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<h2 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Request for
Information: ICANN Seeks Expressions of Interest from Registrars to Receive
Bulk Transfer of Names from De-Accredited Registrar Esoftwiz Inc.</span></h2>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">12
September 2008</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">As the result of the
de-accreditation of Esoftwiz Inc. (IANA ID 614), ICANN is seeking Statements of
Interest from ICANN-accredited registrars that are interested in assuming
sponsorship of the gTLD names that had been managed by Esoftwiz Inc.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Esoftwiz Inc. managed
approximately 1,200 gTLD registrations, including registrations in the com and
net registries, and is based in Ontario, Canada. ICANN has secured all
available Whois data for the current registrations. There are approximately 8
second-level internationalized domain names under this registrar's sponsorship
in the com and net zones.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Request for Statements of
Interest</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ICANN-accredited registrars
who wish to be considered as a potential recipient of a bulk transfer of the
names should be in good standing with regard to all ICANN-obligations and
submit a written statement of interest by <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">no later than 23:00 UTC on Friday, 19 September 2008</span></strong>,
with a description of qualification, which includes at least:</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Registrar
experience, including number of registrations and customers managed;</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Availability
of sufficient customer service staffing to timely respond to customer
service requests during and shortly after the bulk transfer;</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Ability to
communicate with customers in languages other than English;</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A list of
the gTLDs in which accredited and operational;</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Experience
with and knowledge of bulk-transfer procedures;</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Documentation
of procedures to resolve potential disputes of domain name control or
registration rights (in the event of contested ownership or inaccurate
Whois data);</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Experience
as a customer-facing / "retail" registrar business;</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Experience
with second-level IDNs in the com and net zones;</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Ability to
provide ICANN with regular status reports.</span></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Expressions of interest
should indicate, approximately, the amount of time needed by the
applicant-registrar to prepare to receive the bulk transfer. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This request for
information/expressions of interest is made pursuant to the Draft/Interim
Terminated Registrar Transition Procedure posted at <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-06jun08-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-06jun08-en.htm</a>.
ICANN reserves the right to entertain any or none of the statements of interest
submitted in response to this request and to select or approve a bulk-transfer
recipient outside this process. To the extent confidential treatment of any
information in the submission is required, such information should be
designated accordingly. Questions and submissions should be submitted by email
to mike.zupke @ <a href="http://icann.org">icann.org</a>.</span></p>
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