change the name of a bought domain

[unique karma]

I bought a domain but i dont like the name and want to change it. how do i do that without paying for it again? I have had it for about a month now.

[alpine snow]

You can't

[unique karma]

bruh seriously

[alpine snow]

That's how domains work?

[unique karma]

yeah but they cant just change the name of the domain that was leased out

i paid them for a domain, i should be able to change the domain name at no or very little extra cost unless its a different .domain (like changing from .com to .net)

[alpine snow]

I'm not sure what to tell you? I don't think I know of any registrar that allows you to do that

[unique karma]

well alright i guess

nevermind

[iron hinge]

it's not "leasing", registrars pay fees (CF has no extra fees, they just charge you what the registry charges them) to the registry (owner of com/net) and register a domain

well maybe leasing isn't that bad of a way to describe it, but leasing implies a sort of flexibility "just lease me something else". ICANN is the non-profit who sets all the rules on domains and procedures, a "name change procedure" simply doesn't exist, probably concerned about abuse and such as well. All CF does is interact with the Registry's APIs and can perform specific actions (like registering, updating, etc). It's all very controlled and defined by ICANN. The most a registrar could do is buy the other domain for you

[fallen monolith]

did you seriously do zero research before purchasing a domain

this has never worked and never will work

[thorny thorn]

Be nice

[fallen monolith]

I am