Quest for the True North

This site is under renovation.

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I moved yet again. My domain expired, thanks to my webhost, who didn’t renew it with the domain registrar even though I had already renewed it with them. It was already too late when I found out. By then the domain had already entered the redemption period, and per ICANN rule, domain owners have to pay a whopping $120-$150 to redeem their domains. I won’t pay that much for a domain.

My second option was to wait until the redemption period ends. That’s when the domain is released back to the web and the price goes back to normal, but it takes 75 days. I can’t wait that long. I’ve lost a lot during the long downtimes of my server this year. The site was down for almost a month straight in March, and I am paying all the while for the host. Besides, there is no assurance that I could get the domain back. Who knows domain parkers would get to it first before I could, or the registrar could auction it.

So, I decided to just buy another domain, even though it meant starting from scratch. My files had to be moved, and during the process some files got corrupted. I’m done fixing the theme, but I’ve yet to fix the broken links and corrupted photos. My backups are stored on my laptop, which also broke down two weeks ago.

Yeah, when it rains, it pours. What makes me mad is that I tried to transfer to another registrar last March, but they kept declining the transfer, although I had every right to move as the domain registrant. I cannot comprehend why anyone would decline a client’s request to transfer. It took time, so I renewed with them finally, even though I hated their service. I wanted the site to be back up the soonest. And this is what happens.

My new webhost said I could sue my old webhost, but, bah, legal proceedings are costly, and in my opinion, a waste of time. I’ll just leave it all to karma. I hope their business dies soon.