Wednesday, Wednesday, November 14, 2001, 4:16:35 AM, Heather Peel wrote:

> Hi all,

> I just spoke to a new hosting client about his domain registrar and
> I'm not sure if what they are doing is even legal or contravenes
> CIRA's rules.

> The registrar apparantly accepts payment for multiple domain years,
> and yet, does not actually pay CIRA for them.  My client paid them
> for 5 years and I noticed that his expiry date showed Dec. 2001.  I
> asked him about this and when he contacted the registrar, he was
> told that they had a problem with people registering for multiple
> years and then transferring their domain elsewhere...therefore they
> only register one year at a time and the money is held in trust in
> the meantime.  My first thought was what if they went out of
> business?

Network Solutions has been known to the do the same thing in the past,
but I haven't heard of any cases of them doing this recently.

> I know I would not be comfortable dealing with a registrar who did
> this, but it may be common practice for all I know.

Me either.  I agree, it's sleazy as hell.

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