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Question: What happens to registrar transfers-pendings with expiration in the middle?
It is a great question. Since registrar transfers right now on .mobi names are taking a week, what happens if you start a transfer right now, when the name expires during the transfer process.
I asked my contact at dotMobi, who in turn asked Aflias (who does tech for .mobi). This topic is so important this week I'm cross posting it, my first cross posting in years (please excuse it admins...)
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Thank You for contacting .MOBI Technical Support.
"My question: What happens when an expiration date hits and a domain is
in the middle of a transfer. Does the transfer complete, or does the
name expire and the transfer fail?"
The transfer gets completed. If a Delete, Extend, or Transfer occurs
within the Auto-Renew Grace Period, the following rules apply:
Transfer (other than ICANN-approved bulk transfer). If a domain is
transferred within the Auto-Renew Grace Period, the losing Registrar is
credited with the Auto-Renew charge and the year added by the Auto-Renew
operation is cancelled. The expiration date of the domain is extended by
one year up to a total maximum of ten and the gaining Registrar is
charged for that additional year, even in cases where a full year is not
added because of the 10-year registration term maximum.
It is a great question. Since registrar transfers right now on .mobi names are taking a week, what happens if you start a transfer right now, when the name expires during the transfer process.
I asked my contact at dotMobi, who in turn asked Aflias (who does tech for .mobi). This topic is so important this week I'm cross posting it, my first cross posting in years (please excuse it admins...)
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Thank You for contacting .MOBI Technical Support.
"My question: What happens when an expiration date hits and a domain is
in the middle of a transfer. Does the transfer complete, or does the
name expire and the transfer fail?"
The transfer gets completed. If a Delete, Extend, or Transfer occurs
within the Auto-Renew Grace Period, the following rules apply:
Transfer (other than ICANN-approved bulk transfer). If a domain is
transferred within the Auto-Renew Grace Period, the losing Registrar is
credited with the Auto-Renew charge and the year added by the Auto-Renew
operation is cancelled. The expiration date of the domain is extended by
one year up to a total maximum of ten and the gaining Registrar is
charged for that additional year, even in cases where a full year is not
added because of the 10-year registration term maximum.
