Monthly Archives: May 2019

So…. well…. My old domain name, aleczan.com, which was 10 years old got outbidded by some asshole. I’ve been away from my PC and the internet for several weeks which happened to be the worst timing, ever. During that absence, my domain name contract with Godaddy expired. My brother had problem with his recurring automatic payment method and the website’s automated email sent to his mailbox was translated into Thai (WHY???) and got junked, so he never saw it. Then the window of cooldown period where we could renew the domain ownership had run out of time and boom, it was put on auction by Godaddy.

We were the only bidder and I was relaxed and assured. However, on the last day, a few hours before bidding ended, someone else started to compete the bid against us. There seemed to be 2 or 3 automatic bidders which kept bidding 5 USD higher than the last price. I cannot afford more than 100 USD so I decided to let it go.

I have no brain energy to figure out what’s next or what domain I should use instead, so for now I will use a temporary subdomain set by my friend.