(There's no Namecheap subforum so I'm posting this in Moniker but it involves two registrars)
Weeks ago I bought a name that was with Moniker. Its renewal would be expensive so I decided to take it to Namecheap. The seller contacted the auction service later he had not received the email from Namecheap where he had to click/authorize a transfer out. But by then Namecheap was showing the transfer was in progress as if the seller had approved it. He insisted he had not and from what the rep involved said he's a veteran domainer and would not have clicked on something/deleted the email or forget he had. Still, he had meant to release the domain for me so all parties went ahead. He had "told" Moniker he authorized a transfer out by requesting the Auth Code/unlocking the name. But the gaining registrar (Namecheap) proceeded w/o the seller formally authorizing to give me his domain, that is troubling. Moniker was not at fault here as far as I can tell
Now the shoe's on the other foot. I sold a name, my buyer wants to take it to Moniker, the domain is w/Namecheap. But now it is Moniker who did not send me the auth email asking me to click on a link and sign into Moniker (or forward the email to the buyer so that he would) and Moniker is showing the thing is in progress, this time as if I clicked on the link authorizing the name to be moved out of Namecheap. I have not received such email, let alone clicked on anything. Namecheap does send emails to the losing registrant allowing him to cancel but the transfer is completed within 5 days if he does nothing. I told my buyer this and he doesn't have an explanation. Here it is Namecheap who's not at fault .....WTF !..... In the 1st example I told the seller to contact Moniker and ask them why the domain was released when he didn't get an email from Namecheap and now I am the one who should call Namecheap with the same question. These companies aren't even related, Namecheap holds its own registrar accreditation but the WHOIS still lists them as an Enom reseller, the largest one
I find this most concerning because two different registrars have proceeded to accept a domain into them without asking the losing registrant if he authorizes the transfer. Both "knew" the transfer out was probably OK w/the seller since the auth codes were requested/emailed to the owners and domains were unlocked. But that is not enough. Has anybody experienced this recently ? This can't be a coincidence. Does the registry have anything to do with this ? If a thief were to get a hold of the auth code/unlock a name, and the rightful owner did not notice the routine email sent by the losing registrar saying one of his names is being transferred out, he's in big trouble. I don't recall this happening before, it'd be easier to make heads and tails of if the two registrars involved had the same roles in both instances. But they are in opposite roles here. Has the domain transfer process been altered by the registry recently and it's been relaxed ? That would be scary...
Weeks ago I bought a name that was with Moniker. Its renewal would be expensive so I decided to take it to Namecheap. The seller contacted the auction service later he had not received the email from Namecheap where he had to click/authorize a transfer out. But by then Namecheap was showing the transfer was in progress as if the seller had approved it. He insisted he had not and from what the rep involved said he's a veteran domainer and would not have clicked on something/deleted the email or forget he had. Still, he had meant to release the domain for me so all parties went ahead. He had "told" Moniker he authorized a transfer out by requesting the Auth Code/unlocking the name. But the gaining registrar (Namecheap) proceeded w/o the seller formally authorizing to give me his domain, that is troubling. Moniker was not at fault here as far as I can tell
Now the shoe's on the other foot. I sold a name, my buyer wants to take it to Moniker, the domain is w/Namecheap. But now it is Moniker who did not send me the auth email asking me to click on a link and sign into Moniker (or forward the email to the buyer so that he would) and Moniker is showing the thing is in progress, this time as if I clicked on the link authorizing the name to be moved out of Namecheap. I have not received such email, let alone clicked on anything. Namecheap does send emails to the losing registrant allowing him to cancel but the transfer is completed within 5 days if he does nothing. I told my buyer this and he doesn't have an explanation. Here it is Namecheap who's not at fault .....WTF !..... In the 1st example I told the seller to contact Moniker and ask them why the domain was released when he didn't get an email from Namecheap and now I am the one who should call Namecheap with the same question. These companies aren't even related, Namecheap holds its own registrar accreditation but the WHOIS still lists them as an Enom reseller, the largest one
I find this most concerning because two different registrars have proceeded to accept a domain into them without asking the losing registrant if he authorizes the transfer. Both "knew" the transfer out was probably OK w/the seller since the auth codes were requested/emailed to the owners and domains were unlocked. But that is not enough. Has anybody experienced this recently ? This can't be a coincidence. Does the registry have anything to do with this ? If a thief were to get a hold of the auth code/unlock a name, and the rightful owner did not notice the routine email sent by the losing registrar saying one of his names is being transferred out, he's in big trouble. I don't recall this happening before, it'd be easier to make heads and tails of if the two registrars involved had the same roles in both instances. But they are in opposite roles here. Has the domain transfer process been altered by the registry recently and it's been relaxed ? That would be scary...
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