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.NAME Agreement Appendix 4 | Registry Operator's Monthly Report

.NAME Agreement Appendix 4 | Registry Operator's Monthly Report
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.NAME Agreement Appendix 4
Registry Operator's Monthly Report


(15 August 2007)


Registry Operator shall provide the following information in its monthly reports. Reports shall be submitted via email to <registry-reports@icann.org>. ICANN shall use reasonable commercial efforts to preserve the confidentiality of the information reported until three months after the end of the month to which the report relates.

1. Accredited Registrar Status. State the number of registrars in each of the following three categories: (1) operational, (2) ramp-up (registrars that have received a password for access to OT&E), and (3) pre-ramp-up (registrars that have requested access, but have not yet entered the ramp-up period).

2. Service Level Agreement Performance. Compare Service Level Agreement requirements with actual performance measures for the reporting month.

3. TLD Zone File Access Activity. State the total number of zone file access passwords at end of the reporting month.

4. Completed System Software Releases. Describe significant releases during the reporting month, including release name, features, and completion date.

5. Whois Service Activity. State the number of Whois queries during the reporting month.

6. Total Number of Transactions by Subcategory by Month. State the total number of transactions during the reporting month, in the following subcategories: adds, deletes, modifies, checks, renews, transfers.

7. Daily Transaction Range. Tabulate the number of total daily transactions. The range of transaction volume should be shown for each month, along with the average daily transaction volume.

8. Per-Registrar Activity Report for Second-Level and Traditional Third-Level Transactions. This report shall be transmitted to ICANN electronically in comma or pipe separated-value format, using the following fields per registrar:

Field #
Field Name
Notes
01
registrar-name registrar's full corporate name
02
iana-id http://www.iana.org/assignments/registrar-ids
03
total-domains total domains under sponsorship
04
total-nameservers total nameservers registered
05
net-adds-1-yr domains successfully added (and not deleted within the add grace period or (if any) free trial period)
06
net-adds-2-yr number of domains successfully registered with an initial term of two years (and not deleted within the add grace period )
07
net-adds-3-yr number of domains successfully registered with an initial term of three years (and not deleted within the add grace period)
08
net-adds-4-yr Etc.
09
net-adds-5-yr " "
10
net-adds-6-yr " "
11
net-adds-7-yr " "
12
net-adds-8-yr " "
13
net-adds-9-yr " "
14
net-adds-10-yr " "
15
net-renews-1-yr domains renewed either automatically or by command (and not deleted within the renew grace period)
16
net-renews-2-yr number of domains successfully renewed with a new renewal period of two years (and not deleted within the renew grace period)
17
net-renews-3-yr number of domains successfully renewed with a new renewal period of three years (and not deleted within the renew grace period)
18
net-renews-4-yr Etc.
19
net-renews-5-yr " "
20
net-renews-6-yr " "
21
net-renews-7-yr " "
22
net-renews-8-yr " "
23
net-renews-9-yr " "
24
net-renews-10-yr " "
25
transfer-gaining-successful transfers initiated by this registrar that were ack'd by the other registrar - either by command or automatically
26
transfer-gaining-nacked transfers initiated by this registrar that were n'acked by the other registrar
27
transfer-disputed-won Number of transfer disputes in which this registrar prevailed
28
transfer-disputed-lost number of transfer disputes this registrar lost
29
transfer-disputed-nodecision number of transfer disputes involving this registrar with a split or no decision

 

9. Per-Registrar Activity Report for Bulk Third-level Transactions. This report shall be transmitted to ICANN electronically in comma or pipe separated-value format, using the following fields per registrar:

Field #
Field Name
Notes
01
registrar-name registrar's full corporate name
02
iana-id http://www.iana.org/assignments/registrar-ids
03
total-domains total domains under sponsorship
04
total-nameservers total nameservers registered
05
net-adds-1-yr domains successfully added (and not deleted within the add grace period or (if any) free trial period)
06
net-adds-2-yr number of domains successfully registered with an initial term of two years (and not deleted within the add grace period )
07
net-adds-3-yr number of domains successfully registered with an initial term of three years (and not deleted within the add grace period)
08
net-adds-4-yr Etc.
09
net-adds-5-yr " "
10
net-adds-6-yr " "
11
net-adds-7-yr " "
12
net-adds-8-yr " "
13
net-adds-9-yr " "
14
net-adds-10-yr " "
15
net-renews-1-yr domains renewed either automatically or by command (and not deleted within the renew grace period)
16
net-renews-2-yr number of domains successfully renewed with a new renewal period of two years (and not deleted within the renew grace period)
17
net-renews-3-yr number of domains successfully renewed with a new renewal period of three years (and not deleted within the renew grace period)
18
net-renews-4-yr Etc.
19
net-renews-5-yr " "
20
net-renews-6-yr " "
21
net-renews-7-yr " "
22
net-renews-8-yr " "
23
net-renews-9-yr " "
24
net-renews-10-yr " "
25
transfer-gaining-successful transfers initiated by this registrar that were ack'd by the other registrar - either by command or automatically
26
transfer-gaining-nacked transfers initiated by this registrar that were n'acked by the other registrar
27
transfer-disputed-won Number of transfer disputes in which this registrar prevailed
28
transfer-disputed-lost number of transfer disputes this registrar lost
29
transfer-disputed-nodecision number of transfer disputes involving this registrar with a split or no decision