Hmm. Interesting. I have double checked are numbers and we are well within the limits, no change on our end.
Have a good weekend, adam -- Adam Eisner Product Manager, Domains Tucows Inc. On May 16, 2008, at 1:30 PM, Tom Brown wrote: > On Fri, 16 May 2008, Adam Eisner wrote: > >> Hi Tom, >> >> Thatt sounds like a registrar-specific policy to me. The REGISTRY >> policy is that if 10% of that registrar's net new monthly domain name >> registrations (or more) are deleted, the registrar starts getting >> dinged full value for the name, regardless of whether it was deleted >> in the 5-day AGP or not. The aim is to curtail domain tasting. We >> don't delete that many .BIZ names so we're not concerned. >> >> Anyway, long story short, I'm double checking the numbers but I don't >> anticipate anything will change here, and you will still be able to >> get a domain refund no problem. >> >> Cheers >> >> adam >> >> -- >> Adam Eisner >> Product Manager, Domains >> Tucows Inc. > > Ok. That would be good/fine. Thanks for the update Adam. > > The Melbourne IT message made it clear that there was a registry > policy change, but it doesn't suggest that the loss of refunds is > conditional... > > QUOTE: > > As of June 1, 2008: > > Neulevel (the .biz registry) will no longer be refunding the > cost of > .biz registration if the name is cancelled within the first 120 > hours > of registration. We have been made aware that some of our resellers > are dependent on this refund process to recover fees from their > customers (those who might change their mind, register fraudulently > etc). We are also aware of some resellers who cite the cancellation > procedure in their end user agreements/terms and conditions. > > It is advisable to think about this process moving forward and > implementing a safety mechanism to adjust to the new policies. > > Whilst we are only speculating, we would like to stress that we > expect all registries to adapt a `no refund' policy for all > registrations. This policy was approved by ICANN, and we assume > that > all registries will implement a similar policy for cancellations. > > END QUOTE > > Anyhow, I'd still rather see the registry move to a partial refund > model, it SEEMS to me that it would be simpler than having an > arbitrary "no more refunds for you" cutover point... but as long > as _we_ don't lose the ability, I guess there isn't any value in > fussing about it :) > Â > -Tom_______________________________________________ > 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
