I'm a little concerned that OpenSRS has said that they plan to have RSP
transfers working within 30 days, but that there has been no discussion
of exactly how it will work.
I'd like to suggest that the mechanism NOT be offered as a separate
client option, but that OpenSRS simply integrate the changes into the
server-side process.
For example, I should be able to use the existing domain transfer client
functionality to transfer (and add a year to) any domain, whether it's
registered through NSI or another OpenSRS RSP. That is, as an RSP trying
to acquire the domain as a transfer, I should not have to know or care
whether it was originally registered with OpenSRS or another registrar.
In addition, the end-user approval process should look exactly the same,
so I can have one set of instructions that tell them what to expect.
Ideally, the transfer rules would be the same, too: no transfer within
the first 60 days, etc. This would be helpful to communicate the rules to
customers. (Without exception, my customers who originally registered
their domain with another OpenSRS RSP weren't aware of it, so asking them
to follow two sets of rules based on their status isn't going to work.)
Perhaps what I've described is exactly what's being planned; if so, it
would be nice if OpenSRS could tell us that. If this isn't what's being
planned, can you tell us the details of how it will work so that we can
discuss it and avoid a repeat of the surprises regarding renewals?
Thanks!
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Robert L Mathews, Tiger Technologies
