On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 8:55 PM, Aaron Cooper <[email protected]> wrote:
>  [...] 100+ that had the
> original company as the registrant had to be changed to the new merger
> company.
>[...]
> Web
> Drive require that signed form. Luckily they just did it en-masse for us
> with a rational discussion over the phone. Our situation is a bit different
> however. They knew we are the two entities are the same people.

Refreshing to hear. Tessa decided to change her surname when we got
married & she has at least a dozen domain names to change registrant
on as an upshot. Probably be faster to get webdrive to do them en-mass
than sod around moving everything to another registrar.

>
> Not sure about other registrars. But I think it is usually the same. I think
> they have their own systems to cover their asses however they see fit.

It isn't entirely the registrars fault, the DNC has a mission to
protect the legitimate rights of registrants and their "policies"
(regulations) require the registrars to be very careful when changing
registrant. I haven't seen any registrars that go beyond a legitimate
interpretation of the relevant policy. Some are more cautious than
others, but AFIK there is no "case law" on the change of registrant
policy as it affects registrars.

> Bit tricky when you are relying on a possibly disgruntled 3rd party to sign
> off on it.

Trust me, it's sometimes tricky when you have a happy third party to
deal with. Until they experience something akin to what happened to
Harvey's customer most end users don't understand why they need to be
the registrant of record for their domain names and a lot of them drag
their heels on the transfer. I find this weird as they wouldn't leave
any other valuable business asset nominally owned by a third party.


Bruce

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