Re: Renewal of svlug.org domain

On 08/03/2016 02:05 PM, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Steve Litt ([email protected]):
>
>> Is there a place I can Paypal $16.50 to go into adding a year? If I do
>> that and five other people do that, svlug.org is good out to 8/1/2022.
>> By that time it's possible LUGs as we know them will be irrelevant
>> (though I hope that's not the case).
> I've just [re-]checked this[1], and I yes.
>
> 1.  Create a joker.com customer login.  Login as that customer.
> 2.  On the navbar, pick Domains, Renew.  This takes you to a 'Renew
>      Your Domains' screen.
> 3.  The trick to this screen is to ignore the left side of the window
>      where you can use a 'Filter name' widget to select a domain.
>      This apparently is intended as a picker among domains already
>      associated with the current login.  Instead, use the 'Simple Renewal'
>      function on the right-hand side.  Type 'svlug.org' into the
>      fill-in field, and press the 'Simple Renewal' button.
>
> Doing this takes you to a 'Payment Information' screen, where you
> hand over filthy lucre in some fashion, and proclaim who you are to the
> banks, and like that.  Payment options are:
>
> o  VISA
> o  Master / Euro Card
> o  American Express
> o  PayPal
> o  ELV
>
> (Elektronisches Lastschriftverfahren aka ELV turns out to be an electronic
> debit payment method used by banks in Germany.)
>
> The 'Simple Renewal' feature appears to be fixed at a single year, which
> fortunately is what you're seeking.
OK, that worked as described;-)

Thanks,
-- Marco

>
>
> As an aside, there's a _lot_ of variation among registrars in countless
> weird little ways, and one of the stranger ones is that many do _not_
> permit just anyone to renew someone else's domain.  This is truly
> bizarre, because, basically, why not?  It's in the registrar's interest
> to offer this ability, _and_ in the interest of the registrar's
> customers, but many of them nonetheless don't.
>
> Joker.com's willingness to accept renewals from anyone is one of the
> reasons SVLUG uses that excellent Düsseldorf-based company, by the way.
>
> Thank you for your support of SVLUG.
>
>
> [1] From time to time, registrars revamp _how_ they support critical
> customer functions, which can be a little crazy-making, but one learns
> to re-check at intervals.
>
>
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