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Originally Posted by trader Easier said than done when the name of that so called private drop catcher you said you purchased America.us from is secret and even when I asked you over the phone who it was you would not identify them even more than 1 month after the purchase.
How could myself or anyone else have got them when the entire event was behind close doors and unannounced? The entire affair seems very odd. For example, what ever you paid for America.us I am sure I woud have offered more so why would that private drop catcher sell to you secretly with no offering elsewhere such as on the forums, etc?
It all seems quite strange. I know if I was selling that amazing US portfolio Blink purchased privately at fire sale pricing and selling America.us (the best of the best) I certainly would advertised the sale very heavily in all venues. |
I'll try again trader --
The event wasn't behind closed doors. In fact it was very obvious to the folks that were following it. The full lists of the names were on the site for years. Those following them plugged them on their bulk whois monitoring programs and ran them several times a month for years. Some of us paid for other alert services and plugged all of the names we were after on those too. We also paid $thousands to buy backorders at more than 1 registrar. The announcements about the pending releases were posted on the registry site months in advance. The notices were quite different than the routine deadline notices from months back. Those other earlier notices NEVER said anything about a release date. These recent notices did. The registry maintains a public RGP and Pending list that pretty much everyone knows about. These names never went to RGP because they were never in redemption. They did go to "pending delete" and were also posted on the daily pending delete lists, even though the registry could have just dropped them. By posting those names on that public list, they were going the extra mile to let the people who catch .us names know in advance that the names were definately dropping. Then, along with the other notices on the site, there was the public phone number posted along with the reserved names and instructions.
On Zou's purchase of America.us, it was no secret. I saw who caught it (not me) and they were just a bit quicker. The name was available and they just beat other people to it with a backorder.
The Blink sales were NOT a secret deal, just private, and they weren't exactly as posted earlier. Several of the names discussed weren't even part of the release. Don't believe all the $ figures you read on these forums.
I have a number of buyers that have asked for previews of what I have coming up for sale. No secret again. I just don't usually want to bother members with emails unless they ask for them. They have gotten super pricing from me and I'm happy for their patronage. I've got a few super .us names coming up and I'll make sure I send you a notice.
Doc