ICANN Terminates RegisterFly.com

[seanmccann]

CANN today issued a formal notice of termination of RegisterFly.com's Registration Accreditation Agreement (RAA).

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.

"Terminating accreditation is the strongest measure ICANN is able to take against RegisterFly under its powers," Dr. Paul Twomey, President and CEO of ICANN said today.

"ICANN has been frustrated and distressed by recent management confusion inside RegisterFly," Dr. Twomey, President said. "I completely understand the greater frustration and enormous difficulty that this has created for registrants."

When the Agreement is terminated, ICANN can approve a bulk transfer of all current RegisterFly domain names to another ICANN accredited Registrar.

"Of course, RegisterFly does not have to wait till then. They can request ICANN to approve a bulk transfer immediately. I call on RegisterFly to act in the interests of registrants and seek such a transfer from us straight away," Dr. Twomey said.

ICANN intends to hold a forum to discuss the reform of the Accreditation policy and process at its Lisbon meeting in a week's time*.

A set of questions and points to inform the discussion will be made public prior to the Lisbon meeting.

* The Lisbon meeting is one of three meetings held a year by ICANN to meet with global stakeholders. It will take place from 26-30 March 2007


found here: http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-16mar07.htm

 

[AdoptableDomains]

I am sure a lot of folks have their money tied up at Regfly for renewals, including myself. Its a good chunk of my yearly budget.

Any thoughts on how we all can get our money out of Regfly..?

If you have a balance, I'd look for something to register quickly. ICANN can protect a registered name. You might have to fight for an unused balance in bankruptcy court. You won't be able to transfer for 60 days, but at least when the database gets moved you have something somewhere.

So the ? is which registrar will step forward, eNom, GoDaddy, NameCheap... etc... are you listening.

Here's a scary thought. 8-X What if it's tucows with a separate login for each domain, or NSI who hopes to get $25 for renewals, or a registrar in some country without an English interface like you sometimes get with Pool catches.


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[traderonline]

finally we have to say Good bye to Registerfly

 

[-bond-]

Welcome to Registerfly !
RegFly has been ****ed !
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[Jorge BR]

My problem now is that RegisterFly is not providing the authorization codes. So my attempt to transfer my names to GoDaddy have failed. Of course, RegisterFly is not responding to any emails or calls. What can I do about this authorization code thing?

 

[AdoptableDomains]

RegisterFly is not responding to any emails or calls.

Unfortunately, this is really nothing new. :td:

In case they don't do anything, I would log in and take screen captures of everything I could to prove ownership, expiration dates, domains listed, account balances, support ticket requests, etc.

 

[abdussamad]

Does the fact that regfly will no longer be icann accredited mean that it cannot function as a registrar? What will happen to existing domains at RF? Will we be forced to transfer away from them come 31st march?

 

[omnia]

No, it could continue life as a reseller....if anyone would have them
Yes... although keep your eyes open for whatever the ICANN proposal may be