Eric is right.
I certainly acknowledge our struggle with finding the right balance between
registrant rights and reseller control. I think we can evolve our approach
carefully here, I will post more ideas to the list as they solidify.
Thanks for your comments...
sA
At 10:10 AM 9/7/01 -0400, WebWiz wrote:
> >> The Reseller is the purchaser of the domain name
> >> registration, transfer or ...
>
>Actually that's not true. Although you make the payment
>to OpenSRS, the domain is registered on behalf of the end
>user who is the actual purchaser in ICANN's eyes. The fact
>that it went through a reseller simply doesn't mean a
>thing to ICANN.
>
>OpenSRS has been very careful about following the ICANN
>agreement closely. Other registrars have been more liberal
>with their interpretation of what the terms are. Nobody
>has challenged them yet in court, but it's my feeling that
>they would have problems if it came out that they are giving
>carte blanche access to a reseller. Now, I'm not a lawyer,
>and I don't even play one on TV, but that's my opinion.
>
>Regards,
>Eric Longman
>Atl-Connect Internet Services
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Don Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 9:37 AM
>Subject: Re: Wish List
>
>
>At 08:53 AM 9/7/01 -0400, Scott Allan wrote:
> >3. Reseller trust - I have thought long and hard about implementing some
> >sort of preferred trusted status for resellers, with the thinking being
> >that some extra functionality (perhaps deletes, manage name for registrant
> >or manage nameserver for registrant) could be extended if you qualify. My
> >(very preliminary) thinking is something along the lines of:
> >
> >- demonstrated monthly (over 3 months) volume of 25 name years
> >- proof of over 500 sponsored names with any registrar (to allow people
> >who are switching the ability to get the status)
> >
> >Is this a silly idea?
>
>We think this should be a standard feature, without any quota
>requirement. Other Registrars provide it vanilla, out of the box. Why
>shouldn't you?
>
>The Reseller is the purchaser of the domain name registration, transfer or
>renewal, so there is no problem with ICANN, if I have read it correctly,
>for the Reseller to have full access to the registration information.
>
>Thanks,
>
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