RE: [registrars] Whois expiration dates

["Bhavin Turakhia" <bhavin.t@directi.com>]

hi rob,

what we are talking about is a prevalent situation. let me describe it to
you -

1. a customer comes to directi asking for us to assist him with transferring
his domain name whic is expiring from say registrar A to us.

2. there are only 4 days left for expiry, and due to some delays or policies
the trafer does not happen so the domain expires wjith that registrar

3. the customer is still keen to transfer the domain to us, so he renews
this domain name with Registrar A, and then transfers it to us

4. when this happens the customer loses the renewal year with registrar A,
unless registrar A explicitly renews the domain at the time of the transfer
away request if recvd within 45 days

bhavin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-registrars@dnso.org [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org]On
> Behalf Of Rob Hall
> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 3:42 AM
> To: Registrars Mail List
> Subject: RE: [registrars] Whois expiration dates
>
>
> But the existing registrar doesn't need to "explicitly renew".  They just
> need to not delete the domain, as they have already been charged for it at
> the expiry date for the coming year.
>
> So I am not sure what you mean by "explicitly renew", and hence, I am not
> sure where the problem is.  I don't believe there is any obligation on the
> existing registrar to do anything upon a renewal other than not delete the
> domain (and presumably updating the whois renewal date that
> displays).  What
> is it you are suggesting that the existing registrar needs to do ?
>
> It would seem that your best bet is to transfer the domain after
> the 45 day
> period has expired to avoid any problems.  Or am I missing something ?
>
> Rob.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-registrars@dnso.org [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org]On
> Behalf Of Bhavin Turakhia
> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 2:03 PM
> To: registrars@dnso.org
> Subject: RE: [registrars] Whois expiration dates
>
>
>
> > Now we just have to figure out if an explicit Renew can be done AFTER a
> > Transfer Request has been issued.  And a test should be done to see if
> > VeriSign properly handles the overlapping Auto-renew and explicit Renew
> > grace periods and issues a credit for the Auto-renewal.
>
> good question ......
>
> 1. Im sure an explicit renew can be done after a trfer requesthas been
> issued. if it cannot, then the best way to prevent any particular
> competitor
> from renewing their name wouldbe to keep on sending trfer
> requests for that
> domain name
>
> 2. the latter is to be tested :)
>
> Best Regards
> Bhavin Turakhia
> CEO
> Directi
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