Domains: March 2007 Archives

The implosion of RegisterFly is one of the hot topics at ICANN Lisbon. Its impact on the domain name industry is yet to be fully understood, and will be topic for discussion during tomorrow morning's sessions.

ICANN have announced that RegisterFly is being terminated.

ICANN has issued a letter to RegisterFly [PDF, 902K] indicating that it will cease operating as an ICANN-Accredited Registrar on March 31, 2007. Under the terms of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), ICANN must provide 15 days written notice to RegisterFly of its intention to terminate. Effective immediately ICANN has terminated RegisterFly's right to use the ICANN Accredited Registrar logo on its website. Between now and 31 March RegisterFly is required to unlock and provide all necessary Authinfo codes to allow domain name transfers to occur. Any and all registrants wishing to transfer away from RegisterFly during this period should be allowed to do so efficiently and expeditiously.

(full text here) The RegisterFly affair has been causing headaches for domain owners for the last few weeks, though this move may prove to be too late for many registrants who saw their domains expire