Re: [At-Large] Request for staff research: registrar fees and practices

Can registrants actually get the authcodes required to transfer domains, with or without fee?

I'd rather ask what is the process to get the authcode, with the fee being part of the answer. Some registrars, such as the one I use, have an automated procedure to send the registrant an authcode. For some it's manual but free, for others it's manual and costs money. Personally, I think that manual but free is the worst that I would consider acceptable. Registrars should get their customers to renew by providing good service at a competitive price, not by sabotaging their efforts to leave. R's, John PS to Wendy: feel free to repost this if I'm not allowed to send this to the ALAC list directly.