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  "brand": "Dynadot",
  "record_state": "dated_official_observation",
  "retrieval_method": "Web reader; not logged-in Chrome or account verification",
  "checkout_tested": false,
  "redemption_verified": false,
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    {
      "url": "https://www.dynadot.com/help/question/com-registration-promotion/",
      "read_started_at": "2026-10-06T03:00:11Z",
      "read_finished_at": "2026-10-06T03:00:33Z",
      "page_updated_on": "2026-05-29",
      "coupon": "899COM",
      "currency": "USD",
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      "redemptions_per_account": "No stated count limit; finite promotion allocation",
      "ends_at": null,
      "deadline_wording": "No set end date; first come, first served",
      "first_year_registrar": "Unnamed partner registrar",
      "renewal_lock_days": 60,
      "renewal_triggers_transfer_to": "Dynadot",
      "auto_renew_settings_first_60_days": "Cannot change; follows account default",
      "first_year_sales_networks_unavailable": [
        "Afternic Fast Transfer",
        "Sedo MLS"
      ],
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        "No grace deletions",
        "WHOIS privacy enabled and unchangeable during first year",
        "No smart domain folders",
        "No DNSSEC"
      ],
      "abuse_route": "Partner registrar reviews first-year reports; Dynadot support can appeal after underlying issue is addressed; partner coordination takes longer. Following the lock and renewal into Dynadot, future matters handled directly by Dynadot.",
      "official_quote": "Enter promo code 899COM at checkout and your .COM registration will be reduced to $8.99 for the first year."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.dynadot.com/domain/com",
      "read_started_at": "2026-10-06T03:00:11Z",
      "read_finished_at": "2026-10-06T03:00:12Z",
      "quote": "Renewal Price (1 year) | $10.88",
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      "currency": "USD",
      "term_years": 1,
      "premium_domain_price_verified": false,
      "future_renewal_price_guaranteed": false,
      "tax_or_checkout_total_verified": false,
      "privacy_allowed": true,
      "privacy_fee_after_transfer_usd": 0,
      "forwarding_and_stealth_included": true,
      "renewal_quote": "Renewal Price (1 year) | $10.88"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.dynadot.com/blog/three-rs-registry-registrar-reseller",
      "read_started_at": "2026-10-06T02:41:02Z",
      "read_finished_at": "2026-10-06T02:41:03Z",
      "source_type": "General official explanatory blog; publication date not displayed in retrieved excerpt",
      "quote": "When you purchase a domain name through us, you are always the owner"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.dynadot.com/domain/security",
      "read_started_at": "2026-10-06T03:00:11Z",
      "read_finished_at": "2026-10-06T03:00:12Z",
      "privacy_fee_usd": 0,
      "condition": "Eligible domain registration or transfer to Dynadot; source describes free privacy for life",
      "registry_lock_pro_price_usd_per_year": 100,
      "registry_lock_is_separate_optional_addon": true,
      "promotion_specific_account_eligibility_tested": false,
      "privacy_quote": "Domain privacy protection is free for life with every eligible domain registration or transfer.",
      "free_privacy_price_quote": "Free Privacy + Account Security | Free | $0",
      "registry_lock_pro_price_quote": "Pro | $100.00 | /year"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.dynadot.com/help/question/what-is-forwarding",
      "read_started_at": "2026-10-06T03:00:11Z",
      "read_finished_at": "2026-10-06T03:00:12Z",
      "included_free_types": [
        "domain forwarding",
        "stealth forwarding",
        "email forwarding"
      ],
      "condition": "Domains registered or transferred to Dynadot",
      "promotion_partner_first_year_availability_verified": false,
      "forwarding_quote": "Dynadot provides all three forwarding types free of charge for domains you register or transfer to us."
    }
  ],
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    {
      "category": "individual_user_report",
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Domains/comments/1u061uq/did_dynadot_cancel_my_domain_and_claim_it_itself/",
      "thread_date": "2026-06-08",
      "date_basis": "User-supplied thread date; search excerpt dated June 8; page reader shows relative dates",
      "author": "disturbance_oki",
      "observed_update": "Domain registered in poster's account; poster says they are now the owner",
      "independently_verified": false
    },
    {
      "category": "forum_support_account_reply",
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Domains/comments/1remb4b/comment/o82g0mw/",
      "thread_date": "2026-02-25",
      "reply_date": "2026-03-01",
      "date_basis": "Search text dates; page reader shows relative dates",
      "account": "DynadotSupport",
      "account_authorization_independently_verified": false,
      "quote": "In Dynadot, we do not own domain names; instead, the domain owner lists them in our auction or user listing.",
      "official_website_policy": false
    },
    {
      "category": "single_source_user_report",
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/webhosting/comments/1wvnzga/dynadot_just_suspended_our_legitimate_saas_domain/",
      "thread_date": "2026-10-02",
      "date_basis": "User-supplied date; reader shows relative date",
      "author": "darko777",
      "independently_verified": false,
      "promotion_used_unknown": true,
      "claim_summary": "Alleged mistaken phishing suspension of SaaS domain; poster claims 500+ customers and transfer of 30+ domains to Porkbun.",
      "attribution_correction": "Hypotheticals quotation belongs to Fast_Current_3569 after a suggestion to contact Porkbun; it is not a verified Dynadot support response."
    }
  ],
  "forum_retrieval_started_at": "2026-10-06T02:39:30Z",
  "forum_retrieval_finished_at": "2026-10-06T02:39:31Z",
  "historical_promotion_used_as_current": false,
  "archive_policy": {
    "trigger": "Dynadot states allocation is exhausted or withdraws/removes promotion",
    "preserve": [
      "official wording",
      "source URL",
      "dated source-read timestamp"
    ],
    "this_is_editorial_policy": true
  }
}