Hello James, On 29/03/2017 19:04, Gould, James wrote:
> The availability of the domain name and the availability of the fee > information can be separate. Consider the use case where a client does a > check for an existing domain name (e.g., “existing-domain.example”), > where the availability check returns “false” but the fee extension could > return the fee information, which may be useful if the existing domain > name is in pendingDelete. Let me be clear that the fee information for > an existing domain name is based strictly off the fee tables and not > looking at the fee and credit information of the existing domain itself. I think it may in some cases be necessary to actually look at the domain instead of some static "fee table". E.g. it's possible that the domain, at the time when it was created, was on some "premium" list that caused a certain set of higher tariffs (also for renewals and transfer) to be permanently attached to it. This would mean that any registrar who transfers the domain to his account needs to be aware of the higher costs. That domain name could have been subsequently taken off the "premium" list, but that doesn't necessarily change the pricing for the existing domain. In this situation, the "static" pricing looks normal to the server, while the actual pricing for the existing domain is still higher than normal. If the <fee:check> command would only look at a static "premium" name list, it would return a wrong pricing information to e.g. a registrar that wants to transfer the name, or renew it. In fact, one of the main reasons why we implemented the fee extension in our system is to ensure that registrars don't accidentally transfer domain names into their portfolio that involve higher costs due to the configuration of the system at the time of their creation. Best regards, Thomas -- TANGO REGISTRY SERVICES® is a product of: Knipp Medien und Kommunikation GmbH Technologiepark Phone: +49 231 9703-222 Martin-Schmeisser-Weg 9 Fax: +49 231 9703-200 D-44227 Dortmund E-Mail: supp...@tango-rs.com Germany _______________________________________________ regext mailing list regext@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/regext
