Gordon, we're still a few months away from launching we are working on our delivery plan as we speak. I will request that we include a type of visual to assist in illustrating the process.
> The problem is going to be contacting the registrants as we know from > experience that 40% of them have invalid email addresses in the > whois mainly > ue to changing email provider and not updating it or telling us > through any > of our systems. This is the behavior that we expect will change once registrants understand that an expiring domain name has value. what you see as a problem I see as an opportunity that will work itself out by taking the market to a new level of mindset. Registrants will take greater care of their contacts and or renew the domain is the perception is that it has value. What you describe further on in your email is not auction but rather the parked page product. You will have the flexibility to customize the headers of these pages with your branding and links of your choosing, the main portion of the page however will contain advertising. The action regarding RCOM was of a completely different nature (new domains vs. expired domains) and their registration contracts were not properly written to allow for such advertising at the front end. James On 8-Nov-05, at 6:48 AM, Gordon Hudson wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert L Mathews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> This point is very vague in the description of the service. >> Can you confirm which is correct? >> > > That is the problem. > We need a full description of what it is and how it is going to work, > possibly with a flow chart. > Any volunteers at Tucows like to write one? > > The problem is going to be contacting the registrants as we know from > experience that 40% of them have invalid email addresses in the > whois mainly > ue to changing email provider and not updating it or telling us > through any > of our systems. > > However, I am quite keen on redirecting the domains to a page with > a renewal > message on it. > I have comer ound to this because with our web hosting business we > used to > redirect to a "account suspended" page with no explanation. > Last week I added a link to a page with an explanation and a form > to fill > out to enquire about the account. > We have had a few people renew who had no idea who hosted their > site as it > had been arranged by a predecessor in their job. > Therefore something similar for domains would be beneficial. > > My only concerns are: > > 1. There must be no direct link to our emergency renewal system or > people > other than the registrant would be able to pay the renewal fee and > think > they had bought the domain name. > Maybe a link to a contact page on our site which we can define in > the RWI. > > 2. There should be no advertising on the page. I am sensitive to > this after > Register.com were taken to court in a class action for advertising on > holding pages. The name of the company is fine but no advertising > for third > parties. > > Regards > > Gordon Hudson > Hostroute.com Ltd > www.hostroute.net > > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > domains-gen mailing list > [email protected] > http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen James M Woods Product Manager - Domains Tucows Inc. www.tucows.com 416.538.5453 My Blog: www.warpjam.com _______________________________________________ domains-gen mailing list [email protected] http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen
