Re: Renewal (or purchase) of .mu domain(s)

From: Benoit Gentil <benoit_at_fodytechnologies.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 00:11:10 +0400

Hi Nadim,

The 1 to 3-letters premium domains policy is applicable to new domain
names registered after mid-2014. Old registered domains are not
currently affected by this and I find this policy as unfair.

Premium domains cost 3,000 USD per year.

Best Regards,
Benoit

On 27/03/2015 23:29, Mohammad Nadim wrote:
> Hello Jochen,
>
> Can you tell us what type of domain you renewed ? I mean 2-letter,
> 3-letter, 4-letter or 4+ letter domain ?
>
> I suppose it's ios.mu <http://ios.mu>. I just did a whois
>
> $ whois ios.mu <http://ios.mu>
>
> Domain Name: ios.mu <http://ios.mu>
> Domain ID: 110429-CoCCA
> WHOIS Server:
> Referral URL:
> *Updated Date: 2015-03-27*T07:05:25.205Z
> Creation Date: 2008-03-28T09:35:10.386Z
> Registry Expiry Date: 2018-03-28T09:35:10.335Z
> Sponsoring Registrar: Register.mu
> Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID:
> Domain Status: ok
>
>
> So you paid around Rs2300 for a 3-letter .mu domain. Some weeks ago
> someone on this mailing list wrote, if I remember well, 3-letter
> domains are premium domains, meaning the cost must be higher than $64.
>
> How come you are paying $64 for a premium .mu domain ? Does it mean
> that Register.mu apply arbitrary pricing ?
>
> Regards,
>
> Nadim Attari
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 27 March 2015 at 11:19, Jochen Kirstätter <mscc_at_kirstaetter.name
> <mailto:mscc_at_kirstaetter.name>> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Both domains were set for expiry date of tomorrow.
> Just to let you know...
>
>> That was easy. Just renewed 2 .mu domains online. No change of
>> price, no extra fees, easy checkout.. All good!‪#‎Mauritius‬
>> <https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/mauritius?source=feed_text&story_id=10200649550238531>‪#‎ccTLD‬
>> <https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/cctld?source=feed_text&story_id=10200649550238531>‪#‎mu‬
>> <https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/mu?source=feed_text&story_id=10200649550238531>
>
> Registrar: register.mu <http://register.mu>
> Cost: 64.- USD / year (or approx. Rs. 2,300.-)
>
> Payment is possible via PayPal - which I did to pay by credit card
> -, cheque or bank transfer.
>
> --
> Kind regards, Jochen
>
> Founder of Mauritius Software Craftsmanship Community
> http://www.meetup.com/MauritiusSoftwareCraftsmanshipCommunity/
>
>
Received on Fri Mar 27 2015 - 20:11:32 PST

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