RE: [gnso-pednr-dt] Additional Fact Finding and Proposed Registar Survey Questions

[Tim Ruiz <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I apologize but I cannot make the call today. I will
listen to the recording later. Regarding Mike's survey
questions I ask that any questions related registrar
pricing be removed for two reasons.

1. Pricing is excluded from consensus policy in the 
RAA.

2. Registrars cannot discuss it here due to antitrust 
concerns.


Tim
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [gnso-pednr-dt] Additional Fact Finding and Proposed Registar
> Survey Questions
> From: "Michael D. Palage" <michael@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, August 10, 2009 9:42 pm
> To: <gnso-pednr-dt@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 
>    Hello All:
> 
>    Just doing some additional
>    fact finding in connection
>    with Tuesday's PENDR Working
>    Group call.
> 
>    On the issue of creating
>    openness, transparency and
>    predictability for registrants
>    with regard to recovering
>    expired domain names, I share
>    the following information
>    regarding divergent practices
>    by gTLD registries. I submit
>    that these divergent practices
>    are neither a good or a bad
>    thing, but that their
>    existence does seem to suggest
>    the need for a predictable
>    safety net to protect
>    registrant interests.
> 
>    The Majority of registries
>    .COM, .NET, .NAME, .JOBS,
>    .INFO, .ORG, .ASIA, .MOBI,
>    .AERO, and .PRO debit the
>    registrar of record's account
>    the renewal rate, and then
>    give that registrar 45 days to
>    cancel the domain name and
>    receive a credit. During this
>    window the Whois associated
>    with this domain name will not
>    show the original expiration
>    date, but a date one year from
>    the expiration based upon the
>    money that was debited from
>    the registrar's account.
> 
>    There is a minority number of
>    registries, .BIZ, .TRAVEL, TEL
>    and .CAT that do not debit the
>    registrar account until the
>    end of the 45 day auto-renewal
>    grace period. During this time
>    the Whois will reflect the
>    original expiration date in
>    the Whois.
> 
>    The .COOP registry has a 5 day
>    grace period following
>    expiration where the domain
>    name still appears in the zone
>    file. After this 5 day grace
>    period the domain name is
>    removed from the zone file for
>    40 days. Forty five days after
>    expiration the domain name is
>    made available for
>    re-registration.
> 
>    During the last call I
>    suggested the need to get some
>    data points from within the
>    registrar/reseller community.
>    In an effort to jump start
>    that effort, I have proposed a
>    list of survey questions that
>    the group may wish to discuss
>    tomorrow. I am sure some of my
>    former registrar colleagues
>    will propose some mark-ups to
>    these questions but given the
>    shrinking window between now
>    and Seoul, I thought I would
>    take a first crack at this
>    important fact gathering
>    survey. (see below)
> 
>    I look forward to tomorrow's
>    call and I want to thank
>    William and Tatyana for their
>    previous posts I found them
>    very constructive.
> 
>    Best regards,
> 
>    Michael
> 
>    Proposed Registrar Survey
>    Questions:
> 
>    1)  What is the registrar's
>    practice regarding a domain
>    name at the time of expiration
>    when the registrant gives
>    explicit instructions
>    regarding its intention NOT to
>    renew the domain names? (i.e.
>    does the registrar process and
>    delete command, does the
>    registrar change the whois
>    prior to expiration, does the
>    registrar allow the domain
>    name to auto-renew in those
>    registries that employ that
>    policy, etc.)
> 
>    2)  What is the registrar's
>    practice regarding a domain
>    name at the time of expiration
>    when the registrant is silent
>    regarding its intention to
>    renew a domain name? (i.e.
>    does the registrar process and
>    delete command, does the
>    registrar change the whois
>    prior to expiration, does the
>    registrar allow the domain
>    name to auto-renew in those
>    registries that employ that
>    policy, etc.)
> 
>    3)  Does the registrar
>    affirmatively change any of
>    the underlying Whois data
>    associated with the domain
>    name in or around the time of
>    expiration? (yes/no)
> 
>    4)  Does the registrar of
>    record have any contractual
>    terms in the original
>    registration agreement
>    regarding the treatment of the
>    domain name registration
>    service contract at the time
>    of expiration? If so what are
>    they?
> 
>    5)  If the registrar changes
>    the Whois data at the time of
>    expiration is that practice
>    dependent upon the TLD (i.e.
>    auto-renew v.s.
>    non-auto-renew) or is the
>    change in underlying Whois
>    data the same regardless of
>    the TLD?
> 
>    6)  Does the registrar or any
>    affiliate offer any value
>    added services regarding the
>    sale/auction of domain names
>    after their date of original
>    expiration, if so what are
>    those services?
> 
>    7)  Does the registrar or any
>    affiliate provide any revenue
>    share opportunities in
>    connection with any revenue
>    recognized in connection with
>    the value added services with
>    the registrant prior to
>    expiration? If so what are
>    they?
> 
>    8)  Does the registrar or
>    affiliate provide the
>    registrant prior to expiration
>    the right to remove a name
>    from this value added service
>    offering?
> 
>    9)  What is the cost to the
>    registrant to recover/renew a
>    domain name during the
>    Registry Redemption Grace
>    Period? (Note in providing
>    this cost do not include the
>    registry cost component which
>    may vary per TLD, only provide
>    the registrar mark-up?) Is
>    this mark-up the same across
>    all TLDs, or does it vary from
>    TLD to TLD? How many of your
>    domain name registrants pay
>    this fee on an annual basis?
> 
>    10)What is the cost to the
>    registrant to recover/renew a
>    domain name post expiration
>    but prior to the imposition of
>    any Registry Redemption Grace
>    Period. (Note in providing
>    this cost do not include the
>    registry cost component which
>    may vary per TLD, only provide
>    the registrar mark-up?) Is
>    this mark-up the same across
>    all TLDs, or does it vary from
>    TLD to TLD? How many of your
>    domain name registrants pay
>    this fee on an annual basis?
> 
>    11)Aside from these two
>    recovery/renewal windows does
>    the registrar impose any fees
>    on a registrant other than a
>    regular renewal price to
>    renew/re-register the domain
>    name? If so what are? How many
>    of your domain name
>    registrants pay this
>    additional fee on an annual
>    basis?
> 
>    12)Does the registrar or
>    affiliate provide the
>    registrant the ability to
>    renew/re-register a domain
>    name once it has entered an
>    auction process? If so what
>    are the costs imposed on the
>    registrant?
> 
>    13)Are participants in
>    registrar or affiliates
>    auction apprised of the
>    registrant's rights to
>    renew/re-register a domain
>    name during the auction? If so
>    how and what are the terms of
>    that notification?
> 
>    14)For those registrars or
>    their affiliates that provide
>    auction services with the
>    ability of the registrant to
>    renew/re-register a name, what
>    number of registrants have
>    exercised that right?
> 
>    15)What percentage of the
>    overall gTLD market does the
>    registrar responding to this
>    questionnaire represent?
> 
>    16)Is the registrar responding
>    to this questionnaire part of
>    a family of registrars sharing
>    common ownership?