[registrars] Auto-Renew v. Auto-Delete

["Michael D. Palage" <michael@palage.com>]

Elliot/Bruce:

Wearing my registrant hat. I would have lost palage.com if the auto-delete
policy as you advocate was in place. Despite my attempts to correct and
transfer my domain name, it was not done in a timely fashion due to
complication by my registrar of record. The 45 day window probably saved my
a significant amount of grief.

Wearing my registrar hat. The ability to control your float is totally
within in your discretion since you can delete the domain name at
expiration. I know that several registrars with corporate clients use this
45 day window to verify the customers intent and minimize potential
liability. As a large scale registrar, the potential risks/liabilities
associated with a 45 day float in connection with a million plus names is
considerable, and may outweigh the benefits of accidental deletions.
However, the risk benefit analysis may not be the same for a small to
mid-size registrar with a small portfolio.

Regarding, Bruce's concern about an uniform delete policy. I believe this is
an important objective but not one that subject registrars to potential
legal liability by having an auto-delete policy. I think there should be
other potential solutions to an uniform delete policy.

Mike





-----Original Message-----
From: owner-registrars@dnso.org [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org]On
Behalf Of Bruce Tonkin
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 11:38 PM
To: 'Elliot Noss'; Rob Hall; David Wascher
Cc: registrars@dnso.org
Subject: RE: [registrars] Re: Registrars Collecting on Multi-Year
Registrations


>
>
> We need all remember that we are currently pushing the
> Verisign registry to
> change the auto-renew policy to an auto-delete/explicit renew
> which would
> free up significant dollars for all of us that currently gets
> tied up in
> maintaining an unnecessarily high float with the registry.
>

Melbourne IT supports this principle.  It also has the benefit of better
uniformity in delete procedures.
It is used in the new ".au" registry.

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin
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