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. -- Best regards, William X Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Webcertificates.info SSL Certificates for resellers from $49ea
