Hi Chris,

I've had to look into this for a client recently also and have found  
that Registrar fees for transfer/change of license can range from $60  
to $340. Of course the fee, as you are probably aware of re the policy,  
commences a new 2yr term.

Be happy to pass on what I have found if you are interested.

Regards, Sandra Caballero
Virtual Visions

On Thursday, March 25, 2004, at 07:50 PM, inc§fastmedia.net wrote:

>
> I have a couple of clients seeking to update the registrant/ABN
> details.
>
> I haven't had to change the registrant or ABN details on an .au
> domain before, and was a bit surprised to learn that there is a
> fee involved.
>
> One registrar seems to charge A$149 for the process.  And another
> registrar's site quotes A$220.
>
> I can't find mention of a fee in the auDA Change of Registrant
> policy:
>
>   Transfers (Change of Registrant) Policy (2002-27)
>   http://auda.org.au/policies/auda-2002-27/
>
> One case is one partner buying out the other partner, and wanting
> to update a personal registrant's details to the newly incorporated
> company details, and the other sold their business to a new party
> (who will continue to trade under the same name) and the domain has
> no business registration number on it at all from way back when.
>
> The first case fits within 3.1 a) (i) of the above policy, but even
> without the buying out the other partner, details would want to be
> updated to match the recently incorporated entity.  The second case
> is simply updating otherwise missing information.
>
> I don't understand why there is a fee to keep the domain name record
> up to date.
>
> And then, why so expensive?
>
>
>
> --  
> Chris Langlands
> Fast Media Pty Ltd
>
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