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Hi. I have a question about a transfer dispute that I am currently experiencing with a registrar. In late December, I ordered a domain through SnapNames that was registered at a horrible registrar. I would now like to transfer this domain to a real registrar. In mid-January, I ordered whois privacy for this domain. When they sent me the form to request whois privacy, the rep from the registrar told me that while I had whois privacy activated, the registrar would become the "acting" owner of the domain until I revoke the whois privacy. They said that this is what every registrar does. Now that more than 60 days have passed, I contacted the registrar to unlock the domain and send me the authorization code. I was told that in order to do this, I would have to revoke the whois privacy by sending them another form and I would have to wait an additional 60 days after I revoked the whois privacy to transfer the domain. I checked the ICANN website and it doesn't seem that they can do this. I have posted the link to a page on the site below. Here are a few regulations from the site that I think prove that I should be able to transfer my domain.
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http://www.icann.org/transfers/dnholder-faq-03nov04.htm
A registrar may legitimately deny a transfer request in certain limited circumstances, as follows:
* Evidence of fraud
* Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) action
* Court order
* Reasonable dispute over the identity of the person authorizing the transfer
* Domain name is on hold due to payment owed for a previous registration period
* Express written objection from the domain name holder
* Domain name is in �Lock� status (Registrars must provide a readily accessible and reasonable means for name holders to remove the lock status. Contact your registrar for assistance.)
* Domain name is within 60 days of initial registration
* Domain name is within 60 days of a previous transfer
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It only says that they can deny transfers if a domain is within 60 days of INITIAL registration or a previous transfer. Initial registration was in December and the domain wasn't ever transferred. Here is something else from the same page:
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My registrar is listed as the Administrative Contact for my domain name and this is preventing my transfer from going through. What do I do?
If you are listed as the Registrant for the domain name, you can ask your new registrar of choice to send the required Form of Authorization to you rather than the Administrative Contact.
You can also update the data associated with the domain name and name a different Administrative Contact. Some registrars offer an online interface tool for you to manage this data yourself; others can make these updates if you contact their customer service.
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As it shows above, domains can be transferred even when the registrar is listed as the administrative contact.
Has anybody had any similar experiences? If so, what did you do? It also says on that ICANN page that I can contact the registrar that I want to transfer my domain to and they would be able to file a transfer dispute. Would there be any point in doing this? Has this ever worked for anybody? Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to provide.
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http://www.icann.org/transfers/dnholder-faq-03nov04.htm
A registrar may legitimately deny a transfer request in certain limited circumstances, as follows:
* Evidence of fraud
* Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) action
* Court order
* Reasonable dispute over the identity of the person authorizing the transfer
* Domain name is on hold due to payment owed for a previous registration period
* Express written objection from the domain name holder
* Domain name is in �Lock� status (Registrars must provide a readily accessible and reasonable means for name holders to remove the lock status. Contact your registrar for assistance.)
* Domain name is within 60 days of initial registration
* Domain name is within 60 days of a previous transfer
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It only says that they can deny transfers if a domain is within 60 days of INITIAL registration or a previous transfer. Initial registration was in December and the domain wasn't ever transferred. Here is something else from the same page:
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My registrar is listed as the Administrative Contact for my domain name and this is preventing my transfer from going through. What do I do?
If you are listed as the Registrant for the domain name, you can ask your new registrar of choice to send the required Form of Authorization to you rather than the Administrative Contact.
You can also update the data associated with the domain name and name a different Administrative Contact. Some registrars offer an online interface tool for you to manage this data yourself; others can make these updates if you contact their customer service.
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As it shows above, domains can be transferred even when the registrar is listed as the administrative contact.
Has anybody had any similar experiences? If so, what did you do? It also says on that ICANN page that I can contact the registrar that I want to transfer my domain to and they would be able to file a transfer dispute. Would there be any point in doing this? Has this ever worked for anybody? Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to provide.
