Tantawi Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Domain registrar and SSL certificate issuer Registerfly has been given notice by ICANN for violation of numerous policies and must remedy the situation by March 13 or lose ICANN accreditation. The issue is focused on Registerfly's failure to unlock tens of thousands of domain names despite repeated requests by customers and ICANN itself, a violation of ICANN's Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy, as well as repeated failure to pay ICANN's accreditation fees.The company's troubles have been snowballing for a while now, and came to a head with Registerfly's financial problems that caused the company to allow 75,000 domain names to expire despite repeated user requests to renew and/or transfer them. Registerfly blamed the financial crisis on parent company Unified Names' CEO Kevin Medina's misue of company funds. Medina was terminated from the company on February 12 and Unified Names sued him that same day, accusing him of misusing the funds on liposuction and escorts. Registerfly claims that upon Medina's termination, he deleted quite a bit of company information, including passwords and access to the billing department in order to issue refunds. Full article: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070227-8933.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The.Clinton Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Could that explain my deleted tickets regarding domain names etc? I've just succesfully moved some domains away from them - looks like I am going to have to move the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copernic Reporter Posted March 6, 2007 Reporter Share Posted March 6, 2007 They deserve it, a lot of people complains about Registerfly stoled their domains etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeroday Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 I moved most of my domains away, and I would advise everyone else to do the same. They are the crappiest company I've used :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tantawi Posted March 6, 2007 Author Share Posted March 6, 2007 I moved most of my domains away, and I would advise everyone else to do the same. They are the crappiest company I've used :angry: ditto! Wish me luck moving the rest of my domains (been trying since three weeks). :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boeing 787 Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 I had 4 domains with them that I let expire. Luckily the ones I wanted to keep were registered at another service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elagizy Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 No worries about customers, I'm sure ICANN can handle it. RegisterFly is down too! For me, Brinkster.com for Domains and GoDaddy.com for Hosting ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pc_Madness Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 For me, Brinkster.com for Domains and GoDaddy.com for Hosting ;) Do you have that backwards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tantawi Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 Do you have that backwards? Surprisingly no :sleep: I know Elagizy and he likes to do the opposite of what every sane man will do :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amano Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 What's after losing ICANN accreditation!! Will we be able to manage our lost domains through ICANN itself or it will assign some people to manage the company or forget our domains Thank you, Teh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Got 2 out to moniker, and 2 when they lost enom reseller status, hope I don't lose the other ~13 there :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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