A couple of last minute comments:
"If an escrow agent is involved, they are expected to verify the transfer to buyer before releasing funds."
There are often other steps, contractual requirements and so on not just when using escrow, what about changing that to * Additional steps, checks, processes and procedures may need to take place depending on the terms of the purchase/sale - this is commonly but not only when additional parties such as escrow are involved. After the purpose/definition should we include some notes like: * note that Registrant may choose not to be contacted/contactable and is under no obligation to be contactable or to reply to such solicitations * note that Unsolicited Commercial Email may be considered SPAM and may be illegal in some jurisdictions * note that repeated "offers to buy" can be construed as harrasment and are illegal in some jurisdictions
From 2 ...
"To complete a domain name acquisition, buyers need to identify the old and new Registrant to verify that the domain name change in ownership has been accurately recorded."
I'm not entirely sure, as the completion doesn't need or care about the old details, and the buyer can verify the new details with their registrar, but I understand what it's trying to say and cant currently write anything I prefer. IRTP-C has made this more difficult when not using a "platform" as the requirement for both old-and-new registrants to verify their details leaves problems where seller doesn't complete the process (which is part of why the WG proposals did not say what has become the policy) Personally I think the 3rdparty/registrant may be back-to-front (as the 3rd party is the initiator) ... I've reworded it and reversed it ... I realise this is "late" and apologise to the team, and fully understand if there's not time to discuss [ in which case I'm good with the current phraseology ] but my attempt is: Purpose Summary: Information to enable contact between a third-party (buyer) and a registrant, which may form part of a registrant proving/exercising property interest in a domain name and may assist third-party buyer in confirming the registrant's property interest and/or related merchantability. Definition: This purpose enables contact between third-party buyers and domain name registrants (e.g., small business owners, corporations, and domain name brokers) for unsolicited domain name purchase queries, and for both parties to complete and confirm agreed domain name transfers from seller to buyer. RE:
Does anyone have any suggested text for why the registrars need to be identified or contacted (and by whom), the expectations of the registrars, etc?
Having bought (and sold) a number of domains, the only instances I can recall where Registrar has been of particular interest are * to have domains "pushed" to an account I already have with them pending my choice as to whether to transfer out or not. * to reduce the offer price if certain registrars are involved due to "issues" with some of their T&Cs * as a due-dilligence check of current/recent exploits/hacks/etc which might indicate the domains ownership is in question RE:
In the case of relayed communication, the buyer **and seller** expect communication to be reliably relayed by the Privacy/Proxy to the authentic entity who has legal rights to sell the domain name.
Remembering that (a) email isn't always considered reliable and (b) the privacy/proxy service is generally one-way and not involved in the return communications Rob --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus