Policy Deletes?

[Chris.C]

Why would these domains in tomorrows drop be up for policy deletes?

OffshoreBanking.com.au
EspressoMaker.com.au
EspressoMakers.com.au
OffshoreIncorporation.com.au

 

[Drop.com.au]

Hi Chris,

These aren't auDA policy deletes.

The whois status indicates that these domains have been deleted at the request of the current registrant, not auDA.

Compare the status for espressomakers.com.au - "pendingDelete (Client requested delete)" with realestat.com.au - "pendingDelete (Client requested policy delete)"

Cheers

Andrew

 

[Chris.C]

Thanks for the clarification. It leaves me with two questions though:

So we are allowed to buy them, right?

And why on earth would someone ask for their names like that to be deleted?

 

[DavidL]

And why on earth would someone ask for their names like that to be deleted?

I doubt this is the case in this instance but I have heard of people agreeing to sell a domain, checking the transfer fees (remember MIT still charge $339) and deciding to avoid these by deleting the domain for the other party to go and hand-reg.

These days with Drop and Snapper, they will be in for an unwelcome surprise if they do that!

 

[marketingweb]

These aren't auDA policy deletes.

The whois status indicates that these domains have been deleted at the request of the current registrant, not auDA.

Compare the status for espressomakers.com.au - "pendingDelete (Client requested delete)" with realestat.com.au - "pendingDelete (Client requested policy delete)"

Just thought it worthwhile pointing out something that Andrew obviously knows well but others may not - as it confused me until very recently.

If it says "Client requested policy delete", you can pretty much guarantee it isn't the client (ie current registrant) who has requested it!

One thing I would be curious about is if anyone knows why this terminology of client requested is used when it's very misleading?

Matt

 

[Mick]

One thing I would be curious about is if anyone knows why this terminology of client requested is used when it's very misleading?

"Client", I'm assuming means the registrar, as its the client of the registry, I guess a "Server requested policy delete" is also able to be applied should the registrar not act on the request to have the domain deleted.