> It doesn't really answer the question :) Shouldn't resellers 
> be provided with these kind of services by their registrars?
> 
> kim

I don't care who provides it, but someone should, and fast. I have
clients screaming at me - they can't understand (and nor should they
have to) why a service which used to be available to them is no longer
available.

In my opinion the whole thing is a farce. Where else in any other
industry is it made so hard to determine a products availablilty? All I
want is to tell my clients whether a domain is a) available or b) not
available. At this point in time I cannot do either. I am not asking for
unchecked access to the database, simply a mechanism to determine
whether the client should place their order or think up some other name.

Maybe it's just me, but I'm at a loss to work out why it's all so bloody
hard all of a sudden.

Dave.