Re: [registrars] Regarding reselling of valuable deleted domain names in a secondary market

["Ross Wm. Rader" <ross@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Nevett, Jonathon wrote:

> Our position is that if the GNSO wants to adopt the resolution
> authorizing an issues report, the focus of the study should be on the
> "slamming" the registries issue and "daughter registrar" issue that the
> Business Constituency (BC) has raised as problems below.  It should not
> encompass individual registrar business practices - products and
> services provided to their customers prior to deletion.  The
> post-deletion contention issue and explosion in new registrars are the
> only related issues that address the concerns raised in the BC draft
> resolution (i.e. "impacts stability" or causes "unforeseen strains on
> the ability of registries and registrars to manage their business
> efficiently.").  This is the same approach ICANN and the RC took with
> the Workshop on Re-registration of Deleted Domain Names held in Cape
> Town.  I've copied the workshop overview below.  
Jon -

I agree that this exercise should not encompass business models, 
products, services, etc. but I'm wary of looking at this as solely a 
"contention" issue.
In my opinion (obDisclaimer:as a registrar, not as a constituency 
council rep.) the council should be looking at the policy failures that 
lead to the negative dynamic. Further, it would also be helpful to 
understand why the experimental and proposed solutions we've seen over 
the past four years have failed to produce the result that registrars 
have been looking for.
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                      -rwr



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