- August 2013
What does the rule do?
- Protects domain name registrants
This new rule is now officially called "Expired Registration Recovery Policy" or ERRP and will go into effect starting August 31, 2013. This new policy or rule, sets a few guidelines on how registrars must notiy their customers that their domain names are about the expire. More importantly, these expiry notification have to be sent out in a set interval and that a DNS resolutioon must be interrupted after expiration.
The ERRP also states that there is a 30 day redemption period for non-sponsored gTLDs and requires registrars to show pricing and info on how to recover a domain during this period.
