Ryan McFarland

Every now and then i receive a mailing from Domain Registry of America (they are such a shady company i will not link to their site).  The top right of the sheet they mail out says “Domain Name Expiration Notice” and the bottom is a tear-off portion with a spot to fill in your credit card number and check off how long you want your domain name renewed.  Because domain name owners have their mailing address listed openly, anyone can search records and see where to mail you things.  DRoA takes advantage of that and bulk mails out notices like these that look like a renewal bill.  They do say in the text “When you switch today…” but they also have “Failure to renew your domain…” as well as telling you the date that your registration expires.  They actually are not very good at making sure that the expiration date is correct.  I received one for a domain that is good for another 6 years.  Their rates are horribly high.  They charge $30 for a one year registration.  There is no reason to pay more than $10 per year - considerably less if you register for more than one year.  Unfortunately, DRoA does not include an envelope with pre-paid postage.  If they did i would probably glue the envelope to a box full of gravel and mail it back to them.  They just prey on organizations that have a person that pays bills that arrive and that does not have a connection to the tech-end of the operations.  SEAtrails was duped by them years ago.