Inter-Registrar Transfer, the 60-day lock is optional (1.Viewing)

I'm going to say "ICANN" and "policy", but don't immediately tune me out. I promise this is interesting.

Did you know that under ICANN's Transfer Policy for Inter-Registrar Transfer, the 60-day lock is listed under reasons a Registrar of Record "may" deny a transfer (Section 3.7), but it isn't in the list of reasons they "must" deny a transfer (Section 3.8).

Transfer Policy

What does this mean? The 60-day lock is a right of the losing registrar, not a responsibility. It's optional.

To illustrate this, the image below shows a before and after of the WHOIS as I transfer a domain that is eight days old between two of our registrars. We are also the registrant so no customers were put at risk.

It's unfortunate that choosing to enforce a 60-day create/transfer lock became the industry standard.

Especially in situations like aftermarket domain sales where a two-month wait might kill a deal. Even more so when you also own the marketplace that made the sale and you know the transfer request is legitimate.

Just saying...

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