Provide feedback about how domain transfers should work. ICANN is asking for feedback about a Working Group's Initial Report that includes recommendations to change how domain transfers work. The Initial Report (pdf) proposes a slew of changes ... Continue Reading11 Comments
Does your domain name registrar make it easy to transfer domains out?
· Domain RegistrarsDon't do business with registrars that make it difficult to leave. Yesterday, I received a notice from the Wall Street Journal that I needed to update my credit card. I logged into my WSJ.com account and was surprised to see that I'm paying about ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Domain name transfer process changes this week
· Domain RegistrarsNew registrar won't have to get positive authorization from Form of Authorization. A temporary change to the inter-registrar domain name process kicks in later this week due to Whois changes associated with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Time is ticking, and domain transfers are still up in the air
· Domain RegistrarsRegistrars and ICANN still discussing how to handle transfers after GDPR. As domain name registrars and registries start masking email addresses in Whois to comply with GDPR, the domain name transfer process as we know it will break. The current ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Consensus be damned: here’s how transfers will work at Tucows after GDPR
· Domain RegistrarsTucows will follow TechOps subcommittee recommendation for domain transfers as ICANN figures out what to do. Here's the thing about GDPR and domain name registrars/registries: if they wait for ICANN to figure out how to address GDPR, it will be too ... Continue Reading7 Comments
GDPR will make domain name transfers more difficult
· Policy & LawLack of contact details in public Whois could thwart inter-registrar domain transfers. A few Domain Name Wire readers have asked how domain name transfers will work if domain registrars and registries eliminate contact details from Whois in response to ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Court orders Tucows to transfer 3.2 million domains to Namecheap
· Domain RegistrarsWith deadline looming, injunction forces Tucows to transfer domains. A Washington State court has ordered Tucows to transfer 3.2 million .com and .net domain names to Namecheap, and an appeals court has denied (pdf) Tucow's motion for an emergency ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.Com winners and losers
· Domain RegistrarsHere's how registrars fared with .com in February. ICANN has published the latest Verisign .com monthly report, containing data from February. Let's start by reviewing which registrars added the most new .com domain name registrations: 1. GoDaddy ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Register.com Must Stop “Call In” Practice by March
· Domain RegistrarsTransfer authorization code process will be easier under new ICANN policy. Under ICANN's new Policy on Transfer of Registrations between Registrars, which goes into effect March 15, Register.com will no longer be able to require customers to call the ... Continue Reading16 Comments
GoDaddy’s 60 Day Transfer Lock Closer to Termination
· Domain RegistrarsGNSO Council approves changes to domain transfer blocks. One of GoDaddy's most complained about policies is that it blocks transfers of domain names that have had certain changes to their whois information within the past 60 days. In September 2007 ... Continue Reading11 Comments
