This is news to me as well - the Registry is SUPPOSED to maintain the
current lifetime of the domain (you've already purchased the 'service' for
that...), and ADD a year ...
If this policy has changed I'm quite concerned - what's the charge for?
Can you please send me offlist an example domain?
The person at NetSol might have been misinformed - as the policy is at the
Registry level, the Registrar cannot affect that (being general here...)
Charles Daminato
Product Manager (ccTLDs)
Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of A. M. Salim
> Sent: January 25, 2001 7:19 PM
> To: OpenSRS Developers List
> Subject: Registry transfers lose remaining time now?
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Has the registry xfer policy changed regarding transfer of remaining time
> from NetSol to OpenSRS ?
>
> Up until now, any domain xfers I did from NetSol carried over the balance
> of time left with NetSol, and Tucows added one year to it.
>
> Apparently this has now changed.
>
> A client renewed a domain with NetSol (paid them $35 for 1 year), then did
> a registry xfer from NetSol to OpenSRS (adding another year, toal 2 years
> according to my simple math). The xfer went through OK but OpenSRS is
> showing the domain expires next year, not 2 years from now.
>
> How so?
>
> I called up NetSol and the person I spoke with adamantly insisted that
> this is correct: any domain xfer away from NetSol loses any time left on
> the domain. Apparently this is spelt out in their policy though I could
> not see where (nor could the NetSol person but she still adamantly
> insisted that that's the policy). I asked if this is new and did not get a
> straight answer.
>
> So Tucows folks, please help me out here, what is the real answer?
>
> Should we stop telling our clients that we will transfer the balance of
> the time remaining on their account ? When did this change anyway, and
> how come it changed so quietly? That was a big selling point for us. If
> this is true, did this happen on NetSol's request or Tucows request? I
> can't imagine NetSol benefits from this much, so if this is true, perhaps
> this was initiated by Tucows? And knowing Tucows, this would be way out
> of character for Tucows (but not NetSol) so I am really puzzled by all
> this ... H-E-L-P !!!
>
> best regards
> Mike Salim.
>
