Domain Name Registration Agreement
This Domain Name Registration Agreement ("Agreement") is by and between Global Domains
International, Inc. a California corporation, ("GDI") and you, your heirs, agents, successors and assigns
("You"), and is made effective as of the date of electronic execution. This Agreement sets forth the terms
and conditions of Your use of GDI's Domain Name Registration and represents the entire agreement
between You and GDI. By participating in this transaction, You acknowledge that You have read,
understand and agree to be bound by all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including our
dispute policy and the ICANN Transfer Dispute Resolution Policy along with any new, different or
additional terms, conditions or policies.
In addition to transactions entered into by You on Your behalf, You also agree to be bound by the terms
of this Agreement for transactions entered into on Your behalf by anyone acting as Your Agent, and
transactions entered into by anyone who uses the account You've established with GDI, whether or not
the transactions were in Your behalf. You acknowledge that GDI's acceptance of any application made by
You for services provided by GDI will take place at GDI's offices located in Carlsbad, California, USA.
You acknowledge that GDI is a registrar bound by an agreement between GDI and ICANN. You agree
that GDI may modify this agreement in order to comply with applicable law and the terms and conditions
set forth by the ICANN and/or the Registry Administrator chosen by ICANN, as well as any registration
rules or policies that may be published from time to time by GDI.
1. Fees
In consideration for the services and products ("service") purchased by You and provided to You by GDI,
You agree to pay GDI at the time service is provided. Payment is to be made by You by providing one of
the following: a valid credit card, PayPal, Bank Wire (collectively, the "Payment Method"). You
understand that ICANN requires GDI to collect a small registration fee when You purchase Your domain
name registration. You agree to pay such fees. Payments are non-refundable. Processing fees collected
are non-refundable. If for any reason GDI is unable to charge Your Payment Method for the full amount
owed GDI for the service provided, or if GDI is charged a penalty for any fee it previously charged to
Your Payment Method, You agree that GDI may pursue all available remedies in order to obtain payment.
You agree that among the remedies GDI may pursue in order to effect payment, shall include but will not
be limited to, immediate cancellation without notice to You of any domain names registered or renewed
on Your behalf. GDI reserves the right to charge a reasonable service fee for administrative tasks outside
the scope of its regular services. These include, but are not limited to, customer service issues that
cannot be handled over email but require personal service, and disputes that require legal services.
These charges will be billed to the Payment Method we have on file for You. You may change Your
Payment Method at any time by logging into Your Member's Area and selecting Preferred Payment.
2. Domain Name Expiration and Renewals
When You register a domain name, automatic renewal is the default setting, which You must deactivate if
You do not want Your domain name(s) to be automatically renewed. Unless You disable the automatic
renewal option, GDI will automatically renew any domain name that is up for renewal and will take
payment from the Payment Method You have on file with GDI, at GDI's then current rates. Domain name
renewals will be non-refundable. If for any reason GDI is not able to take the payment from the Payment
Method You have on file, and You fail to respond to our notices, Your domain name registration will
expire. It is Your responsibility to keep Your Payment Method information current, which includes the
expiration date if you are using a credit card. If You do not elect that the domain name be automatically
renewed, You have the responsibility of manually implementing the renewal by the expiration date
(should You in fact want the domain name to be renewed). If You fail to manually implement the renewal
before the expiration date, the domain name will be cancelled and You will no longer have use of that
name.
Pending expiration notices will be sent by email to the registered name holder a minimum of two times:
approximately one month prior to expiration and approximately one week prior to expiration.
You agree that GDI will not be responsible for cancelled domain names that You fail to renew, either
automatically or manually in the timeframes indicated in this Agreement. In any case, if You fail to renew
Your domain name in a timely fashion, additional charges may apply.
Expired domains will have their existing DNS interrupted and may be redirected to a parking page.
Expired domains, prior to deletion, may be renewed for a standard renewal fee. Non-renewed domains
with standard domain lifecycles like .com and .net will be deleted between 30 and 40 days after their
expiration. Some TLDs have non-standard domain lifecycles and the domains are noted in the My
Domains and Renewals sections of your account by an asterisk (*) in the Expiration column. Domains
in TLDs with non-standard domain lifecycles will be renewed and deleted according to the following:
Domains in the .am TLD will renew 35 days ahead of the actual expiration date at the registry.
Domains not renewed will be deleted 4 days before the actual expiration date.
Domains in the .ac, .io, and .sh TLDs will renew at the actual expiration date at the registry.
Domains not renewed will be deleted 30 days after the actual expiration date.
Domains in the .ai TLD will renew 35 days ahead of the actual expiration date at the registry.
Domains not renewed will be deleted 4 days before the actual expiration date.
Domains in the .co TLD will renew 35 days ahead of the actual expiration date at the registry.
Domains not renewed will be deleted 2 days after the actual expiration date.
