Issues for Australian Domains - renewal and transfer

[Zorro67]

hay Sparky,
I spoke with DIT some time ago about others module they are working on- their SMS and SSL modules were planned to be out last year. They are great blokes , but I wouldnt hold my breath on the timing of the module

Alos in response to tim's post above , AU domains can't contain special characters except a hypen.

http://www.auda.org.au/policies/auda-2008-07/

4.3 Registrars must check that the requested domain name:
a) is from 2 to 63 characters long;
b) contains only letters (a-z), numbers (0-9) or hyphens (-), or a combination of these;
c) starts and ends with a letter or a number, not a hyphen; and
d) does not contain hyphens in the third and fourth position (eg. ab--cd.com.au).
4.4 In addition, registrars must check that the requested domain name is not on auDA's Reserved List. The Reserved List is available on auDA's website at http://www.auda.org.au/policy.

[ireckonhosting]

I know this is an old post, but I am having this issue with AU domains also, and use V4.3.1

Unless I am seeing things here.
If a transfer key is required to find out the expiry date of the domain, then why is the client area not requesting the transfer password during the order process? Or have I missed anything?

Anyone else out there still having this issue?

[Damo]

During the order process *when requesting a domain transfer* the user should be prompted to enter the domain password. Have you made any changes to the order templates?

[ireckonhosting]

I haven't personally, but I'll ask the programmers here who put this all together.

So if the password field is finally there, will the 90 day expiry rule automatically be applied then by WHMCS?

[Damo]

There is no 90 day expiry rule from auDA. You can transfer a domain at any time prior to the expiry date without the need to renew it. Some registrars (the former Distribute.IT for example) used to impose the renewal.

[ireckonhosting]

There is no 90 day expiry rule from auDA. You can transfer a domain at any time prior to the expiry date without the need to renew it. Some registrars (the former Distribute.IT for example) used to impose the renewal.

Yeah I know. But does WHMCS know that if ourside the 90 days, to not charge client when transferring? Or does it still charge it?

[Damo]

It will still charge the fee you set as the price for transfer.

[ireckonhosting]

So WHMCS doesn't care if the domain is within or outside the 90 day expiry period.. it will charge the renewal during the transfer either way.... that just sux...

[Damo]

No, it doesn't charge a renewal during the transfer at all. Transferring an au domain doesn't extend the renewal period so why would it charge?

Once transferred a renewal invoice will be generated as per normal schedule.

[ernie]

Which .au registrar is easiest for WHMCS integration nowadays? I know it use to be DIT until they got hacked last year, but I have lost track since then. It's just for .au domains that I am looking at options, the gTLD domains are well serviced by multiple registrars. I currently use Enetica for .au, but their is no WHMCS integration, so registrations and renewals have to be done manually.