RE: [registrars] Proposed short term solution to registry contention
Hello Eric,
(1) Registry implement auction mode for deleted names where there is more than one registrar wishing to register the same name
My preference today <registrar hat==on> is for registrars to "own" the "deleted front-end". My preference tomorrow <registry hat==on> may not be the same. I suspect I'll always want vgrs not to implement the auction mode.
Does that mean you would prefer a different entity run the auction system rather than the registry? I guess this could be done using a competitive tender process operated by ICANN to operate the ".com registry auction system" for names about to be re-released. Problem is it would take time. Regards, Bruce
Howdy Bruce,
Does that mean you would prefer a different entity run the auction system rather than the registry?
Yes. Unless of course I wake up tomorrow running .com.
I guess this could be done using a competitive tender process operated by ICANN to operate the ".com registry auction system" for names about to be re-released. Problem is it would take time.
That's one avenue. Another is to form a coop entity and make accredition the test for coop membership, and tell ICANN that is where we want the "deleted front-end" in expiring com/net/org names to reside -- not as a registry service, but as a registrar cooperative service. Faster than letting ICANN tender a bid sometime after hell freezes over, and safer than expanding the definition of registry service, and safer than letting things continue becoming more and more fragmentary. Cheers, Eric
participants (2)
-
Bruce Tonkin -
Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine