And what do the others think about this? apart from pressing for the committee to complet its work, have we developed or do we have to develop a position on this? --- Danny Younger <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On the Council list, Chuck Gomes has posed the > question as to whether the Transfer Policy Review > Committee has completed its work. > > As the Committee's 14 January 2007 "Advisory > Concerning Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy" fails to > discuss the issue of registrar transfer-away fees, I > would argue that the Committee still has work to do. > > ICANN's FAQ for Registrars on Transfers states: > > -- Are we allowed to charge fees to process transfer > requests? > > -- Yes. The Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy does not > make any provisions with regard to the fees a > registrar may charge its customers. > > By contrast, consider the policy in place at AuDa: > > 6. TRANSFER FEES > > 6.1 The losing registrar must not impose a transfer > fee on the registrant, or any fee that could > reasonably be construed as a transfer fee. > > 6.2 The gaining registrar must not impose a transfer > fee on the registrant, or any fee that could > reasonably be construed as a transfer fee. If the > gaining registrar chooses to bundle the transfer with > other service offerings, then the gaining registrar > must advise the registrant that the transfer is free > of charge. > > > Transfer-away fees defeat the intent of the Transfers > Policy, namely facile domain name portability. The > NCUC should press the Council to have the Transfer > Policy Review Committee address the issue of fees > asscociated with the transfer process. > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________Building > a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you > all the tools to get online. > http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting >