Domain Name Expiration Practices are Under Review
Friday, August 21st, 2009
ICANN working group asks for input on current domain expiration practices.
The recently launched Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Working Group is seeking public input on domain expiration policies. Specifically, the working group is charged with answering these questions:
1. Whether adequate opportunity exists for registrants to redeem their expired domain names;
2. Whether expiration-related provisions in typical registration agreements are clear and conspicuous enough;
3. Whether adequate notice exists to alert registrants of upcoming expirations;
4. Whether additional measures need to be implemented to indicate that once a domain name enters the Auto-Renew Grace Period, it has expired (e.g., hold status, a notice on the site with a link to information on how to renew, or other options to be determined);
5. Whether to allow the transfer of a domain name during the Redemption Grace Period (RGP).
Public comments may be submitted and reviewed on ICANN’s web site.
The group is already having spirited discussions on its mailing list, including representatives of GoDaddy and Oversee.net.
Further Reading:
Domain Name Expiration Practices are Under Review – http://tinyurl.com/lhrmdf
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how about the question :
Whether domain registrars should be hoarding expired domains.
Exactly what Adam said, registrars should not be allowed to cherry pick their client’s domains. If they want to bid on them or purchase them aftermarket fine, but holding back only the ones they know are valuable (TuCows) is systematic abuse.
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