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After almost four years, ICANN has announced that they have adopted a new domain name transfer policy that make it much easier for domain name registrants to do business with the ICANN accredited Registrar of their choosing. Highlights from this new policy include;
The new policy took quite a lot of time to develop and even longer to implement, so there’s much more to it than I could hope to summarize here. And even though the time that it took to implement this policy has muted the buzz around its release, this really is an emancipation proclamation for domain name holders. Registrants are finally free to choose whom they do business with without the fear of being held hostage by a registrar with less than savory business practices.
I’ve no doubt that there are players that will attempt to game this policy to their benefit (I’ve already talked to a couple of Registrars looking for an angle), but at least now, their actions will be much easier to track, catch and do something about.
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Good news after a long time?
Let’s see! ;o)