Friday, 30 March 2012 16:45 Domain News
Nominet has recently announced that they will be changing the registrants terms and conditions for domain registrations in preparation for the launch of multi-year registration period. You can read the announcement after the jump :"In preparation for the launch of multi-year registration periods the registrant terms and conditions for domain name registration will be changing.Clause 20 of the registrant terms and conditions for domain name registration will be changed to make it clear that from 1 May 2012 registrants can register domain names for between one and ten years if this service is offered by their registrar. The new clause is shown below:Unless ended earlier under this contract or we are given different instructions, we will enter your domain name on the register for two years. Some agents are authorised to enter your domain name on the register for a number of years from one year to ten years. You can ask your agent for further details of this. If we receive your renewal request and fee in the standard format by the deadline we set, and in line with the conditions of this contract generally, you will have the right to enter into a new contract with us on the same standard conditions that we are then offering to people registering new domain names. Th-+e specific procedure which applies to renewals is set out on our website, or you can ask your agent.The registrant terms and conditions form part of the contract of registration and we are therefore required to give 30 days notice of changes to the terms and conditions. The new terms and conditions are now available on our website here.
These terms and conditions will apply from 1 May 2012."
