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]
>
