2023-09-12 Transfer Policy Review PDP WG Call

PROPOSED AGENDA

1. Welcome and Chair updates
2. Continue discussion ofPreliminary Agreements [docs.google.com]from Charter Question i1 (Full Portfolio Transfers AKA Bulk Transfers) and Charter Question i2 (Change of Sponsorship AKA Partial Bulk Transfers)

i1) In light of these challenges described in section 3.1.7.2 of the Final Issue Report[gnso.icann.org], should the required fee in Section I.B.2 of the Transfer Policy be revisited or removed in certain circumstances?

• Review of homework

The 5 questions pertaining to (i1) Concepts are provided below:

1. Regarding Concept 3, is $50,000 the final number to be used for the proposed price ceiling? 
2. In the current policy, there is no charge to transfer less than 50,000 domains, but transferring 50,000 or more comes with a flat fee of $50,000. Is this concept of having a minimum/“ledge” of domain names still applicable?
3. Regarding Concept 4, if there is a sharing of the fee between registries, is there a minimum number of domain names a registry must have involved in order to qualify to share the fee? (e.g. if there are 10 registries involved and one only has 2% of the total domains involved, should they be able to partake in the sharing?)
4. If so, what is that minimum number of domain names? (e.g. is the registry allowed to bill for one domain name?)
5. How would this process be handled? Considering Concept 4(a), would ICANN org need to be involved further to help manage this process, and if so, why?

i2) Should the scope of voluntary bulk transfers, including partial bulk transfers, be expanded and/or made uniform across all registry operators? If so, what types of rules and

considerations should govern voluntary bulk transfers and partial bulk transfers?

• Review of homework

1. all registry operators (via an update to the Transfer Policy),

OR

      2. all registry operators who offer the BTAPPA (via recommended updates to the BTAPPA)

     3. AOB

BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS

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