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That is VERY interesting! I have been trying to register an expired domain (that I originally created), and RegisterFly has not released it yet, more than a month after its expiration.

What alarms me even more than RegisterFly maybe trying to profit from the domain name that I created, given the financial problems evident in the article, is the current marketing of "Instant Coupons", where they are trying to get people to prepay for up to a thousand (.INFO) domains, and then have only 24 hours to get the domain registrations completed!

https://registerfly.com/instant/

Instant Coupons are a new way to do quick bulk purchases and save big! Instant Coupons are only valid for 24 hours and are not transferable between accounts. With Instant Coupons you can do a fast bulk purchase of a predefined quantity of domain names. Your pricing is set based on the specific code you purchase. The pricing is valid for a full 24 hours. You can register the minimum amount or MORE at the price you chose. Privacy Protection is also included with each domain name registered.

We can also see what a problem "privacy protection" can be, for domain name registrants who decide to change registrars, not to mention the possibility that the registrar is most interested in getting money for domains that are either not registered at all, or where they have not paid their ICANN registration fees!

ICANN just gave an update of this situation: http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-02mar07.htm

Of immediate notice is that all expering RF domans would not be deleted but placed on special "do not delete" hold status.

ICANN's intention appears to be to take over Registerfly's customer database by legal means (through TRO after they sue RF) and probably turn it over to another registrar (probably tucows since they are backend provider already) for temporary operations while their customers can be officially transitioned after they loose accreditation. I guess this would be the first time we see how ICANN deacreditation process and transitioning of customers of bad registrar to somewhere else works.

BTW, as I mentioned on some mail list this is a big nightmare for large number of internet users - RegisterFly has 1 million domains registered just as a registrar (and probably half as many as ENOM reseller)! I hope this gets resolved well and soon for them all and if not we'll see USG (and what is likely worse for all of us ITU as well) take notice and raise questions as to if ICANN system really works.

William Leibzon please contact me a 6508874330 or klausgerber1@yahoo.com

How to save and moved your registerfly domains including protected domains:
How to moved your registerfly domains including protected domains before they will lost .

RegisterFly will not be a domain reseller in march 2007, and all your domain there is in risk of losing, spicily whois protected domains !.

so how to save your domain:

1. Create A New Register Fly Account.
2. Login into the Old RegisterFly Account.
3. Click on Manage Domains
4. Click A Domain Name
5. Click On Change Ownership
6. Click On “Push your names to another user”
7. Click Continue
8. Enter The User ID of The New RegisterFly Account
9. Verify The User ID of The New RegisterFly Account is Correct
10. Click Continue
11. Select Each Domain Name to Push
12. Check the Check Box Marked “Change the Whois/Contact info on the names being pushed”
*** Check This Box Only if your Domains are Showing ProtectFly Information on a Whois Database, If it’s Showing your Real Information with Working Email Then Continue Without Checking the Check Box ***
13. Login into Your New RegisterFly Account, Your Recently Transferred Domains Should Be All Unlocked.
14. Click Change Whois Information And Get Authorization Code for Each Domain.
15. Wait about 2 Days until changes are updated to the world.
15. Begin Transfer to New Registrar.

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