How should transfers from thick to thin be handled? Should the registry just remove the contacts from the domain?
Step 1: transfer the domain from one registrar (A) to another registrar (B) Step 2: Registrar (B) simply updates registry contact fields as desired There is no additional action required by the registry. The steps are the same for thin-thick, and thick-thin, ie the control is with the registrar of record. In either case the gaining registrar generally needs to obtain the WHOIS information for its own records. Having a standard way of transferring WHOIS information is definitely a benefit here. At least with the thick model the WHOIS information is in a standard format. There is no reason why a standard format for exchange of information cannot be used for the thin model. Regards, Bruce