{"id":3665,"date":"2014-01-05T19:08:22","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T00:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=3665"},"modified":"2014-01-05T19:27:20","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T00:27:20","slug":"icann-has-just-complicated-domain-transfers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/icann-has-just-complicated-domain-transfers\/","title":{"rendered":"ICANN has just complicated domain transfers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are actively involved in selling domain names, ICANN&#8217;s &#8216;gift&#8217; for the new year, 2014, is an increase of your workload.<\/p>\n<p>As of January 1st, 2014, all changes to a contact&#8217;s email must be verified and the process is enforced by the domain registrars.<\/p>\n<p>The problem: there is no uniformity in exactly how this is enforced, and here are a couple of examples.<\/p>\n<p>At GoDaddy, registering a new domain with an email address that has not been verified, requires verification. However, changing the email of existing domains to an unverified one, did not produce any prompts to verify it, surprisingly.<\/p>\n<p>The same process occurred at eNom: New registrations require verifications, but updating existing domains with an unverified email address generated no further action.<\/p>\n<p>However, at Fabulous, any update to existing domains requires the verification of the email address used, prior to applying it as a contact to the domain.<\/p>\n<p>Typically, when I sell a domain registered with Fabulous, I create a new &#8220;retail&#8221; account with the buyer&#8217;s credentials, and push the domain there, once instructed by Escrow.com.<\/p>\n<p>Until now, that part required no intervention on behalf of the buyer, who would simply receive the login\/pass of the new account as part of the exchange.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, due to the approach Fabulous has taken, the buyer will have to be instructed to confirm the email address, by clicking on an email link and logging into the account, using the credentials that I might not be ready to provide yet.<\/p>\n<p>This generates a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catch-22_%28logic%29\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Catch-22<\/strong><\/a> loop and further communication &#8211; <em>and confirmations thereof<\/em> &#8211; between seller and buyer. It might lead to opting for transferring the domain to another registrar instead, where the buyer has already established a confirmed email address.<\/p>\n<p>ICANN has clearly complicated the domain transfer process and many domain investors, myself included, won&#8217;t be happy with the extra layer of complexity added &#8211; all in the name of supposed transparency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are actively involved in selling domain names, ICANN&#8217;s &#8216;gift&#8217; for the new year, 2014, is an increase of your workload. As of January 1st, 2014, all changes to a contact&#8217;s email must be verified and the process is enforced by the domain registrars. 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