ago

it’s strange that it’s parked at a dynamic dns service though

Not if someone's self-hosting from home...

[–] CannedTuna@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

I know I’ve forgotten to turn on auto-renew on a domain before. It sucks and caused a lapse. I think most registrars have a cooldown period where you can pay a fee to get your domain back before they release it back into the general pool. It’s usually like 90 days or something.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, I just thought perhaps it was part of a packaged deal or something. You can get a dot com for about that much. I can't imagine .net is much more.