Hello,

I want to know more about possible deletion of a registered doman name without any reason. Assume just the registrar decide to usurp a right of given good name registered by an customer. One of my friends have read service agrements of many registrars.
This is an example he gave me:

"We, in our sole discretion, reserve the right to refuse to register or reserve your chosen domain name or register you for other **********.com services, or to delete your domain name within thirty (30) calendar days from receipt of your payment for such services. In the event we do not register or reserve your domain name or register you for other **********.com services, or we delete your domain name within such thirty (30) calendar day period, we agree to refund your applicable fees. You agree that we shall not be liable to you for loss or damages that may result from our refusal to register or reserve, or delete your domain name or register you for other **********.com services..."

They can to delete your registered name (within thirty (30) calendar days) even without any reason!

Please do the comment of above.

To be honest, if you care to read the terms and conditions of almost ANYTHING you bought in the past 6 months, you will find that you have already sold your soul to the devil. Seriously though, it depends on whether it's a buyer or seller's market. ;)

Originally posted by ultimateuser
Hello,

I want to know more about possible deletion of a registered doman name without any reason. Assume just the registrar decide to usurp a right of given good name registered by an customer. One of my friends have read service agrements of many registrars.

This is an example he gave me:

"We, in our sole discretion, reserve the right to refuse to register or reserve your chosen domain name or register you for other **********.com services, or to delete your domain name within thirty (30) calendar days from receipt of your payment for such services. In the event we do not register or reserve your domain name or register you for other **********.com services, or we delete your domain name within such thirty (30) calendar day period, we agree to refund your applicable fees. You agree that we shall not be liable to you for loss or damages that may result from our refusal to register or reserve, or delete your domain name or register you for other **********.com services..."

They can to delete your registered name (within thirty (30) calendar days) even without any reason!

Please do the comment of above.

The one you described above is more or less their right of refusal,
most especially handy if your country of origin happens to be in
their blacklist.

There's always the very slim chance that a registration may fail
due to a technical glitch, however unintended or unwanted it may
be. If that happens, the least "fair" thing they can do is refund the
money.

I once read in a horror stories site dedicated to NSI about a guy
from Libya (I think) who registered a name thru them. But NSI
deleted the name for some reason (most likely from a blacklisted
country), never told him why, but refunded his money instead.

The Libyan was about to re-register the name but was already
taken somewhere else. So he held NSI liable for it and for the
potential loss of business he was all set to put into action.

As if NSI or any company owed him anything.

The top registrars aren't stupid enough to delete a domain name
without a valid reason. Reasons range from invalid WHOIS info
to a court order to even outright fraud.

Unfortunately I don't know if they'll tell you why, even if you feel
they're "obligated" to. That's why it's important to stay on top of
things as often as you can.

Now, there's always the possibility there's a registrar out there
who may have done so. If that's the case, be damn sure to gather
all relevant evidence and take it to the next level in case it won't
be resolved by the registrar in question.