Internetting is haaard! (Help me with my website, please?)

[ringwraith10]

Okay, this is a problem, but I don't think it's bad enough to go in WYP... I seriously don't understand domains, servers, and other things important to maintaining a website and I need help! I have a website (or did) which is basically just a blog with a domain that I purchased a year ago. It's hosted by Blogger, and I bought the domain from Google (Blogger's parent company). Back when I purchased the domain it cost only $12 for the year. Now the year is up and Google is saying that I have to pay $112 to re-instate my domain (I accidentally let it lapse because I didn't see the email from Google saying it was time to pay). Google is not explaining anywhere what the extra $100 is for, so I feel like I am maybe being bamboozled in some way... Can anyone provide some advice on this matter? I don't want to pay a whole $100 without knowing why I'm paying it. Does anyone else have their own domain? How do you host it and how much does it cost you?

Thank you in advance for your help!

[Kiwi]

Looks like you are more than 30 days past due, and have to pay a restoration fee.
https://support.google.com/domains/answer/3260599?hl=en&ref_topic=3314005

[ringwraith10]

Looks like you are more than 30 days past due, and have to pay a restoration fee.
https://support.google.com/domains/answer/3260599?hl=en&ref_topic=3314005

Okay, I couldn't find that help page. That explains the extra amount! Weird how it says that I should get three emails but I only got one (and it didn't make it to my main inbox).

Does anyone else use a domain registration service that is possibly more reliable? I don't know if there's a way to change who you're registered with once you have the domain, though...

[kaoskat]

Not me but I can give this a bump!

[Lore-Lei]

Google is not explaining anywhere what the extra $100 is for, so I feel like I am maybe being bamboozled in some way...

Ugh, that's Google for you. Just copy-pasted automated messages with no chance of you talking to a human being. I'm staying at free services just for this.

[melodys_angel]

Sounds like you might beable to fight it IF you can get through to a real person.

A breach in ToS on their part, maybe?

[ringwraith10]

Sounds like you might beable to fight it IF you can get through to a real person.

A breach in ToS on their part, maybe?

I can certainly give it a try! I'm terrified of calling customer support places these days, though, ever since someone hardcore yelled at me when I called Windstream's customer support (I do NOT use Windstream anymore, that's for sure!).