Arguably, it allows a registrant (who didn't notice their domain expired and was down for 30-40 days) to get it back, rather then having to bribe/pay some new registrant.
David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please explain how this gives the registrant any benefit at all. > > Previously you could either renew from expiry to expiry+40, or > register > the domain afresh from expiry+40 onwards. Both at standard price. > > Now you can renew from expiry to expiry+40, pay an extortionate fee > from expiry+45 to expiry+75, or wait until expiry+75 and register > anew. > > The ONLY change I can see from this is that Verisign can now make a > fortune off people who have forgotten to renew or who have been > waiting > for expiry in order to 'transfer' a domain by re-registering at a > different register. > > Perhaps I am missing something. Please let me know how this is in any > way > an improvement. > > David > > > On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, R. Peter Ejtel wrote: > > > It is currently in effect. The fee the registry charges is > > completely controlled and kept by the registry. > > > > The issue for us is that the registry has not offered us an > > automated way of processing these requests. It is a very manual > > process (number of hours worth of work internally each domain) to > > process these orders and can take a number of business days to > > complete, so unfortunately we have to charge a price above the > > registry's that at least let's us break even on the effort. > > > > Please keep in mind that although the pricing of this service is > > above standard registrations and renewals, this tool was NOT > > available a couple of weeks ago and we as well as you would have > > had to tell every registrant that was unable to renew their domain > > during the 40 day grace period that they had ZERO options, at least > > now they have one. > > > > Peter > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Swerve > > Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 4:23 PM > > To: Discuss List > > Subject: Re: OpenSRS Live Reseller Update [.com/.net & .name] - > > 13/02/03 > > > > > > Thanks for the fast reply, Peter. > > > > Is this Redemption period now in effect? > > If not, when? > > > > As for Netsol's $85. fee. Hmm, i think the word outrageous does > > not convey what i think about this. Does Netsol get the whole $85? > > If not, how is it divided? -- I used to be indecisive, now I'm not so sure.
