> Finally got one of our requests for registrar transfers (netsol to opensrs) > denied! Reason was "Because your intent to Change the Registrar of your
You have either been very lucky, or you do not transfer a lot of domains away from netsol. :) > domain name, xx .COM, to Tucows, Inc. was not confirmed, Network > Solutions/Verisign has instructed the Registry not to change the Registrar" > - the client actually did approve the transfer (he moved from "Transfers a. > Waiting Owner Approval" in the RWI to "c. Waiting REgistry Approval" - he > also confirms he did approve). Going by what you state above, He approved the OpenSRS confirmation, but didn't approve the Netsol confirmation. > So we are waiting to re-send the registrar transfer request, as per client's > request. However, even though netsol informed this client about their > rejection about 3 hours ago, we have not received notification ourselves > that the domain transfer is rejected. the domain transfer still appears as > pending in c. Waiting Registry Approval on our RWI, so i can't resend the > transfer. How long do you think it will take before i can send a fresh > request for registrar transfer (bit urgent, this)? Netsol still needs to inform the registry, then the registry informs OpenSRS... > other question: i used to think that the registrar would reject a transfer > to another registrar because the expiry date was too close (expiry date for > netsol actually means "your fees are due by this date," right?). but from > reading this list, it seems domains can be transferred to another registrar > even if they pass the expiry date of the losing registrar (this is what the > 45 day rule is about?) so what would the reasons for rejecting a registrar > transfer be? Also, is there anything to do that will guarantee the > transfers? Why would netsol deny transfers? Simple, its a last resort option to hold on to their declining market share.
