ST
As I said in my previous email to everyone...and just to confirm - the
registry changed the timelines only this week. They have communicated Sept
25th to us throughout the process until just this week when they mentioned
the 17th.
September 17, 2001 is the last day that NeuLevel will be accepting domain
name applications. Technically the period still goes until September 25,
2001. The reason why NeuLevel has included the 8 day buffer is because they
are allowing any registrants that have filed a domain name application with
an IP Claim against it to confirm that they do not wish to proceed with
registering the domain. Even though, in theory, they will get this message
prior to the 17th most likely. And again, just to reiterate - the domain
application fee is still non-refundable regardless of the decision of the
registrant.
So, with regards to your statement below, you are still looking at a
definitive date of September 25. The registry will officially bill Tucows
for the successful domains on October 1, 2001 at which point Tucows will
debit reseller accounts for the appropriate amount. Again, if resellers do
not have sufficient funds to cover the successful domain applicaitons, the
domains will be placed 'on hold' and resellers will have 7 days to 'top-up'
their account.
Rick
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of ST
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 1:52 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Charles Daminato
Subject: RE: New .Biz Timeline (was Biz Application Error?)
Hi,
Unfortunately, the new timeline IS a big deal, that could
effect resellers, registrars, and NueLevel alike. Below is
an excerpt from an e-mail I sent Rick, which explains why.
<snip>
Many resellers and registrars alike will be "authorizing"
the funds to cover any possible registration before
selection takes place. This puts a hold on the funds. Then,
once selection takes place, the appropriate funds will be
"captured" using the Auth code obtained when the
authorization was done. Here's the problem: I talked to
Authorize.net, and they say that the period the auths will
stay valid differs from bank to bank, card to card. They
said that most banks will keep the funds on hold for two
weeks. So it would be wise to do the authorizations after
Sept. 17th at the earliest, which is two weeks before Oct
1st. However, you want to leave time to try to contact
people who's authorizations don't go through, to make other
arrangements for payment BEFORE selection takes place.
Finally, in my case at least, it looks like we'll be waiting
until the authorizations are performed before we actually
submit the applications. That way, if we can't authorize
the funds, we won't submit the applications and therefore
don't have to worry about getting screwed.
So, as you can see, the new timeline makes this all very
difficult. It basically gives us about sixteen hours to
authorize all the funds, contact any failed auths, and
submit four months worth of applications (no more then five
at a time through the RWI). Then, once selection takes
place, we've got the rest of the day to capture all the
funds before many of them disappear. Yikes! And God forbid
NeuLevel or OpenSRS (unimaginable!) are a little late on
notifying us of successful registrations.
I'd hate to see this turn into a big mess on Oct 1st.
</snip>
If my logic is flawed, please feel free to correct me. Does
anyone else share my concerns?
ST
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Charles
Daminato
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 3:06 AM
To: ST
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Biz Application Error?
I'm sure it is nothing more than a miscommunication between
ourselves and
the registry. Since this date is (um) more than 3 months
away, I'm sure
it is not that big of a deal (is it?). Anyway, we'll work
to either get
our site updated, or perhaps NueLevel has older information
;)
Charles Daminato
TUCOWS Product Manager
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, ST wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know for sure when the real end of the .biz
> application period is? OpenSRS has been saying 9/25/01.
Did
> this change? Because NeuLevel has the date listed as
> 9/17/01:
>
> http://www.neulevel.com/countdown/step2.html#when
>
> I've already e-mail Rick regarding this, and am anxiously
> awaiting his reply.
>
> ST
>
>
