From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Aug 5 01:58:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA12151 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 01:58:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gate.consol.de (gate.consol.de [194.162.127.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA12145 for ; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 01:58:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Michael.Elbel@consol.de) X-Envelope-Sender-Is: Michael.Elbel@consol.de (at relayer gate.consol.de) Received: from msgsrv.bb.consol.de (root@msgsrv [10.250.0.100]) by gate.consol.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA29754; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 10:58:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fourier.int.consol.de (me@fourier.int.consol.de [10.0.1.17]) by msgsrv.bb.consol.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA19580; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 10:58:37 +0200 Received: (from me@localhost) by fourier.int.consol.de (8.8.8/8.8.7) id KAA14362; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 10:58:36 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from me) Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 10:58:36 +0200 (CEST) From: Michael Elbel Message-Id: <199808050858.KAA14362@fourier.int.consol.de> To: jcwells@u.washington.edu Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Never Mind Was: Domain Name For Sale Newsgroups: lists.freebsd.chat References: Reply-To: me@FreeBSD.ORG X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 CURRENT #123 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In lists.freebsd.chat you write: >After looking a little closer I see that transferring ownership is not as >easy as I thought. In any case, the new owner will be billed in full for a >"new" registration by the Internic. >*** >http://rs.internic.net/reg-change/rncafaq.html >If the domain name is being transferred from one party to another, the >domain name must be in a paid status before the transfer can occur. After >the transfer, the new Registrant will be invoiced for a new registration >fee. The former Registrant will not receive a refund of its registration >fee. >*** >This means that I can't offer anyone a better deal than they would get for >buying there own brand new domain. Oh Well. What you always can do is transfer nameservers, admin/tech/billing contact to somebody else. Then later change the postal address and you're all set, especially in your case where the "company" name is "High Performance Net" Basically you're *not* transferring the domain, simply changing all it's bits. Usually this is not so easy since you've tied an actual company to it. And yes, this is a very big pain in the ass. I've been through it at the beginning of this year where they didn't require lawyers yet and it took us two months and more in phone costs to the internic's not-so-very-competent frontdesk than the actual registration fees. On the other hand, hey, it's a cool name, do you really want to give it away now because of $35? Michael -- \|/ -O- Michael Elbel, ConSol* GmbH, - me@consol.de - 089 / 45841-128 /|\ Fermentation fault (coors dumped) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message