Re: [DNS] Transfer of Registrar of Record

Re: [DNS] Transfer of Registrar of Record

From: Rod Keys <rod§ddns.com.au>
Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 09:28:59 +1000
Ron,
That is if you don't have a signed authority for the service requested.
Get a signed authority and you will have the ammunition to fire at the
requesting bank.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Stark" <ronstark&#167;businesspark.com.au>
To: <dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 6:29 PM
Subject: RE: [DNS] Transfer of Registrar of Record


> As a matter of interest, credit card chargebacks can occur up to 6 months
> after the transaction for any payment that does not involve physically
> sighting the card.  This means mail order, phone and on-line - the
majority
> of reseller and registrar transactions, I should think.
>
> Ron Stark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Lawrence [mailto:jon&#167;jonlawrence.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 1 May 2002 6:18 PM
> To: dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au
> Subject: Re: [DNS] Transfer of Registrar of Record
>
>
> 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&#167;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/
> >Cybersource P/L: Unix Systems Administration and TCP/IP network
management
> >
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