Jim, OpenSRS will accept a transfer if the domain is not yet up for renewal (or after expiry). The rest of your understanding is currently correct.
We are currently building (work in progress) the ability to handle .uk renewals. Since they only auto-renew every 2 years (you cannot explicitly renew a .uk, only "release" it if you don't wish to renew) this has provided some interesting challenges in our current logic (but we're battling through them) There is no cost associated with a transfer, and there is no year added as part of the transaction. When renewals come under way we may charge a small fee (weighted for length of time until renewal) or something else (not yet determined). Once renewals are sorted out, we will be better able to handle accepting tag transfers past the domain's expiry Note that .uk does not place a domain "on hold", and if a domain is "released" after expiry Nominet will attempt to obtain payment from the registrant directly as a last resort before deleting the domain. This process can take several weeks (I've heard over 6, but there aren't any actual numbers). Charles Daminato TUCOWS Product Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Jim Carey wrote: > Hi, > > I understand that the process for transferring in a .co.uk is to change > the tag to TUCOWS-CA and then inform Opensrs so they know which reseller > to put it with. > > Question is - is there any cost associated with doing this transfer ? - > I assume that the domain is not renewed for another year as part of the > transfer > > cheers > > Jim Carey > www.OZbcoz.com discount domain registration > www.iluvoz.com affordable hosting services >
