I have a rather thorny one here.
I attempted to transfer a group of names on 10 Dec, all w/ expiry periods of 12 Dec to a) move them away from a registrar I am less than happy with and b) take advantage of a 24hr promo for transfers $5.50 ea. The transfers failed due the registries refusing the AUTH codes that were provided to me by the current registrar. I contacted the registrar I attempted transfer to, provided them w/ a list of names that failed, per their request, so that "they could put them through".
The new registrar apparently did nothing- I never recieved an email directly from the rep confirming transfer. Today I get a new reply from the same rep I was dealing w/ Dec 10 in answer to my inquiry about the transfer status stating:
"I can not transfer domain names that are expired at all. No registry is allowed to do that. Please let me know if these are all expired or not and which ones,
than you."
Duh! They weren't expired when I attempted the transfer 3 days ago. I used the AUTH codes presented to me by GoDaddy. I followed the rules to the "T", doing all that was in my power to make the transfer happen.
So now I have a list of names that have passed expiry.
Questions:
-Am I now SOL w/ transfering these names, even though all the requests for transfer were initiated prior to expiry? If so, than the only way to keep them
would be to renew through the current registrar, (GoDaddy), I suppose.
- Should Registrar still be committed to transfering the non-expiring names that were on the list sent to them *at the promo rate*, albeit the 24 hr time limit has passed?
- Is it possible that the AUTH codes were bogus or the transfer was "tripped up" by intentional negligence , which inhibited the transfer, so that the names would have to be retained at the current registrar to be renewed?
NOTE: I am going to use the link to this thread in future correspondence w/ registries and registrars in an attempt to track down the cause of the transfer failure.
I attempted to transfer a group of names on 10 Dec, all w/ expiry periods of 12 Dec to a) move them away from a registrar I am less than happy with and b) take advantage of a 24hr promo for transfers $5.50 ea. The transfers failed due the registries refusing the AUTH codes that were provided to me by the current registrar. I contacted the registrar I attempted transfer to, provided them w/ a list of names that failed, per their request, so that "they could put them through".
The new registrar apparently did nothing- I never recieved an email directly from the rep confirming transfer. Today I get a new reply from the same rep I was dealing w/ Dec 10 in answer to my inquiry about the transfer status stating:
"I can not transfer domain names that are expired at all. No registry is allowed to do that. Please let me know if these are all expired or not and which ones,
than you."
Duh! They weren't expired when I attempted the transfer 3 days ago. I used the AUTH codes presented to me by GoDaddy. I followed the rules to the "T", doing all that was in my power to make the transfer happen.
So now I have a list of names that have passed expiry.
Questions:
-Am I now SOL w/ transfering these names, even though all the requests for transfer were initiated prior to expiry? If so, than the only way to keep them
would be to renew through the current registrar, (GoDaddy), I suppose.
- Should Registrar still be committed to transfering the non-expiring names that were on the list sent to them *at the promo rate*, albeit the 24 hr time limit has passed?
- Is it possible that the AUTH codes were bogus or the transfer was "tripped up" by intentional negligence , which inhibited the transfer, so that the names would have to be retained at the current registrar to be renewed?
NOTE: I am going to use the link to this thread in future correspondence w/ registries and registrars in an attempt to track down the cause of the transfer failure.
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