ICANN posts "fact sheet" on Registerfly.

[AdoptableDomains]

Here's a pretty good break down from ICANN on what has happened. What it doesn't tell is what they plan to do at the end of the month.

http://www.icann.org/announcements/factsheet-registerfly-registrars-26mar07.pdf

I guess It's going to be one BIG April fools joke.

Also:

Registrar Accreditation Policy and Process Must be Reviewed
ICANN is calling for comments on a number of things:
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-21mar07.htm

 

[name idol]

Here's a pretty good break down from ICANN on what has happened. What ti doesn't tell is what they plan to do at the end of the month.

http://www.icann.org/announcements/factsheet-registerfly-registrars-26mar07.pdf

I guess It's going to be one BIG April fools joke.

Also:

Registrar Accreditation Policy and Process Must be Reviewed
ICANN is calling for comments on a number of things:
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-21mar07.htm

Great find!

You're right, it's not very helpful for RF domain holders.

It does contain interesting tidbits though, such as this:

"How did RegisterFly become an accredited registrar?

ICANN has never approved RegisterFly as an accredited
registrar.

RegisterFly originally acted as a “reseller” of registrations for
other accredited registrars. Around the end of 2004, ICANN
approved and entered into a Registrar Accreditation Agreement
with a company called Top Class Names, Inc.

Within a couple months, the name of Top Class Names was
changed to RegisterFly.Com, and eventually, ICANN was notified
that the management of the company had also been changed.
This was an example of “back-door accreditation” where an
unaccredited company buys one that is accredited and then
assumes their role."

 

[AdoptableDomains]

RegisterFly originally acted as a “reseller” of registrations for
other accredited registrars. Around the end of 2004, ICANN
approved and entered into a Registrar Accreditation Agreement
with a company called Top Class Names, Inc.

Within a couple months, the name of Top Class Names was
changed to RegisterFly.Com, and eventually, ICANN was notified
that the management of the company had also been changed.
This was an example of “back-door accreditation” where an
unaccredited company buys one that is accredited and then
assumes their role."

I caught wind of that last July myself in this post:
http://www.namepros.com/industry-ne...or-registerfly.html?highlight=top+class+names

At that time I never got an answer on my observation, but it looked fishy then.

 

[*AllThings.tv*]

Wow, seems like ICANN needs to keep its eyes open and hold original accreditors liable for the acts of those they sold out to particularly if the original accreditors knew that they were being purchased simply for their accreditation.

 

[MaxMcool]

well that explains a lot to me, slowly the pieces of the puzzel fit together.
Is Icann doing anything to change this, and stop any other rouge registrar from easily side stepping the rules in this way?