Karrine, from what the rep said, I can indeed "cancel" my domain, and it would become inactive, but it wouldn't be available again until it expires. So, if I wanted to keep CalistaSyn.com, I'd have to wait for it to expire next year. They have a LOT of SUPER fine print with their domain hosting services, so everyone reading, beware!
Thats why I decided to keep the domain active and have it redirect to my new site. That way, I'll know exactly the moment it becomes available and I can snag it again, and, anyone who is searching for me by that site, be it word of mouth or an old client will not lose me for a while. All in all it makes the transition a little smoother so it worked out in the end. Just wish escortsite hadn't been such dicks about the whole thing.
Originally Posted by Calista_Syn
Why don't you see if they will just sell you the domain name, of course they will charge you a pretty penny for it, they don't really need it or want it except to keep you paying for a site you're not using except to do a redirect. just google your old domain name, see everywhere your linking from and then go to those sites and change to your new domain name, now if you got a lot of post with links to your site, make new post with the new link., anyway since you're already doing a redirect to your new domain name you may not need the old one later, also just because the domain name expires doesn't mean you're going to get it, that domain name will be ripe for the picking by someone wanting to pick up expired domain names, if it's a popular name it may get snapped up before you have a chance to react.