Domains in the .cx TLD will renew 45 days ahead of the actual expiration date at the registry.
Domains not renewed will be deleted 10 days before the actual expiration date.
Domains in the .eu TLD will renew 35 days ahead of the actual expiration date at the registry.
Domains not renewed will be deleted 3 days before the actual expiration date.
Domains in the .nl TLD will renew 35 days ahead of the actual expiration date at the registry.
Domains not renewed will be deleted 3 days before the actual expiration date.
Domains in the .ru TLD will renew 35 days ahead of the actual expiration date at the registry.
Domains not renewed will be deleted 5 days before the actual expiration date.
Domains in the .si TLD will renew 35 days ahead of the actual expiration date at the registry.
Domains not renewed will be deleted 5 days before the actual expiration date.
Domains in the .st TLD will renew 60 days ahead of the actual expiration date at the registry.
Domains not renewed will be deleted 28 days before the actual expiration date.
Domains in the .uk TLD will renew 30 days ahead of the actual expiration date at the registry.
Domains not renewed will be deleted 21 days after the actual expiration date.
NOTE: The date shown in the expiration date columns of in the My Domains and Renewals section of
your account is the date DCC will attempt autorenewal if turned on. If you have autorenewal turned off,
the date shown in the expiration column is the date you should renew your domain(s) by if you wish to
keep it.
All domain renewals will be subject to the terms of this Agreement, as it may be amended from time to
time, and you acknowledge and agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement (as amended) for all
renewed domains. If GDI is not able to take the payment from the Payment Method you have on file
your domain name registration will expire. It is your responsibility to keep your Payment Method
information up to date. If your domain is not set to autorenew, failure to manually implement the
renewal before the date shown in the expiration date column within your account will cause the domain
to be cancelled and you will no longer have use of that name.
If Your .com or .net domain is deleted, the Registry also provides a 30-day Redemption Grace Period
during which You may pay GDI a redemption fee and redeem Your domain name. The redemption fee is
currently $40 USD for .com and most other TLDs (price may vary for specific TLDs) and is subject to
change under the terms of Section 2 of this Agreement. If You do not redeem Your domain name prior to
the end of the Registry’s Redemption Grace Period the Registry will release Your name and it will become
available for registration on a first-come-first-served basis. In the event of a conflict between this
paragraph and the Registry's terms, the Registry's terms shall control. If your domain is deleted and not a
.com or net and you would like to redeem it, send an email to Support@DomainCostClub.com to inquire
the Redemption Fee (varies across TLD registries).
3. Term of Agreement; Modifications
The term of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect as long as You have any domain name
registered through GDI. You agree that You will not transfer any domain name registered through GDI to
another domain name registrar during the first sixty (60) days from its initial registration date.
You agree that GDI may modify this Agreement from time to time. GDI may also discontinue services it
provides under this Agreement. You agree to be bound by any changes GDI may reasonably make to this
Agreement when such changes become effective. Should You elect to cancel Your Agreement with GDI,
You will not receive a refund for any fees You may have paid to GDI.
You agree that GDI shall not be bound by any representations made by third parties who You may use to
purchase services from GDI, and that any statements of a general nature, which may be posted on GDI's
web site or be contained in GDI's promotional materials, will not bind GDI.
4. Up to Date Information; Use of Information and Expiration
You agree to notify GDI within five (5) business days when any of the information You provided as part
of the application and/or registration process changes. It is Your responsibility to keep this information in
a current and accurate status. Failure by You, for whatever reason, to provide GDI with accurate and
reliable information on an initial and continual basis, shall be considered to be a material breach of this
Agreement. Failure by You, for whatever reason, to respond within five (5) business days to any inquiries
made by GDI to determine the validity of information provided by You, shall also be considered to be a
material breach of this Agreement. You agree to retain a copy for Your record of the receipt for purchase
of Your domain name.
You agree that for each domain name registered by You, the following contact data is required: postal
address, email address, telephone number, and if available, a facsimile number for the registered name
holder and, if different from the registered name holder, the same contact information for, a technical
contact, an administrative contact and a billing contact.
You acknowledge and agree that domain name registration requires that this contact information, in
whole or in part, be shared with the registry operator. As required by ICANN, this information must also
be made publicly available by means of Whois, and that the registry operator may also be required to
make this information publicly available by Whois. Both GDI and the registry operator may be required to
archive this information with a third party escrow service. You hereby consent and give permission for all
such requirements and disclosures. Further, You represent and warrant that, if You are providing
information about a third party, You have notified the third party of the disclosure and the purpose for
the disclosure and You have obtained the third party's consent to such disclosure.
