Asiaplay
29th October 2009, 09:12 AM
I recently switched my .TW IDNs to 101domain.com and wanted to let people here know that it was a pleasent and helpful experience.
Although not the cheapest new registration option for .TW IDNs, they were the only ones I found who were prepared to handle a "transfer in" from another registrar (and are competitive for .TW) - so just wanted to say "good on" them for breaking the barrier in this "transfer in" .TW area and going that extra step.
Ok - rant time... and the reason I made the move...
I used to have my .TW IDNs at ipmirror.com and decided to switch:-
1) as ipmirror's prices are crazy high (across the board)
2) ipmirror.com make it very difficult to use a credit balance as part payment (i.e. one has to fax them a signed authorisation to use that and a company registration cert copy), so indirectly this means they hold a lot of small balances of credit for their customers.
3) the trick of adding credit to match the payment needed does not work at ipmirror.com (as they only allow credit top-ups of US$250 minimum... and I for one am not happy giving them that sort of my money as credit to sit and earn $ on, at my expense).
So instead I faxed ipmirror.com the authorisation letter to transfer my IDNs away (as yes, that was not possible to do, using only their SSL control panel - as that according to them, only works for registrars they have a partnership with apparently... and god only knows who those are...).
The strange thing is, I did transfer a .asia from ipmirror.com to dynadot a year or so ago and I could use their control panel without any problem at that time (so obviously the new policy is just a ploy to make transfer out difficult for account holders).
So zero points go to ipmirror.com who I am glad to see the back of and positive points go to 101domain.com who were helpful in answering my questions and getting the transfer done fast, for an IDN extension that others can't be bothered to support "transfer in" for (done at a time close to the expiry date of those particular IDNs).
So just wanted to say thanks to Bill @101domain.com and share the experience I have had with them so far...
Cheers - Asiaplay
Although not the cheapest new registration option for .TW IDNs, they were the only ones I found who were prepared to handle a "transfer in" from another registrar (and are competitive for .TW) - so just wanted to say "good on" them for breaking the barrier in this "transfer in" .TW area and going that extra step.
Ok - rant time... and the reason I made the move...
I used to have my .TW IDNs at ipmirror.com and decided to switch:-
1) as ipmirror's prices are crazy high (across the board)
2) ipmirror.com make it very difficult to use a credit balance as part payment (i.e. one has to fax them a signed authorisation to use that and a company registration cert copy), so indirectly this means they hold a lot of small balances of credit for their customers.
3) the trick of adding credit to match the payment needed does not work at ipmirror.com (as they only allow credit top-ups of US$250 minimum... and I for one am not happy giving them that sort of my money as credit to sit and earn $ on, at my expense).
So instead I faxed ipmirror.com the authorisation letter to transfer my IDNs away (as yes, that was not possible to do, using only their SSL control panel - as that according to them, only works for registrars they have a partnership with apparently... and god only knows who those are...).
The strange thing is, I did transfer a .asia from ipmirror.com to dynadot a year or so ago and I could use their control panel without any problem at that time (so obviously the new policy is just a ploy to make transfer out difficult for account holders).
So zero points go to ipmirror.com who I am glad to see the back of and positive points go to 101domain.com who were helpful in answering my questions and getting the transfer done fast, for an IDN extension that others can't be bothered to support "transfer in" for (done at a time close to the expiry date of those particular IDNs).
So just wanted to say thanks to Bill @101domain.com and share the experience I have had with them so far...
Cheers - Asiaplay