Hi,
To my knowledge, this isn’t something that ICANN has a say in. This would need to be a decision independently adopted by each Registry and Registrar for itself.
I don’t know how this would affect the finances of each of the Contracted Parties, but personally, if I received an email from my Registrar informing me that renewal fees are postponed for a couple of months, or some kind of grace period is allowed, I wouldn’t object. :-)
However, I suspect that this isn’t something that can be realistically implemented by all Contracted Parties. Different Registries and Registrars are of different sizes, have different financial standing, and generally have different sets of circumstances they need to operate under. This is all likely reason enough for ICANN to not involve itself in the matter. Not every Registrar out there is GoDaddy, for example, and not every Registry Operator is Verisign.
I haven’t heard of any Contracted Party performing outreach to its customers to enquire on their abilities to pay renewal fees at this time. Would be interested to see the results, if any surveys have been conducted, or if any information is available.
Thanks.
Amr
> On Apr 7, 2020, at 9:45 PM, Vaibhav Aggarwal <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hello Team,
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> I hope everyone is Well & taking good care in this tough global situation.
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> I have a question - while the business globally is stand still, there are domain renewals that are coming up. Why should the domain renewals be not given a grace of at least 2 months before they expire (for the months of April & May).
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> Most of the Digital platforms which are there for listing, online businesses, are allowing extended listing complimentary in the interest of business.
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> Just raising - if we agree, which makes complete sense, then we can draft a formal letter to the board & the registry group for taking this forward quickly.
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> Regards
> -Vaibhav Aggarwal
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> Sent from my mobile device. Typos regretted.
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