We give you 40 days.
The way it works is VRSN auto-renews at expiry, and the registrar has 45
days to get a refund (i.e. delete the domain, and not get charged). How
each registrar deals with that 45 day window is up to them. Our policy
*currently* is to place the domain on hold, and give the registrant 40
days, at which point we issue the delete command. 5 days later the domain
is no more.
Charles Daminato
TUCOWS Product Manager
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 26 Apr 2001, Loren Stocker wrote:
> Hi William,
>
> 45 days grace? That's not what I hear from Name Secure and Bulk. Bulk's policy
> it to delete upon expiration if unpaid. No hold period. No grace (although it
> takes 10 days or so). I had this conversation with Bulk just this week.
>
> What's the offical word on this from Tucows? What's the Tucows policy? I
> havn't had any old enough for renewal.
>
> Best, Loren
>
>
> "William X. Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Loren,
>
> Thursday, April 26, 2001, 4:43:25 PM, Loren Stocker wrote:
>
> > Yet, what's the real issue here?
>
> > It's ICANN'S thoughtless policy that creates this situation. As I
> understand
> > it, ICANN requires Tucows, NSI, Bulk and everyone else to pay for renewals
> > IMMEDIATELY upon expiration. No grace period. No refunds.
>
> > If that's the case we have a HUGE conflict of expectation between clients
> --
> > accustomed to getting 45 days grace (or more) from NSI -- and the
> Registrar's
> > who MUST delete the domain to avoid the renewal fees. The result is SUDDEN
> > DEATH! No grace. No "on-hold" period. No recourse once the domain is lost.
> How
> > am I doing so far?
>
> > Rather that talk about cost recovery, we should be pressuring ICANN to
> provide
> > -- at a minimum -- a 30 day grace period. Even if the domain goes "on-hold"
> at
> > expiration, the client has at least a reasonable time to cure. Without this
> > change in policy, we're all going to see -- or be victimized -- by Sudden
> > Death; valuable domains lost due to material laspe of payment, say 2 days
> > late. NO ONE WILL STAND FOR THAT! We are only now beginning to see the
> results
> > of this non-sensical policy.
>
> There is a 45 day grace period at renewal.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> William mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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