Any Registered Name Holder that intends to license use of a domain name to a third party is nonetheless
the Registered Name Holder of record and is responsible for providing its own full contact information
and for providing and updating accurate technical and administrative contact information adequate to
facilitate timely resolution of any problems that arise in connection with the Registered Name. A
Registered Name Holder licensing use of a Registered Name according to this provision shall accept
liability for harm caused by wrongful use of the Registered Name, unless it discloses the current contact
information provided by the licensee and the identity of the licensee within seven (7) days to a party
providing the Registered Name Holder reasonable evidence of actionable harm.
Registrar shall agree that it will not process the Personal Data collected from the Registered Name Holder
in a way incompatible with the purposes and other limitations about which it has provided notice to the
Registered Name Holder.
Registrar shall agree that it will take reasonable precautions to protect Personal Data from loss, misuse,
unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
You agree that for each domain name registered by You the following information will be made publicly
available in the Whois directory as determined by ICANN Policy and may be sold in bulk as set forth in
the ICANN agreement:
The domain name
Your name and postal address
The email address, postal address, voice and fax numbers for technical and administrative contacts
The Internet protocol numbers for the primary and secondary name servers
The corresponding names of the name servers; and
The original date of registration and expiration date
You agree that, to the extent permitted by ICANN, GDI may make use of the publicly available
information You provided during the registration process. If You engage in the reselling of domain names
You agree to provide any individuals whose personal information You've obtained, information about the
possible uses of their personal information pursuant to ICANN policy. You also agree to obtain consent,
and evidence of consent, from those individuals for such use of the personal information they provide.
5. Dispute Resolution Policy
You agree to be bound by our current Dispute Resolution Policy. This policy is incorporated herein and
made a part of this Agreement. You can view the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy online.
You agree that GDI may from time to time modify its Dispute Resolution Policy. GDI will post any
changes to its Dispute Resolution Policy at least thirty (30) days before they become effective. You agree
that by maintaining Your domain name registrations with GDI after the updated policy becomes effective
that You agree to the Dispute Resolution policy as amended. You agree to review GDI's web site
periodically to determine if changes have been made to the Dispute Resolution Policy. If You cancel Your
Agreement with GDI as a result of the modified Dispute Resolution policy, no fees will be refunded to
You.
You agree that if a dispute arises as a result of one (1) or more domain names You have registered using
GDI, You will indemnify, defend and hold GDI harmless as provided for in this Agreement. You also agree
that if GDI is notified that a complaint has been filed with a governmental, administrative or judicial body,
regarding a domain name registered by You using GDI, that GDI, in its sole discretion, may take
whatever action GDI deems necessary regarding further modification, assignment of and/or control of the
domain name deemed necessary to comply with the actions or requirements of the governmental,
administrative or judicial body until such time as the dispute is settled. In this event You agree to hold
GDI harmless for any action taken by GDI.
For the adjudication of disputes concerning or arising from use of the Registered Name, the Registered
Name Holder shall submit, without prejudice to other potentially applicable jurisdictions, to the
jurisdiction of the courts (1) of the Registered Name Holder's domicile and (2) where Registrar is located.
6. Transfer of Domain Names; Resale Practices
If You transfer any domain name, You agree to provide the information required by, and to abide by, the
procedures and conditions set forth in our Domain Name Transfer Agreement . You may view the latest
version of our Domain Name Transfer Agreement online. In order to further protect Your domain, any
domain registered with GDI or transferred to GDI shall be placed on lock status. The domain must be
placed on unlock status in order to initiate a transfer of the domain name away from GDI to a new
Registrar. You may log into Your account with GDI at any time after Your domain name has been
successfully transferred to GDI, and change the status to unlock.
In the event You are purchasing a domain name on behalf of a third party, You agree to inform any
customer of Yours, who may be acquiring a domain name through You using GDI's registration services,
that they are in fact registering their domain name through GDI and that GDI is an accredited registrar
with ICANN. You agree not to represent that You are an ICANN accredited registrar or that You are in
any way providing superior access to the ICANN Domain Name Registry. You also agree not to use the
ICANN trademark logo in any of Your promotional materials including Your web site.
You agree to obtain each of Your customers' acceptances of GDI's then current Domain Registration
Agreement, and to retain evidence of their acceptance for a period of not less than three (3) years.
Should You require that Your customers accept additional terms and conditions that are not required by
GDI, You agree that such additional terms and conditions shall not conflict with GDI's Domain
Registration Agreement and the policies and business procedures adopted by ICANN.
You agree that GDI is not lending You access to its registrar connections or its registry access, nor will
You be deemed to be a registrar in Your own right. Furthermore, You agree You will not attempt to gain
access to GDI's registrar connections or registry access. You agree to provide complete, accurate and
current data for each registrant to be added to a registry in accordance with ICANN requirements for
inclusion in the Whois database.
