Re: time period for domain renewal

According to what my ISP told me, the rule/law is that you cannot transfer 
your domain name to another registrar WITHIN 30 or 60 days of registering 
that domain. You can transfer registrars at any point afterwards.

I had a new client recently looking for his own local web host...the 
company he picked told my client that he couldn't have e-mail from his .biz 
domain (recently registered with GoDaddy) sent to his ComCast email account 
BECAUSE OF THIS RULE against transferring registrars.

Sounds fishy?  It was.  After speaking with these people myself, I 
determined that the web host was re-selling space for some company in New 
York, and was under some pressure to get new accounts to transfer domain 
name registration.  The kicker was that the web host was 1) not up front 
about the fact that it's not neccessary to change registrars in order to 
set up a new hosting account and 2) willing to keep my client from 
establishing his business (and .biz)  in order to gain a stinking $14.95 
for transferring the domain name and a higher per annum for domain name 
registration.  Needless to say, we've got things straightened out now.

What is going on? Why this huge push to generate what...$35/year/domain, by 
hook or by crook? Is something about to happen to  change the cost 
structure of registering domain names which would prompt registrars to 
scramble for fees while they can?

Puzzled.
Collette

At 02:29 PM 4/2/02 -0500, you wrote:
>A couple of weeks ago I received a reminder from Verisign/Netsol that my 
>domain is about to expire. I'm thinking of transfering the domain to a 
>different registrar but I recall hearing something about a "lock in" 
>period with Verisign.  In other words, you cannot transfer your domain to 
>another registrar if it is within 30 or 60 days of expiring with 
>Verisign.  You can only transfer the domain name prior to this "lock in" 
>period.
>I've looked around at Verisign but I cant find any info on this.  Does 
>anybody know if this is true - and if so, how long is the "lock in" period?
>TIA,
>Bob Unger
>rbu(at)akula.com

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