Dan,
If a domain has passed it's expiration, and is then sitting in the
auto-renewal period, the non-payment is for the current registration
period, not for a pending or future registratin period.
Had a nasty discussion with a non-US Registrar and the end user ended up
having to pay an large renewal fee ($35) to get the domains
renewed/unlocked. Then transferred the domains out. Since the
transfer-out occured within the 45 day renewal period, the Registry
refunded the auto-renewal to the Losing Registrar, who refused to credit
the end user back. So the end user paid for a renewal that they didn't
get.
There's an actual post on the ICANN site that talks about this related
issue of customers who pay for a Transfer after having paid for a
renewal during the auto-renewal period only getting 1 year after having
paid for 2.
Richard
On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:59:01 -0500 (EST), "Dan Wright"
<wright@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
http://www.icann.org/transfers/policy-12jul04.htm
[Quote Section A.3]
Instances when the requested change of Registrar may not be denied
include, but
are not limited to:
* Nonpayment for a pending or future registration period
[...]
* Domain name registration period time constraints, other than during
the
first 60 days of initial registration or during the first 60 days after a
registrar transfer.
[/Quote]
Seems to me that expired domains apply to one or both of those bullet
points and
should not be blocked.
Daniel J. Wright wright@xxxxxxxx
Lead Software Developer, pairNIC https://www.pairnic.com
pair Networks, Inc. http://www.pair.com
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007, Mark Jeftovic wrote:
...if the domain is in an expired state?
I know we allow it, many others do, but under the new transfer policy
can a registrar use this as a valid reason to block a transfer out or
revoke access to the registrar-lock status?
-mark
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