Tag Archives: parava

Thu 31st December 2009
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
2009 Domain Dunce Award: Parava - Domain name registrar shuts down, exposing a host of unknown problems. It wasn’t quite RegisterFly, but the fall of domain name registrar Parava this year was a stark reminder that the domain registration business remains poorly regulated with lax compliance. ICANN sent a breach notice to Parava on February 27th, notifying it of major infractions including not paying accreditation fees, failing to escrow whois data, and failing to take action in response to invalid ... read more ...
Fri 15th May 2009
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Did Parava Bilk Customers from Renewal Fees? - Parava alleged to have kept renewal fees instead of paying them to VeriSign. What’s a warning sign that your domain name registrar is about to leave you in a lurch? You pay it to renew your domain many years in advance, but it only renews it for one year at a time. Apparently a lot of Parava customers have experienced that. This week Tucows (Hover.com) took over the domain names that were at Parava, which was de-accredited by ICANN. It didn’t take long for ... read more ...
Wed 13th May 2009
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Parava Transition to Hover Has Started - Transition of domains from de-accredited registrar begins. The wait is almost over for Parava Networks’ customers who haven’t been able to access their domain names in a couple weeks. As I write, domains are being transferred to Tucows’ Hover.com. Parava customers need not contact Hover yet, as they will receive an e-mail with instructions later today when the process is complete. Customers will go to a special URL on the Hover site to claim their domain ... read more ...
Tue 12th May 2009
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Parava To Give Tucows’ Hover Brand a Boost - Registrar will take over management of domain names from de-accredited domain registrar. Domain Name Wire has learned that Tucows (AMEX: TCX) will be taking over the management of domain names previously registered at Parava Networks, also known as 10-domains.com. The official announcement is forthcoming from ICANN. Tucows CEO Elliot Noss declined to comment for this story. Parava was de-accredited in April 2009 for a number of infractions, including failure to ... read more ...