I received an email from eNom making me aware of cvhanges coming in August regarding how to deal with domains that have expired.
Now they are recommending that reminders are sent out at least one month before expiration which is fine as WHMCS already does this, however there's more:
http://www.icann.org/en/resources/re...-policies/errp
2.1.2. If a registration is not renewed by the RAE or deleted by the registrar, within five days after the expiration of the registration, the registrar must transmit at least one additional expiration notice to the RAE that includes instructions for renewing the registration.
So an additional email has to be sent after expiration and I don't see a way that is built in at the moment to do this.
But then the fun starts ;)
2.2.1. Subject to applicable consensus policies and provisions of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement ("RAA"), registrars may delete registrations at any time after they expire.
The grace period is being shortened to 30 days from 60:
3.1. With the exception of sponsored gTLD registries, all gTLD registries must offer a Redemption Grace Period ("RGP") of 30 days immediately following the deletion of a registration, during which time the deleted registration may be restored at the request of the RAE by the registrar that deleted it. Registrations deleted during a registry's add-grace period, if applicable, should not be subject to the RGP.
It does sound like we are going to be more on the ball for customers who forget to renew as they are tightening the rules.
Now they are recommending that reminders are sent out at least one month before expiration which is fine as WHMCS already does this, however there's more:
http://www.icann.org/en/resources/re...-policies/errp
Quote:
2.1.2. If a registration is not renewed by the RAE or deleted by the registrar, within five days after the expiration of the registration, the registrar must transmit at least one additional expiration notice to the RAE that includes instructions for renewing the registration.
But then the fun starts ;)
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2.2.1. Subject to applicable consensus policies and provisions of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement ("RAA"), registrars may delete registrations at any time after they expire.
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3.1. With the exception of sponsored gTLD registries, all gTLD registries must offer a Redemption Grace Period ("RGP") of 30 days immediately following the deletion of a registration, during which time the deleted registration may be restored at the request of the RAE by the registrar that deleted it. Registrations deleted during a registry's add-grace period, if applicable, should not be subject to the RGP.