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Re: [ga] keeping expired domains by a registrar
I expect everyone involved in making money on this to have the same opinion
Ted.
Again, scripts can be written to register expired names and yes it has been
around for years. As early as 1995. I was in the domain speculation business
in 1995 and know about these scripts intimately. However, for every script
that can be written to do this, one can be written to counter it. it could
be made impossible to register the expired names by script. Registrars have
not found it to be profitable to do so is the only reason it has not been
done.
Domainers are a large part of a registrars income so they tailor things to
suit the largest customers they have. Normal business practice but still not
what is best for the web overall in my honest opinion. You are of cours4e
welcome to disagree and if I was in the business still, I might have been
right there alongside you, who knows. Right now, as a member of a list, who
is supposed to try to represent the most users, not those who own the most
domain names, I believe the process has gone on long enough and that it's
time that the situation was corrected.
Not idealistic at all to try and represent the best interest of users
instead of my own interests Ted. I respect that you want your view
represented and wish all other views to be called optimistic in hopes they
will be ignored. Everyone's view here is valid. That's the beauty of it.
Chris McElroy aka NameCritic
http://www.articlecontentprovider.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Prophet Partners Inc." <Domains@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [ga] keeping expired domains by a registrar
Hi Chris,
Your thoughts on this are idealistic, not realistic. The reality is that
expiring domains are still available on a first-come first-serve basis.
The
domain auctions through registrars such as Network Solutions are open to
the
public and there is nothing to prevent anyone from participating, provided
they are willing to pay the price. Given that drop catching has been
automated via scripts for several years already, what makes you think that
allowing domains to drop via the normal deletion cycle would offer any
advantage to the normal registrant? If the registrars didn't auction the
domains, then companies like SnapNames or Pool would, upon immediately
registering the domain after Pending Delete.
Expired domains are essentially abandoned property. If you fail to pay the
mortgage, your home gets foreclosed and is auctioned off to someone else.
In
the real world, lotteries only exist for undeveloped public land, not for
formerly private property. IMO, the current environment for expiring
domains
represents a healthy and competitive market.
Sincerely,
Ted
Prophet Partners Inc.
http://www.ProphetPartners.com
http://www.Premium-Domain-Names.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Nevett, Jonathon" <jnevett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Gomes, Chuck"
<cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Danny Younger" <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>; "Bashar
Al-Abdulhadi" <bashar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [ga] keeping expired domains by a registrar
I see the justification used here for auctioning names off after
expiration,
but it defeats the first-come first-serve nature of domain names and how
they should be distributed. If a domain name expires, it should go back
into
the pool so that anyone can register the name at normal registration
prices
period. There really is no justification, other than greed by registrars
who
control these names for holding auctions, using them in parking schemes,
and
making deals with domainers to use them for profit they in turn share
with
the registrar.
Justification comes easy when it's something that makes you money.
However
it denies users the right to register a name after it has dropped into
the
pool.
Chris McElroy aka NameCritic
http://www.articlecontentprovider.com
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