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.INFO Registry Agreement | Registry Operator's Monthly Report

.INFO Registry Agreement | Registry Operator's Monthly Report

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.INFO Agreement Appendix 4
Registry Operator's Monthly Report


(8 December 2006)


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, restores.

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. 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)
06 net-adds-2-yr number of domains successfully registered with an Initial term of two years
07 net-adds-3-yr number of domains successfully registered with an initial term of three years
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
17 net-renews-3-yr number of domains successfully renewed with a new renewal period of three years
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-losing successful transfers initiated by another registrar that this registrar ack'd - either by command or automatically
28 transfer-losing nacked transfers initiated by another registrar that this registrar n'acked
29 transfer-disputed won number of transfer disputes in which this Registrar prevailed
30 transfer-disputed lost number of transfer disputes this registrar lost
31 transfer-disputed no decision number of transfer disputes involving this registrar with a split or no decision
32 deleted-domains grace domains deleted within the add grace period
33 deleted-domains no grace domains deleted outside the add grace period
34 restored-domains domain names restored from redemption period
35 restored-no report total number of restored names for which the registrar failed to submit a restore report