it does benefit network solutions because it makes people afraid to transfer to another registrar
it makes sense to me that network solutions would initiate such a "policy" just to take away that one selling point from competing, smaller, registrars .. i am surprised that they did not do this before .. maybe their marketing staff was at the microsoft "competition management" seminar that week
-s.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A. M. Salim [mailto:salim@localweb.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 25. January 2001 16:19
> To: OpenSRS Developers List
> Subject: Registry transfers lose remaining time now?
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Has the registry xfer policy changed regarding transfer of
> remaining time
> from NetSol to OpenSRS ?
>
> Up until now, any domain xfers I did from NetSol carried over
> the balance
> of time left with NetSol, and Tucows added one year to it.
>
> Apparently this has now changed.
>
> A client renewed a domain with NetSol (paid them $35 for 1
> year), then did
> a registry xfer from NetSol to OpenSRS (adding another year,
> toal 2 years
> according to my simple math). The xfer went through OK but OpenSRS is
> showing the domain expires next year, not 2 years from now.
>
> How so?
>
> I called up NetSol and the person I spoke with adamantly insisted that
> this is correct: any domain xfer away from NetSol loses any
> time left on
> the domain. Apparently this is spelt out in their policy
> though I could
> not see where (nor could the NetSol person but she still adamantly
> insisted that that's the policy). I asked if this is new and
> did not get a
> straight answer.
>
> So Tucows folks, please help me out here, what is the real answer?
>
> Should we stop telling our clients that we will transfer the
> balance of
> the time remaining on their account ? When did this change
> anyway, and
> how come it changed so quietly? That was a big selling point
> for us. If
> this is true, did this happen on NetSol's request or Tucows
> request? I
> can't imagine NetSol benefits from this much, so if this is
> true, perhaps
> this was initiated by Tucows? And knowing Tucows, this would
> be way out
> of character for Tucows (but not NetSol) so I am really puzzled by all
> this ... H-E-L-P !!!
>
> best regards
> Mike Salim.
>
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