Hello, We have asked the registry to further clarify what they mean as "warehousing" and we are still awaiting a response.
Tucows' current position is that registrations made for your individual customers are reasonable requests. However, domainers and speculators who are attempting to register hundreds of domains at one-time, using the same contact information will likely not be accepted and will ultimately be charged for those registrations, if the registry decides to charge Tucows for them. Thanks, Greg Frank Associate Product Manager, TLDs Tucows Inc. 416 535 0123 x1282 -----Original Message----- From: Wim Godden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 7:38 AM To: Nick Wilsdon Cc: 'Greg Frank'; [email protected] Subject: Re: [domains-gen] FREE .be domains Hi, DNS BE doesn't allow you to do any kind of domain warehousing. Any customer who does such a thing, will have to pay the full DNS BE pricing (which costs 6EUR for the registrar). The registrar is allowed to register 10 domains for himself during the 'free' period. I'm not sure about the Tucows API, but if you're trying to find out if a .be domain is available, don't use WHOIS. DNS BE has a nice system called DAS (Domain Availability System). More details can be found : http://www.dns.be/en/home.php?n=317 You can query DAS as many times as you like (well, don't go over 50 times per second or they will block it, but as long as you stay reasonable...) Kind regards, Wim Godden FirstLink Networks Nick Wilsdon wrote: > Hi Greg > > I'm guessing the Belgium Registry is having some trouble. Can we get an > update on the situation from your end? I got the feeling they were a little > unprepared for the number of requests/applications yesterday. Another > registrar was quoted quite widely as saying "they wouldn't suggest applying > for more than 500 per nic handle" which didn't help. > > It would be interesting to know roughly how many domains Tucows registered > yesterday though. > > Also the Tucows API check on .be is still falsely reporting. I know this is > a problem affecting a lot of people though, I can only find a few obscure > *.be sites and Godaddy who have a working .be check now. > > Thanks > > Nick > > Managing Director > e3internet > http://www.e3internet.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > domains-gen mailing list > [email protected] > http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen _______________________________________________ domains-gen mailing list [email protected] http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen
