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Are these formal ICANN rule-changes, or just how iwantmyname is choosing to enforce the verification aspect of domain ownership? Seems like what they're saying they may do is replace your domain with some lead-generation landing-page similar to what many domain registrars do upon registering a new domain prior to modifying the DNS settings.

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I've spoken to Timo and the others on the team at iwantmyname before and they're all pretty laid back so I can't imagine them doing this unless they really had to.

Edit. This seems to be a more legal-like explanation of the relevant rules from a registrar called enom. http://www.comprotex.com/icann.html

As commented above[1] it looks like this is required by a new contract which is required for registrars to sell all of these new (and imo, silly) TLDs such as .cab, .sexy, etc

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7005417

As many others pointed out this is a change in ICANN policies and we are required to do this. The page will be completely neutral without any ads.

It's almost certainly just them. You'll note that you haven't heard of any of the other registars talking about this.

No, this is incorrect - it is part of the new Registry Registrar Agreement that ICANN ratified earlier this year. It goes into effect 1 January. All accredited registrars will have to agree to it this year to retain their accreditation.

Others in the industry have updated their sites or informed their customers as well:

- http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/8948/verifying-conta...

- http://www.hover.com/blog/icann-registrant-verification-is-c...

- http://blog.dnsimple.com/2013/12/new-rules-for-domain-regist...

It's only them, the upline we use hasn't said a word to us about it. I just asked support and he seemed shocked I would even ask ha ha.

You should be very concerned about your registrar, then, because they are not paying attention to ICANN policy.

No, it's not. Any registrar on the 2013 RAA has to proactively validate and verify WHOIS data accuracy. Those still on the 2009 RAA only have to reactively validate and verify WHOIS data accuracy in response to complaints.

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