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What happens when a Domain Registar is down for months with no end in sight?

by usernamebias on 6/6/23, 9:51 PM with 7 comments

The registrar is Register.To -

Website has been showing same message for months.

Twitter account is silent since January.

What options do I have?

I would love to login and transfer my domains, but I am unable to login. Since page is completely down.

The TLD belong to the Republic of Tonga.

This is unprecedented. And I'm at a lost.

Do domains expire on said Registar regardless?

I have a very Profitable SaaS on a .To domain.

If it goes down , I'm looking at $10k/day in loss revenue.

  • by shagie on 6/6/23, 9:58 PM

    Contact the Tonga Network Information Center ( https://www.tonic.to ).

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.to#cite_ref-6

    > The .to registry allows the creation of emoji domain names. A former .to registrar, Register.TO, did support the search and registration of .to emoji domain names. Register.to is no longer an authorized registrar for .TO domain names when making a transaction. The death of its owner in early February 2023 was stated by the NIC of Tonga according to an online review.