Dear all,

Here are responses to the two questions/requests that came up in the call last week from the WG:

On whether there has been any issues involving P/P registrations due to bulk transfers done as part of a registrar’s de-accreditation process – none that we know of as requiring further action. Compliance has received and resolved complaints about a registrant being unable to reach her registrar, or who thinks her domain has been hijacked - these were due to the registrant being unaware of the bulk transfer. Compliance has also received and resolved complaints about transfer pricing issues with the new registrar.

On whether ICANN “guarantees” that a registrant whose domain is bulk transferred will enjoy the same terms with the gaining registrar – although in evaluating a bulk transfer to a potential gaining registrar ICANN reviews many different aspects of a registrar’s operations, we do not “guarantee” this.

We hope this helps.

Thanks and cheers

Mary