It happens with anyone. Bots track expirations and snatch them so that they can ransom them back to you for thousands - exactly as in OPs example.
AUTO RENEW. Auto-renew. Auto-renew is the way. The solution to this problem is Auto-renew.
Cool, thanks for the link!
Most registrars offer whois privacy protection which is a randomized forwarder, so if someone emails the contact it can get to you but none of your information is shown. Usually about $2 a year, don’t forget to auto-renew it.
Namecheap usually adds it for free for the initial registration period.
Calibre does all the management and conversion/reading/other but you have to do the initial work of cataloging them.
Afaik it won’t download covers. Maybe it does now, idk.
3 billion monthly active users? Bull. Bots maybe.
Never got over social-media-a**hole-gate.
Out of curiosity is there an equivalent SBC to this new 5 model out there?
Yeah, but also would be interested in how you put it together.