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If it's so important, why doesn't someone just pay the fee. Anyone with an interest.

Because unlike other registrars, GoDaddy only allows the domain registrant/owner to pay for the renewal.

That sounds harsh on GoDaddy's side. I wonder why they would do that? Usually, changes like this get implemented because of a big problem in the past.

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