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<h2 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">281,000 Domains
to be Transferred from EstDomains to Directi</span></h2>
<p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">25
November 2008</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">An estimated 281,000 domain
names held by EstDomains will be transferred to ICANN-accredited registrar
Directi Internet Solutions following the termination of EstDomains' registrar
accreditation yesterday. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Customers of EstDomains will
be contacted directly by Directi and receive notice of the transfer plus
instructions for continued management of their names. There will be no cost to
the registrants for this transfer. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">EstDomains was informed on 28
October 2008 that ICANN was terminating the company's accreditation due to its
president's conviction for credit card fraud, money laundering and document
forgery. ICANN stayed that termination following correspondence with
EstDomains. However, after further investigation, ICANN decided to go ahead
with the termination, effective yesterday, 24 November 2008. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In accordance with the
De-Accredited Registrar Transition Procedure, ICANN put out a request for
statements of interest from registrars interested in receiving a bulk transfer
of the names formerly managed by EstDomains. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">As part of that procedure,
EstDomains is permitted to designate a gaining registrar. It chose to use that
option and identified ICANN-accredited registrar Directi. ICANN reviewed that
request and approved it. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Registrants with names registered
through EstDomains should contact Directi for customer service. Directi has set
up a specific webpage to deal with the transfer, available at: <a href="http://directi.com/estbulktransfer">http://directi.com/estbulktransfer</a>.
Also below are answers to some common questions regarding the bulk transfer. </span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Related links: </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Contact
information on the transfer from Directi: <a href="http://directi.com/estbulktransfer">http://directi.com/estbulktransfer</a>
</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ICANN
decision to continue with termination of EstDomains (12 Nov): <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-12nov08-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-12nov08-en.htm</a></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ICANN
decision to stay termination following correspondence with EstDomains (29
Oct): <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-29oct08-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-29oct08-en.htm</a>
</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ICANN
notice of termination of EstDomains (28 Oct): <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-28oct08-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-28oct08-en.htm</a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">De-Accredited
Registrar Transition Procedure: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/processes/registrars/de-accredited-registrar-transition-procedure-01oct08.pdf">http://www.icann.org/en/processes/registrars/de-accredited-registrar-transition-procedure-01oct08.pdf</a></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Inter-Registrar
Transfer Policy: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/transfers/policy-12jul04.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/transfers/policy-12jul04.htm</a></span></li></ul>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Q&A </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Q. Why did ICANN authorize
the bulk transfer?<br>
A. EstDomains' Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) was terminated by ICANN
due to RAA compliance issues. As a result, EstDomains is no longer permitted to
register or manage gTLD registrations. In order to protect the customers of
EstDomains, ICANN initiated that De-Accredited Registrar Transition Procedure
and determined that the bulk transfer would promote the community interest. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Q. Will Directi attempt to
contact the affected registrants? What should current/former EstDomains
customers do?<br>
A. Former customers of EstDomains should receive a notice of the transfer and
instructions for continued management of their names from Directi. Affected
customers who do not receive notices from Directi should contact Directi
directly, using the control panel provided at <a href="http://directi.com/estbulktransfer">http://directi.com/estbulktransfer</a>.
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Q. Do registrants have to pay
a fee for the bulk transfer?<br>
A. No, there is no cost to registrants for the bulk transfer. Unlike a normal
inter-registrar transfer, the registration terms will not be extended by a
year. Accordingly, it is important to contact Directi if your registration will
expire soon in order to maintain your registration. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Q. When will the transfer
begin?<br>
A. Today. ICANN has acted as soon as possible after the termination date and
after all the transition procedures have been followed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Q. When will the bulk
transfer take place?<br>
A. The affected registries have already begun taking steps to effectuate the
bulk transfer. The process is expected to be complete by 1 December 2008. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Q. How will the domain
registrant data be handled?<br>
A. EstDomains will provide the full registrant details to Directi. In the event
there are any issues with the data, ICANN has a full backup of the data through
its data escrow system. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Q. What if former EstDomains
customers want to use a different registrar?<br>
A. Registrants will continue to be able to transfer their registrations to
other registrars under the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (see <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/transfers/">http://www.icann.org/en/transfers/</a>).
Note that Directi may deny transfers for the first 60 days following the bulk
transfer, at Directi's discretion. This 60-day period is permissible under the
Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy, and is intended to help protect registrants.
Names that will expire during the first 60 days following the transfer to
Directi should be renewed by the registrant by contacting Directi using the
control panel provided at <a href="http://directi.com/estbulktransfer">http://directi.com/estbulktransfer</a>.
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Q. How will EstDomains
customers know if an email message purportedly from Directi is legitimate?<br>
A. For general advice about avoiding phishing email messages, you may wish to
refer to the materials prepared by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (see <a href="http://www.antiphishing.org/consumer_recs.html">http://www.antiphishing.org/consumer_recs.html</a>).
If you believe a message purportedly from Directi is not legitimate, you should
navigate to their web page directly, at <a href="http://directi.com/estbulktransfer">http://directi.com/estbulktransfer</a>.
</span></p>