There is one way... If a domain is past expiry, you can add 10 years to it... but this means you'll have to let it expire.
Our suggestion is to renew it for 9, wait until it's past the expiry date and add the remaining year :) Charles Daminato OpenSRS Product Manager Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ross Wm. Rader > Sent: October 15, 2002 12:19 PM > To: Jeremy Kinsey; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: 10 Year Renewal - will it ever work? > > > It works now, but the maximum term of a registration can never > exceed 3,650 > days. If there are ten days left on a registration, adding 3,650 > to it will > push the domain past the maximum limit. Unfortunately, there is no way for > registrars to tell the registry to simply add 3,640 days (topping up the > renewal), so we are effectively left with two options - register > the name up > front for ten years or only renew it for nine years at a time. Ten year > renewals are much like unicorns. They might exist, but no one has > ever seen > one. > > > -rwr > > > > > "There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an > idiot." > - Steven Wright > > Got Blog? http://www.byte.org/blog > > Please review our ICANN Reform Proposal: > http://www.byte.org/heathrow > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeremy Kinsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 12:11 PM > Subject: 10 Year Renewal - will it ever work? > > > > > > > > > Ok, every time I have a customer that decides they want to renew for 10 > > years, I try it and I get the following: > > > > Renewal domain command status: Maximum registration period exceeded > > > > The domain in question expires on the 28th of this month.. I simply > > went into my resellers interface and manually selected from the pop up > > to renew for 10 years.. This NEVER works.. > > > > Any ideas why? I have 5 domains that need to be renewed for 10 years > > today.. Anyone? > > > > > > > > Regards, > > Jeremy Anthony Kinsey > > VP Network Operations Colocate Your Server at hostdrive.com > > ________________________________________________________ > > www.bella-mia.com Maria's Internet Access > > www.mia.net > www.dslone.com > Bella Mia, Inc. > 401 Host Drive e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Lake Geneva, WI. 53147 Phone: (262)248-6759 Fax: (262)248-6959 > >
