[registrars] Re: [RegistrarsList] A few solutions

["tchaffin " <tchaffin@stargateinc.com>]

I would have to agree with you both.

Tom Chaffin
Stargate
tchaffin@stargateinc.com

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Ted Cucci" <tcucci@itsyourdomain.com>
Date:  Sun, 12 Aug 2001 21:57:02 -0500

>Now that is the BEST explanation and solution I have heard in a week. I will
>have our programmers help if need be.
>
>
>Ted Cucci
>Ex. V.P. Operations/Co-Founder
>ItsYourDomain.com
>tcucci@itsyourdomain.com
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Donny Simonton" <donny@intercosmos.com>
>To: "Registrars@dnso. org" <Registrars@dnso.org>
>Cc: <registrars@verisign-grs.com>
>Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2001 9:31 PM
>Subject: [RegistrarsList] A few solutions
>
>
>> I'm new here so forgive me if I step on any toes.
>>
>> The reason that the registry is limiting the number of connections that
>each
>> registrar can have and no longer releasing domains is because of the
>> registrars that having created this new expired domain market.  Registrars
>> that have been selling domains as normal have been the ones that have been
>> hurt the most here.  I still can't believe that a registrar would risk
>> having their accreditation pulled for maybe 50 domains a day?
>>
>> We had one of these expired domain hunters talk to me for about 2 hours
>the
>> other day about how he wanted us to design a system for him.  He gave me
>all
>> of the details on how it works, who the registrars are that are currently
>> registering the domains during the "dumps" (his way of saying the domains
>> are released), and even the time the scripts started on the registrars
>> servers.  After he told me that he would only get about 10-20 domains a
>> week, I told him I was not interested in setting up the system for him.  I
>> did ask him why he only told he would only get about 10-20 domains with us
>a
>> week, he explained that he supplies his list to a few registrars every
>time
>> he gets a list and they all submit the list for him at the same time, so
>> each registrar will only get a few domains per domain dump.
>>
>> Then he told me about the registrar that supplies their speculators with a
>> list of domains expiring tomorrow.  Then they are allowed to bid on how
>much
>> they would pay for the domain if the registrar was about to register the
>> domain.  He told me about winning a domain the week before for $950.
>>
>> Anybody want names of the registrars doing this?  Actually why doesn't the
>> registry supply us with the names of the registrars bringing down the
>system
>> every time there is a domain dump?
>>
>> The easy way to solve this whole problem is to shut those registrars down
>> that are causing the problems!  I know who they are, the registry knows
>who
>> they are, and so do the registrars!   It's real easy, they are violating
>> their contract with Verisign so shut them down!  But for some reason the
>> simple solution never gets done.
>>
>> Another option is to allow the domains to drop but drop them at the exact
>> the time they were registered.  So if the domain was supposed to expire at
>> 8:24:34 release the domain at that time.  Another added twist is to never
>> release the domain on the exact day the domain is supposed to released.
>If
>> the domain is supposed to be released tomorrow, release it Tuesday.
>> Randomize it.  Shock some of the speculators and release a domain a day
>> early.  This is not very hard!  I'll write the program myself!
>>
>> The lottery system that some have proposed will not work.  Look at the
>> Sunrise system for .info, everybody thought it would work just fine.  And
>> that's a huge mess.  And what about .biz, aren't they getting sued over
>> having a lottery system in the state of California?
>>
>> The last time I checked we were all domain name registrars and not a group
>> of lottery owners.  Let's stick to what we do best and sell domains the
>way
>> we are supposed to sell domains.
>>
>> Donny Simonton
>> directNIC.com
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