What it does mean ?

[JuniperPark]

There is no notice of shutdown on their website and I (a longtime customer) have received no email saying they are closing.

Are you sure this is happening?

 

[Theo]

There is no notice of shutdown on their website and I (a longtime customer) have received no email saying they are closing.

Are you sure this is happening?

Email is at the first post in this thread.

 

[keep]

Now everything is clear and it really sucks . I thought that if LOCKED domains ( domains not older then 60 days ) would be renewed they stay with the namescout.com . But it's not.

Hello Viktor.
You can’t just renew in order to keep them at Namescout when they are less than 60 days old. Here’s why.

Currently, for example, somedomain.com is registered at the registrar “MainDomain.ca Inc”, which is one of the registrars that Pool.com is closing. The name was acquired by Pool.com on Nov 12, 2012 and so it is locked (prevented from being transferred to another registrar) until Jan 11, 2013 (60 days later). It cannot be transferred to ANY other registrar until that date. Namescout currently provides the management interface for domains held by MainDomain.ca Inc.

So, if you renew now, while the domains are still in the 60 day hold, they will simply renew for an extra year at MainDomain.ca.

If your domains were older than 60 days, then submitting the renewal would ALSO transfer the name (which is allowed after 60 days old) to Namescout. In this case two things happen, the registration is extended for a full year AND the name would now be held by Namescout and not MainDomain.

But, as long as the name is still in a locked status at the registry, you won’t be able to do this transfer/renew process. Your only option at this stage for names that are in this status is to wait to see what Registrar ICANN chooses and they will provide you with login credentials and you will be able to transfer to any registrar you want.

If you encounter any issues at that time, please let me know and we will do our best to help you out.


Richard

 

[Theo]

Bunch of phuckers. Can't wait for BBB to degrade them.

 

[Shane]

Bunch of phuckers. Can't wait for BBB to degrade them.

Unless they are broke they won't be "degraded".

That's one of many stories about the bbb's idiocy.

 

[Theo]

Unless they are broke they won't be "degraded".

That's one of many stories about the bbb's idiocy.

You'd be surprised how much gTLD-era companies need to maintain their good standing.

 

[tomsa]

I'm facing the same issue with a domain name registered by POOL/DOMAINREIGN.CA on 19/11 :angry:

 

[Theo]

Pool.com owns 85 (!) ICANN accredited registrars. They are not disclosing how many they are closing down to save money, apparently. Some? All? No clue. All I know is that they are putting the blame on ICANN for not letting them break the 60-day non-transfer rule! And thus, they wash their hands clean, saying "sorreee!". Meanwhile, you can still backorder domains at Pool. But who in their right mind would use a company that screwed their customers?

 

[DomainsInc]

the first backorder service i ever used was pool back in 2004. i don't really get why they can't offer both services but other than .ca's their catch quality has been poor for a long time. their offices are only 10 minutes or so from where i live.