FAQs Regarding a Recent Email From TLDRS |
| What's the current status? |
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10/4/2007 Update: TLDRS has been very inconsistent as to which Early Termination Request forms they process. Some agents have been successful in receiving their codes and transferring their domains but many other agents have received nothing from TLDRS after completing the form back in early August.
We cannot guarantee you will successful in receiving any response from TLDRS if you complete their Early Termination form. If you elect to complete the form, we suggest you use a credit card so if you don't get in any response in 4-6 weeks, you can contact your credit card company and get your money back. 9/12/2007 Update: A number of agents have paid TLDRS to transfer, and not gotten any response. If you haven't sent them money you may want to hold off until we know more. If you've sent them money and paid by credit card, you may want to notify your credit card company and pursue getting your money back. We'll continue adding updates here as they become available. 8/15/2007 Update: A good percentage of the agents who went through the transfer process last week have completed it successfully. If you've been waiting, our recommendation is that you move forward with TLDRS's Early Termination form. 8/7/2007 Update: We have a small group of agents who have begun the transfer process from TLDRS. Past issues with TLDRS has taught us not to count our chickens before they hatch, so we want to make sure this transfer will be successful before forking over $59.00 to TLDRS. We recommend that you wait a week or so to determine whether these transfers will actually succeed. We'll update the site once we know whether or not TLDRS is allowing the transfers to proceed. |
| Why did I receive an email from TLDRS? |
| You may have a domain registered with TLDRS at present or may have done so in the past. |
| Do I have to transfer my domain name to My State Farm Domain? |
| Our initial answer is no. The reason we are tentative in saying no is that we don't know why TLDRS has sent out this email. Agents have been attempting to get their domains back from TLDRS for more than 9 months and TLDRS has ignored every one of their requests. Agents did not own their domain names when they were with TLDRS, they only leased them, so agents were required to use TLDRS as long as they wanted to use that particular domain name. This was great for TLDRS but very bad for agents, because it meant agents had to use TLDRS for as long as they wanted that domain name.
It seems, based on the email, that TLDRS may have changed their policy on allowing agents to transfer the domain away from their company, but we're not sure why they would have changed it after all this time, other than the fact that agents have been calling them and requesting that they be allowed to transfer their domain name. It's also possible that TLDRS is going out of business and is trying to make a quick buck on the way out. We just don't have any other information at this point, other than the email, and TLDRS, as many of you know, doesn't answer their phone or respond to emails, so communicating with them has proven difficult. |
| Why are they charging a $59.00 early termination fee? |
| We believe this is just another hurdle that TLDRS has put in front of agents to dissuade them from transferring and another way for them to make a few extra bucks. We wish this wasn't the case, but they've elected to penalize you for leaving their company. |
| Why does My State Farm Domain charge a transfer fee? |
| When a domain is transferred into the program, we have to agree, by law, to support the domain for whatever amount of time it was previously registered for, plus one year. So if your domain at TLDRS expires on 10/10/2009, when it's transferred to My State Farm Domain, we are agreeing to support it until 10/10/2010. We compute a transfer fee based on the amount of time left until the domain expires, in this example, 10/10/2010. |
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