[...] November 2007 I wrote an article “A Run on the (Domain Name) Bank“. I discussed the potential for rumors about a domain registrar’s demise to cause a [...]

[...] November 2007 I wrote an article “A Run on the (Domain Name) Bank“. I discussed the potential for rumors about a domain registrar’s demise to cause a [...]

[...] note: this is a follow up article to “A Run on the (Domain Name) Bank”, originally published on Domain Name Wire on November 13, [...]

Mass transfers boost the cash receipts of other registrars and slowly cut off the receipts of the one rumored to be shaky.

Shady practices excepted, there would be months of arrears and layoffs before a registrar became insolvent and filed for bankruptcy. And bankruptcy isn’t always terminal.

Escrow is a good idea, nonetheless. So is responsible reporting. This article will unfortunately revive the (unsubstantiated) rumors of last July.

Yes you certainly can lose your domain(s) if a Registrar gets in trouble AND becomes unresponsive.

During the RegisterFly fiasco domain owners would pay RegisterFly to renew expiring domains butthe domains were nort renewed.

Since it was usually difficult and often impossible to get Auth Codes, you could not transfer your domains out.

There was a work around that someone discovered but most RegFly customers did not know it.

Also RegFly often changed the WhoIs on their customers domains to all RegFly info.

It was a nightmare …and many domains were lost.

Patrick