RE: [registrars] Registrars Collecting on Multi-Year Registrations

["Rob Hall" <rob@momentous.com>]

Donny,

I am not sure how one is even remotely related to the other.

Deleting a domain before expiry has nothing to do with renewing it
incrementally.

Rob.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-registrars@dnso.org [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org]On
Behalf Of Donny Simonton
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 3:06 PM
To: registrars@dnso.org
Subject: RE: [registrars] Registrars Collecting on Multi-Year
Registrations


It's about as valid as the business model when a customer tells you 90
days before a domain expires that they will not be renewing a domain and
some registrars delete the domain then.

You don't want to renew this domain, that's we have now deleted it.
Even though they have paid for a full year.

Donny
directNIC.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-registrars@dnso.org [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org] On
> Behalf Of Rob Hall
> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 1:26 PM
> To: registrars@dnso.org
> Subject: RE: [registrars] Registrars Collecting on Multi-Year
> Registrations
>
> This is a valid business model for many reasons.
>
> It is not against our Registry contract, and should not be until the
> registry model changes.
>
> Rob.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-registrars@dnso.org [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org]On
> Behalf Of Mike Lampson
> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 1:17 PM
> To: registrars@dnso.org
> Subject: [registrars] Registrars Collecting on Multi-Year
Registrations
>
>
> All,
>
> This is a terrible business practice as documented by VeriSign.
> Prohibition
> against such practices needs to be in our Code of Conduct.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Lampson
> The Registry at Info Avenue, LLC
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "VeriSign Global Registry Services"
> To: VeriSign Registrars
> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 12:42 PM
> Subject: Registry Advisory: Multi-Year Registrations
>
>
> To All Registrars:
>
> As you know, running effective renewal campaigns depends upon keeping
> accurate customer data, including contact information for reaching
them by
> e-mail, direct mail, or phone. Equally important is ensuring
expiration
> dates between VeriSign Registry and registrar are consistent.
>
> The sale of a multi-year registration that is registered with VeriSign
> Registry for only one year will create a discrepancy in the expiration
> date,
> meaning you have to manage separate expiration dates for
registrations,
> adding cycles to your renewal efforts and increasing the chance that a
> registration may be inadvertently deleted.  Additionally, registrants
who
> have paid for a multi-year registration but later become aware that
they
> only received a one-year registration may question the registrar's
right
> to
> engage in such a transaction. Indeed, processing multi-year
registrations
> as
> one-year registrations will create a liability on the part of the
> registrar
> should the registrant choose to transfer its registration to another
> registrar.  The transfer process causes the discrepancy to surface
because
> the full registration term purchased by the registrant will not carry
> forward to the new registrar. All registrars are required to process
all
> domain name registrations and renewals through VeriSign Registry with
the
> same term length as was agreed to by the registrant.
>
> All registrars should periodically crosscheck their data with VeriSign
> Registry data available in the weekly Domain Name reports.  Our
Customer
> Service Representatives are always available to assist you with any
> questions you have on discrepancies between your registration data and
> expiration dates with VeriSign Registry. If you have any questions
> regarding
> this Registry Advisory, please contact Customer Service
>
> Chris Sheridan
> Manager, Customer Service
> VeriSign Global Registry Services
> www.verisign-grs.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>