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

From: Mohammad Nadim <nadim.attari_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 09:03:41 +0400

Hello,

I'm quoting Benoit's mail dated 17 September 2014 (see below)



On 28 March 2015 at 08:19, Jochen Kirstätter <mscc_at_kirstaetter.name> wrote:

> Hi Nadim,
>
> On 27/03/2015 23:29, Mohammad Nadim wrote:
>
> 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. I just
> did a whois
>
> So you paid around Rs2300 for a 3-letter .mu domain.
>
>
> Correct, USD 190 for 3 years to be precise.
>
> 1x 3-letter .mu domain
> 1x very long .mu domain
>
> Same price, no difference in handling.
>
> 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 ?
>
>
> I have no further information regarding the price policy except the
> official communique by NIC.mu which states there are no changes of prices
> [1].
>
> Nowhere did I read anything of hard proof coming from NIC.mu or IDL about
> those mysterious "premium" domains than what has been reported by some. But
> I have to admit that there might be some specialised handling as searches
> for 2-letter and 3-letter domains respond with "Not Available".
>
> Okay, the whois response has the explanation itself:
>
> TERMS OF USE: You are not authorized to access or query this WHOIS
> database through high-volume and automated electronic processes.
>
> *Domains up to 3 letters are premium domains and require a special
> registration process. Please contact your registrar for additional
> information.*
>
> Internet Direct Ltd makes every effort to maintain the completeness and
> accuracy of the WHOIS data, but cannot guarantee that the results are
> error-free. Therefore, any data provided through the WHOIS service are on
> an "as is" basis without any warranties.
>
>
> Some weeks back I sent some questions to support_at_register.mu asking for
> clarification on the price structure "as I heard rumours" which haven't
> been answered yet. I'll follow-up on that one.
>
> On 28/03/2015 00:11, Benoit Gentil wrote:
>
> 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.
>
>
> Do you have an exact date? Or reference online / offline?
>




On 17 September 2014 at 11:57, Benoit Gentil <benoit_at_fodytechnologies.com>
 wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> Actually the main issues that we are having with nic.mu is their lack
> of support and sudden change of rules without notice to registrars
> which are annoying our clients and ourselves.
>
> 1. We have sent several emails to support_at_nic.mu and remains
> unanswered for months till now. The phone number listed on the IANA page
> for .MU never answer.
> 2. They have suddenly changed the rule without given notice to registrars
> and now charge for 3000 + USD per domain per year for 1-3 letters domain
> names.
> 3. To restore a .MU when a domain name has been deleted, they are
> now charging 960+ EUR per restoration. And this is an automated process,
> no manual work necessary.
> 4. Most registries worldwide would charge only the renewal fee
> when transfering a domain name from another registrar but this is not
> the case for the .MU and they charge twice the price which in my opinion
> is to prevent competition between registrars which defeat the purpose of
> a shared registry system.
> 5. Expired domain names are not automatically deleted when expired,
> we have to do that manually. Note that they do have the option in
> the registry software (CoCCA) that they are using but they simply don't
> want to setup it.





Regards,
Nadim Attari
Received on Sat Mar 28 2015 - 05:04:00 PST