The gaining registrar is explicitly required to confirm this.
Regards,
sA
At 10:19 AM 4/19/01 -0400, Michael Brody wrote:
>As long as the domain can be transferred and only to the same owner, and
>not "registered" by another
>entity, I dont want to restrice my customers but also at the same time I
>want to protect the customers who wait till the 13th hour to renew their
>domains.
>
>michael
>
>
>
>On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Scott Allan wrote:
>
> > Howdy -
> >
> > Our current policy on expired (as in, from Day 0 to Day -40) names is that
> > they cannot be transferred to another registrar until they are renewed. We
> > are considering revising this policy, and we would like your input to help
> > us make our decision.
> >
> > History:
> >
> > The basic history is that NSI (the registrar) would not allow the transfer
> > of expired names to another registrar. We historically viewed this as poor,
> > since (we thought, and we're sure you'd agree) that NSI had no claim to
> that
> > renewal money simply because the name had expired and the registrant had
> > failed to transfer it away first. We felt that customers still ought to be
> > able to transfer the name elsewhere if they wanted to.
> >
> > Proposal for consideration:
> >
> > We propose to allow expired names to be transferred away from OpenSRS while
> > expired.
> >
> > Rational/Considerations:
> >
> > - registrants ultimately will want this freedom
> > - this is the most fair business practice (we like to be fair)
> > - this differs from NSI's policies (and likely other Registrars as
> > well)...which would mean that while we cannot benefit financially from
> this
> > (except
> > perhaps in recognition of our overarching fairness)
> > - if we force registrants to renew these names through our channel, there
> > will be some extra renewals, however, this will possibly leave a bitter
> taste
> > in the registrants mouth, and will likely consume resources by
> > explaining/defending
> > this restriction to them
> >
> > That's basically the issue. Please, discuss, comment, challenge or
> > champion...
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > sA
> > Scott Allan
> > Director OpenSRS
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
Scott Allan
Director OpenSRS
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
