OK so the transfer policy in its current form essentially says that transfers
are really competitive renewals.  Sure, fair enough.

Why then does the policy also state that a transfer can occur at any time?
 

What about the situation where I am as an enduser totally dissatisfied with
the service that I am receiving from my registrar?  Why should I be penalised
for wishing to switch providers mid-licence?  

This policy in its current form is contradictory.  On the one hand, transfers
are allowed at any time, without even a cooling off period of, say 60 days,
to protect registrars and resellers from credit card chargebacks and fraud.
 On the other hand this policy creates a significant disincentive to end
users to transfer their names to a new provider at any time other than the
end of the licence period.

Why also does this policy create a situation where the registry will directly
benefit from churn between registrars?  Every time a name is transferred
under this policy the registry gets a new 2 year licence fee.  Good deal
for them indeed...

rgds
jon





>-- Original Message --
>Reply-To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
>From: David Keegel <djk&#167;cyber.com.au>
>To: dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au
>Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 15:58:25 +1000 (EST)
>Subject: Re: [DNS] Transfer of Registrar of Record
>
>
>] > If I renew domain X.com.au for two years with registrar Y, and one
>] > month later want to transfer to registrar Z, does that mean registrar
>Z
>] > is expected to accept all the responsiblities of being the registrar
>] > for X.com.au for 23 months with no payment?
>] 
>] Not at all.. there can be a charge for transfers, but only if there is
>no
>] added registrations period to the domain name. Then the above would not
>] happen.
>
>Then what about people who transfer around renewal time? 
>(Personally as a consumer, that's when I would be shopping around
>for registrars/resellers.)
>
>If registrants have to pay extra (a transfer fee) to renew through
>a different registrar, wouldn't that reduce competition?
>
>__________________________________________________________________________
> David Keegel <djk&#167;cyber.com.au>  URL: http://www.cyber.com.au/users/djk/
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