You agree to provide Your customers with adequate customer support, and to maintain contact with
them with regard to providing a medium for them to communicate changes in the information they
provided as part of the domain name registration process. Upon receiving corrected or updated
information You will, within five (5) business days, provide such information to GDI so GDI may update
its registration records. You will retain copies of all communications between You and Your customers
and will upon request provide GDI copies of same.
You agree that any domain pushes performed within your account that move a domain from your
account to another are not reversible once the push has been completed. A domain push does not
change the expiration date of a domain, only the domain owner.
7. Suspension of Services; Breach of Agreement
You agree that, in addition to other events set forth in this Agreement:
1. Your ability to use any of the services provided by GDI is subject to cancellation or suspension in the
event there is an unresolved breach of this Agreement and/or suspension or cancellation is required by
any policy now in effect or adopted later by ICANN;
2. Your registration of any domain names shall be subject to suspension, cancellation or transfer
pursuant to any ICANN adopted specification or policy, or pursuant to any GDI procedure not inconsistent
with an ICANN adopted specification or policy (a) to correct mistakes by GDI or the registry operator in
registering any domain name; or (b) for the resolution of disputes concerning any domain name.
You agree that Your failure to comply completely with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and
any GDI rule or policy may be considered by GDI to be a material breach of this Agreement and GDI may
provide You with notice of such breach either in writing or electronically (i.e. email). In the event You do
not provide GDI with material evidence that You have not breached Your obligations to GDI within ten
(10) business days, GDI may terminate its relationship with You and take any remedial action available to
GDI under the applicable laws. Such remedial action may be implemented without notice to You and may
include, but is not limited to, cancelling the registration of any of Your domain names and discontinuing
any services provided by GDI to You. No fees will be refunded to You should Your Agreement be
cancelled or services be discontinued because of a breach.
GDI's failure to act upon or notify You of any event, which may constitute a breach, shall not relieve You
from or excuse You of the fact that You have committed a breach.
8. Restriction of Services; Right of Refusal
You agree not to use the services provided by GDI, or to allow or enable others, to use the services
provided by GDI for the purposes of:
The transmission of unsolicited email (Spam); and
Repetitive, high volume inquiries into any of the services provided by GDI (i.e. domain name
availability, etc.).
If You are hosting Your domain's domain name servers ("DNS") on GDI's servers, or are using our
systems to forward a domain, URL, or otherwise to a system or site hosted elsewhere, or if You have
Your domain name registered with GDI, You are responsible for ensuring there is no excessive
overloading on GDI's DNS systems. You may not use GDI's servers and Your domain as a source,
intermediary, reply to address, or destination address for mail bombs, Internet packet flooding, packet
corruption, or other abusive attack. Server hacking or other perpetration of security breaches is
prohibited. You agree that GDI reserves the right to deactivate Your domain name from its DNS system if
GDI deems it is the recipient of activities caused by Your site that threaten the stability of its network.
You agree that GDI, in its sole discretion and without liability to You, may refuse to accept the
registration of any domain name. GDI also may in its sole discretion and without liability to You delete
the registration of any domain name during the first thirty (30) days after registration has taken place.
GDI may also cancel the registration of a domain name, after thirty (30) days, if that name is being used,
as determined by GDI in its sole discretion, in association with spam or morally objectionable activities.
Morally objectionable activities will include, but not be limited to:
activities designed to defame, embarrass, harm, abuse, threaten, slander or harass third parties;
activities prohibited by the laws of the United States and/or foreign territories in which You
conduct business;
activities designed to encourage unlawful behavior by others, such as hate crimes, terrorism and
child pornography;
activities that are tortious, vulgar, obscene, invasive of the privacy of a third party, racially,
ethnically, or otherwise objectionable;
activities designed to impersonate the identity of a third party; and
activities designed to harm or use unethically minors in any way.
In the event GDI refuses a registration or deletes an existing registration during the first thirty (30) days
after registration, You will receive a refund of any fees paid to GDI in connection with the registration
either being cancelled or refused. In the event GDI deletes the registration of a domain name being used
in association with spam or morally objectionable activities, no refund will be issued.
9. Provisions Specific to All Registrations
You agree to be bound by the rules, policies, and agreements of each Registry from which You purchase
a domain registration, which may include, but are not limited to, Top Level Domain Registries and Second
Level Domain Registries.
10. Provisions Specific to .COM and .NET registrations
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the .COM .and NET Registry Operator, VeriSign, Inc.,
and its directors, officers, employees, agents, and affiliates from and against any and all claims,
damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees and expenses arising out of or
relating to the Registered Name holder's domain name registration.
11. Provisions Specific to .ORG registrations
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the .ORG Registry Operator, Public Interest Registry,
and its subcontractors, shareholders, directors, officers, employees, agents, and affiliates from and
against any and all claims, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees and
expenses arising out of or relating to the Registered Name holder's domain name registration. This
indemnification requirement shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement.