Danny Can you clarify on this - because a price increase was implemented, they CANCELLED everything that was submitted and pending but not yet gone through and people have to start all over again, instead of just applying the increased price? Did they notify people individually of these cancellations or will they only know if they check? Jacqueline -----Original Message----- From: Danny Younger [mailto:dannyyounger@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 14:25 To: 'At-Large Worldwide' Subject: [At-Large] The Downside To UltraCheap Registrars
From Michele Neylon's blog:
"Some domain registrars only USP (unique selling point) is price. I've mentioned the issues with DirectI's pricing structures in the past. With the price increase this week I was more or less expecting there to be some kind of backlash, but I wasn't expecting this: All the Pending gTLD Transfer Orders (i.e. orders that haven't yet been executed) throughout your Reseller Chain will be canceled by the system on 12th October, 2007. These orders can be placed again by you / your Customers from 13th October onwards. Also, the Transfer Orders that are currently in status 'Awaiting Admin Contact approval' will also be canceled by the system. These again, can be placed by you / your Customers from 13th October onwards. Domain transfers can be painful enough in the best of circumstances (clients providing incorrect EPP keys, ignoring emails etc., etc.) but this is a bad joke! DirectI's pricing strategy was going to cause issues, but this might be the beginning of the end for some of their resellers. This kind of mess will cost a lot of people money and business." http://www.isquattedyour.eu/2007/10/11/the-downside-to-ultracheap-registrars / hmmm... perhaps the ALAC can propose a solution and post it to raa-consultation[at]icann.org unless of course, they enjoy the status quo... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ ALAC mailing list ALAC@atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org At-Large Official Site: http://www.alac.icann.org ALAC Independent: http://www.icannalac.org No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.0/1077 - Release Date: 10/18/2007 09:54 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.0/1077 - Release Date: 10/18/2007 09:54