Re: [ga] SnapNames switches to auction-based system....is WLS dead?

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric and all former DNSO GA members or other interested
stakeholders/users,

  Well given that ICANN has demonstrated having trouble managing their
own web page and Email archives adequately, is it any surprise that they

cannot or will not enforce equally their own so called "Consensus
policies"??

Hugh Dierker wrote:

>    Seems like the same problem and that ICANN has no handle on the
> situation. It sure looks like these folks treat the names like they
> are their property that they lease to lucky users.
>
> eric
>
> George Kirikos <gkirikos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> According to the interim page at http://www.snapnames.com/ :
>
> "To SnapNames Customers:
>
> Over the course of the past year, the domain name marketplace has
> changed dramatically. Accordingly, SnapNames has elected to update the
>
> way we capture deleting domain names and make them available to you.
>
> Effective immediately:
>
> * Our back-order service will require no up-front fee. You can
> back-order valuable domain names at no charge.
> * You pay a success fee only if we successfully acquire a domain
> name for you.
> * In the event of multiple back-orders for the same domain name,
> we'll conduct a short auction, and the winning bidder will be awarded
> the name.
>
> Customers with existing SnapBack® subscriptions will, of course,
> receive credit for their subscriptions. For more information, please
> see our FAQ section."
>
> I hope that it's true that the abusive and monopolistic WLS is dead,
> and competition wins. It's nice to be on the winning side. :)
>
> Although, there hasn't been a litigation update in a while at:
>
> http://www.icann.org/general/litigation.htm
>
> regarding the VeriSign suit. Perhaps the evil empire isn't dead just
> yet....
>
> A hint to Verisign -- you could have hired me as a consultant, to see
> what's non-abusive, and saved your money on lost causes, as I wouldn't
>
> have been a "yes man", like the many you seem to employ at present.
>
> 1) WLS --- dead.
> 2) SiteFinder -- dead.
> 3) What's next? :)
>
> Sincerely,
>
> George Kirikos
> http://www.kirikos.com/
>
>

Regards,

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