Piwigo on a web host.

Well, it’s had the standard renewal rate since 2011.

I’m not even sure if there were any “premium domains” back then, and I doubt there were any on the .mu TLD.

Thank you so much for this! I hope it also applies to ccTLDs and not just gTLDs. I will be updating my support ticket with Gandi by sending them this link.

Minor update:

I found a page that says “…ICANN does not accredit registrars or set registration policies for ccTLDs. For details about ccTLD registration policies, you should contact the designated country code manager.”
https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/faqs-2014-01-21-en

And better contact info for the TLD operator. https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/mu.html

It’s a .mu domain.

You’re reminding me I did have a stray thought about seeing if there’s someone to complain to higher up than my registrar and the TLD operator. If there is, I doubt they’d give me the time of day unless I had the right lawyer, and that’s not going to happen. Especially not in less than ten days.

It’s seeming like incompetence. I’ve had more correspondence via my support ticket, but it’s been a lot of useless info from them before agreeing to do anything about it.

Currently, (after repeatedly asking) they’ve agreed to reach out to the TLD operator and see if I can get a grandfathered price. I’m not hopeful they’ll have an answer I like.

I keep realizing more and more ways the support response and the registrar was terrible. For example, the screenshot I included in the ticket shows just my domain name, but the link they sent said premium domains are labeled as premium. There’s no label in the screenshot. (And I’ll repeat again: the link was about registration—not renewal—of premium domains.).

And, I was not given a notification when this domain magically became premium. It was just mysteriously a new crazy price. A warning would have been even better, so I could at least do a ten-year registration at the old price. There was no communication at all about this change to my domain.

It’s probable neither Gandi nor the TLD operator give a fuck (which I suppose is extortion), and they just assume they’ll find someone willing to pay after I lose the domain, and that entity will be much more valuable than losing me as a customer.

I understand the curiosity, but I’d rather refrain from telling the domain name.

No worries. It was a good suggestion.

I wrote above that I tried a transfer, but it doesn’t seem to fix anything.

It seems like Gandi is pointing their finger at the TLD operator https://www.nic.mu/ as the source of the blame. It’s such bullshit if there’s no appeals process. I have two more domains with Gandi, and I’ll definitely be moving them since their help with this issue is insulting. The length of the registration and the 32x price increase in one year should have warranted a lot more care.

It’s so fucked up that there aren’t rules about this. Any TLD operator can just essentially pull the plug on a domain whenever it wants.

I wrote above that I already tried that, and it only saves $85.

The support person from Gandi wrote:

Hello,

It’s a premium domain, the premium is based on the registry: https://news.gandi.net/en/2020/05/whats-a-premium-domain-name/

The linked page does not explain how/why it would change to premium with no warning. It is really about registering a premium domain, not renewing. It does not offer any help. It’s blaming the TLD operator.

On https://www.nic.mu/contact/ I see no way to click anything to actually contact them. It seems to be saying my registrar should help me with specific domain questions. I have replied to the ticket with Gandi to ask for help with launching an appeal for the price.

So, what’s your body count?
Or do you just goad others into doing your dirty work?

Yeah, Texas is know for a dearth of guns.

ORCDMCASS

just rolls off the tongue

If I were leojr94, I’d be mad as hell about this impersonator soiling the good name of leojr94—most users probably don’t even notice the underscore.

If I were leojr94, I’d be mad as hell about this impersonator soiling the good name of leojr94—most users probably don’t even notice the underscore.

…and the American people are the citizens of Uvalde safe in their homes watching it live on their screens.

But complaining in another community about this community means /c/videos wouldn’t see the complaint.

!lostredditorsforLemmylol@lemmy.world