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Since Register.com has been losing the domain name registration war, to discounters like GoDaddy.com, they have decided to take it out on their current customers, by charging an outrageous sum of $200 to transfer a domain that was registered by them. Other companies like GoDaddy do not charge for a transfer (and neither did Register.com until recently). It is a vain attempt to trap their customers, and can be circumvented by putting a backordered domain registration thru companies like GoDaddy (for $18.95), and then letting the domain expire. There is a slight chance that you may lose the domain name, but I’d rather take that risk, then fork over the $200 ransom Register.com is asking from their customers.
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