Re: [registrars] PERFECT SOLUTION - for WLS communication toregistrant

[Jim Archer <jarcher@registrationtek.com>]

This is NOT a perfect solution.  If a registrar wants to not deal with WLS, 
this option should be available to them.  No registrar should be forced to 
sell or participate in WLS.



--On Monday, July 22, 2002 11:23 PM +0530 Bhavin Turakhia 
<bhavin.t@directi.com> wrote:

> The only approach I see feasible at this point in time
>
> * Registrar A has xyz.com
>
> * Registrar B buys WLS on xyz.com
>
> * Registry notifies Registrar A that Registrar B has a WLS on xyz.com
>
> * Registry shows that xyz.com has a WLS on it in the Registry, also
> pointing to the Registrar who has the WLS (Reg B)
>
> * Registrar A can use the notification from the Registry to show an
> extra note in their whois stating that there is a WLS on the name, as
> well as decide whether they wish to communicate with the Registrant of
> xyz.com about this or not
>
> This resolves ALL the issues that have been going to and fro and takes
> care of the following
>
> * The fact that there is a WLS on the name and which registrar has the
> WLS is open (since the registry knows abt it)
> * The Registrar who currently has the domain name is notified about the
> WLS so that he can inform his Customer if he chooses to
> * Noone but the Registrar of the domain should correspond with the
> Registrant. It would create a lot of confusion and issues if Registrar B
> for instance had to communicate with the Customer of Registrar A to
> inform the Customer about a WLS on his name. Judging from the CRYPTIC
> mails that most registrars send their customers for transfer approvals,
> I can imagine the kind of mails another Registrar could send to my
> Customer about a WLS subscription and the kind of headaCHE IT WOULD
> CREATE
> * The Current Registrar has the choice of communicating with the
> customer as well as displaying the WLS information in his whois lookup.
> Considering the Registrar has the incentive to keep the domain name I
> believe there are significant chances that he may inform the Customer