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Change of Registrant & Trades

  • Kai Schwarz shared this idea 4 years ago
  • Domains
  • 2 Comments


Hi there,

since I started with WHMCS Development and pushing the HEXONET Modules (the so-called ISPAPI Branch), I wondered why WHMCS did not consider integrating Domain Trades. Why is is necessary to know about Trades? Whenever you change the Registrant Contact Data, it may result into a Trade - somehow comparable to the IRTP. Mainly caused by changing Organization / First- /Lastname / Email Address but this also depends a bit on the underlying TLD/registry provider

* Depends on the TLD, if a trade is required or not for the change of registrant
* Trades are sometimes NOT free of charge (the pain in WHMCS and the main difference to IRTP)
* All Registrar Modules I ever saw have not covered that case and have this either not working - so you have to contact support or they have this working. In both cases the costs are NOT invoiced in direction of reseller's clients. Just the reseller pays for it.
* Trades also require a non-realtime processing (has to be accepted)

We actually log Trade Costs into the System Activity Log for Reseller's Rerference.

Please consider that topic for a future release.

Best
Kai Schwarz
HEXONET

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This is a crucial feature request. The current system forces resellers to absorb unexpected trade costs, turning a simple registrant change into a major financial headache. Allowing WHMCS to handle these TLD-specific fees and non-realtime approvals is vital. Right now, the complexity and financial exposure for resellers seem to *<a href="https://rampxtreme.org">ramp" xtreme</a>*ly high. This integration should absolutely be prioritized.
In addition: For some TLDs (e.g. .net.au) a Trade also leads to getting the expirydate reset which is also the case for some Transfer Processes.

TLD Pricing Sync / Registrar TLD Sync would be a good place to get such data imported.