Charging a hefty fee for transfer is not acceptable. Does the TPR at the moment mention that transfer must take place for free and without charging a fee? If not we should discuss it. On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 10:12 AM DANIEL NANGHAKA <dndannang@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Steinar,

I strongly support this issue to be discussed as it affects end users directly. The policy should aim at standardization and improving the Domain transfer process.

Thanks Daniel ᐧ

On Fri, 4 Mar 2022 at 16:25, Steinar Grøtterød <steinar@recito.no> wrote:

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Dear all,

I have recently been informed that some registrars charge a fee for issuing a TAC to the Registered Name Holder. The examples given to me is a fee of USD 250(!) for sending a TAC to the RNH.

I have also been given examples of registrar charging for accepting a transfer out, purely for the «job» that has to be done.

My question is whether this (IMHO) unfriendly practices should be discussed in our working group and (maybe) incorporated in the new Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy.

Regards,

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-- Farzaneh

Hi all, Just wanted to give a little background/context for this. While a registrar may charge a fee for a transfer, they are not allowed to block the transfer: 9. My registrar is charging me a fee to transfer to a new registrar. Is this allowed? Yes. Registrars are allowed to set their own prices for this service so some may choose to charge a fee. However, a transfer cannot be denied due to non-payment of this transfer fee. There are other reasons your registrar can deny transfer request. https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/name-holder-faqs-2017-10-10-en <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/name-holder-faqs-2017-10-10-en> I do not think many registrars do this, and it is likely generally when tied to other services (e.g. hosting or as part of brand protection). I recall at least one case when I was at ICANN Compliance where Compliance required the registrar to transfer the domain name even though the transfer out fee was not paid (it even resulted in a notice of breach). Regards, Owen

On Mar 4, 2022, at 16:35, Wisdom Donkor <wisdom.dk@gmail.com> wrote:

+1 Farzaneh

On Fri, 4 Mar 2022, 3:32 pm farzaneh badii, <farzaneh.badii@gmail.com <mailto:farzaneh.badii@gmail.com>> wrote: Charging a hefty fee for transfer is not acceptable. Does the TPR at the moment mention that transfer must take place for free and without charging a fee? If not we should discuss it.

On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 10:12 AM DANIEL NANGHAKA <dndannang@gmail.com <mailto:dndannang@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi Steinar,

I strongly support this issue to be discussed as it affects end users directly. The policy should aim at standardization and improving the Domain transfer process.

Thanks Daniel ᐧ

On Fri, 4 Mar 2022 at 16:25, Steinar Grøtterød <steinar@recito.no <mailto:steinar@recito.no>> wrote: Dear all,

I have recently been informed that some registrars charge a fee for issuing a TAC to the Registered Name Holder. The examples given to me is a fee of USD 250(!) for sending a TAC to the RNH.

I have also been given examples of registrar charging for accepting a transfer out, purely for the «job» that has to be done.

My question is whether this (IMHO) unfriendly practices should be discussed in our working group and (maybe) incorporated in the new Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy.

Regards,

Steinar Grøtterød At-Large _______________________________________________ GNSO-TPR mailing list GNSO-TPR@icann.org <mailto:GNSO-TPR@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-tpr <https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-tpr>_______________________________________________ GNSO-TPR mailing list GNSO-TPR@icann.org <mailto:GNSO-TPR@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-tpr <https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-tpr>-- Farzaneh _______________________________________________ GNSO-TPR mailing list GNSO-TPR@icann.org <mailto:GNSO-TPR@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-tpr <https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-tpr>_______________________________________________ GNSO-TPR mailing list GNSO-TPR@icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-tpr