For Sale On Hold forever?

[cyphix]

I've had a snap on a name that has been on hold now for about 50+ days... I thought max hold was 45 days?

 

[cyphix]

Btw the domain isn't with Netsol, it's with opensrs.

 

[ToastyX]

A registrar can hold a domain for as long as they want for any reason.

 

[Frontline]

Don't feel bad, ive had my eye on a name at netsol thats been on hold since october of 2002.

 

[cyphix]

*shakes head*

 

[affordablehosting]

So a registrar can hold a domain for as long as they want?

Couldn't GoDaddy's or Enom's drop service turn into a a WLS for GoDaddy/Enom domains?

Say affordablehosting.com was registered with GoDaddy, but is scheduled to drop. Someone decides to "backorder" it with GoDaddy. Instead of letting it drop after the customary 45 days, GoDaddy keeps it on hold and transfers ownership to the backorderer. The backorderer would get a 320 day registration for $XX.

This way, we wouldn't have this huge mess of backorder services getting $5000 bids for domains. Revenue from drops would stay with the registrars- and they might use some of the revenue to attract newer customers (and potential future drops) by lowering registration costs and transfer fees.

 

[clemzonguy]

Don't give them any more terrible ideas!! This would only mean that the top registrars would survive.....including NETSOL.

 

[Steen]

THey could.

But there are specific ICANN rules that prohibit this.

Break the rules, loss the ability to reg names.

Originally posted by affordablehosting
So a registrar can hold a domain for as long as they want?

Couldn't GoDaddy's or Enom's drop service turn into a a WLS for GoDaddy/Enom domains?

Say affordablehosting.com was registered with GoDaddy, but is scheduled to drop. Someone decides to "backorder" it with GoDaddy. Instead of letting it drop after the customary 45 days, GoDaddy keeps it on hold and transfers ownership to the backorderer. The backorderer would get a 320 day registration for $XX.

This way, we wouldn't have this huge mess of backorder services getting $5000 bids for domains. Revenue from drops would stay with the registrars- and they might use some of the revenue to attract newer customers (and potential future drops) by lowering registration costs and transfer fees.