RE: [registrars] RE: Registrar Approval of Variable Accreditation Fee for 2003-2004

["Elana Broitman" <ebroitman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

NO LINK UP YET

But, what is the cost of doing what you suggest?

Elana Broitman
Register.com
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New York, NY 10018
Phone (212) 798-9215
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-----Original Message-----
From: wessorh@xxxxxx 
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 10:53 AM
To: Elana Broitman
Cc: Registrars List
Subject: RE: [registrars] RE: Registrar Approval of Variable
Accreditation Fee for 2003-2004




Elana,

do you have a link to information about the hearing?

my $.02...

doing registrant validation on signup cuts down fraud so if one reviews
the amount of chargebacks one gets verses the cost of whois accuracy
requirements performing such validation actually saves us more in
chargebacks than costs us in performing the validation.

We allow just about anything through the signup process and just don't
process the fraudulent or highly supcious applications.

We are working on more elaborate techniques to handle bounces and staging
other automated means of communication such as: if email bounces and we
have a fax, send a fax, if the fax bounces send a postcard, if all
attempts bounce note the information is bad and lock the account with a
note that will require additional information if the registrant comes to
renew the domain.

We could get even more elaborate by identifying telephone numbers that are
mobile numbers and sending an SMS message but we don't have the volume of
registrations to make that interesting yet.

best,

-rick


On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, Elana Broitman wrote:

> On the same note, I am again going out to everyone with a request for
> some data (even merely anecdotal) on how you comply with whois
> accuracy requirements in the RAA and cost of doing so.  This is very
> important to provide before tomorrow's Congressional hearing in order
> help protect us from "unfunded mandates" based on incomplete
> information supplied by interest groups pushing for more Whois
> verification and availability.
>
> Thanks
>
> Elana Broitman