question Would you accept a .nz hold with no fixed maximum?

[nicenicnicenic is verified member.]

The proposed .nz “Protective Hold” caught my attention for one reason: the draft doesn’t give the hold a fixed maximum duration.

It would only apply to some newly registered domains under 14 days old while DNC checks the holder and registration data, and a successful check should lift the hold as soon as practically possible.

Would that be enough certainty for you as a registrant, or should a registry hold always have a hard time limit?

Source:

https://internetnz.nz/nz-domains/nz-rules-and-schedules/consultations-have-your-say/

 

[ElhagMousab]

I have been through a couple of registry verification holds, and the open ended part is the part that hurts. A fourteen day window before the check starts is reasonable, but once the registry is actually looking at your data the registrant has no way to plan anything. I had a name sitting in review for weeks while a document check crawled along, and every one of those days was a day I could not point a client at the domain or run a campaign on it.

My view is simple. A hold should carry a stated maximum, and if the registry cannot finish the check inside that window, the hold lifts automatically and the case drops into a manual review the registrant can track. Certainty matters more than speed here. If you tell me the worst case up front I can live with it, even a long one, because I can plan around a number. What I cannot plan around is a promise to act as soon as practically possible, since that phrase has no deadline inside it and no way to escalate from the registrant side.