Deal provides new home for 5,400 domain names.
Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has selected Dotster to receive of bulk transfer of domain names from de-accreditated domain registrar BestRegistrar.com. BesRegistrar.com had about 5,400 gTLD domain names that will be transferred to Dotster.
The transfers do not include any extension to expiration term, so BestRegistrar clients should renew domains at Dotster. If a domain expires within 60 days of the transfer to Dotster, Dotster may reject the transfer. Although Dotster received whois information, it did not receive billing information for BestRegistrar.com’s clients.
The transfer agreement between Dotster and ICANN is in accordance ICANN’s Interim Terminated Registrar Transition Procedure. This procedure was developed in part because of the RegisterFly fiasco, where nearly 1 million domains were held in limbo when RegisterFly was de-accreditated. GoDaddy stepped in to pick up the RegisterFly domain names.
BestRegistrar.com is one of a handful of registrars to hand its domains over under this policy. Many of them are small, with 1,000 domains or so, making it questionable if other registrars will go through the hassle of applying to take over the domains.
Ted says
I am having MAJOR issues with Dotster’s MyDomain.com unit. I have sent in multiple support emails this week (with no response) and have called 5-6 times through every channel (sales, tech support, hosting, domains, etc) and keep hearing that all reps are busy. No one picks up after 30 minutes, when I lose patience and hang up. I feel hijacked and am wondering if they are fradulent or bankrupt. What kind of registrar ignores its customers???? Anyone else have any experience with them?