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Starting with the link here:
http://www.afilias.info/register/landrush2/lr2_registrars
I've visited all 9 of these listed registrars. All seem to have their own method of getting a ticket at a chance to have a chance to get one of the 17000 .info names.
I have not used any of these registrars in the past. Does anyone else have experiences directly with any of them? If so please share your experiences.
One offers an auction with no fee except for the one that bids highest. Another opens at a 10 year registration being a prerequisite along with a non refundable admin. fee. Others seem to have the prime generics already wrapped up from hour one or two or at least from day #1. Some of them don't show all the names on the lists that are really there (whats up there)
Is LR2 on .info really set up with the best and fairest solution?
Someone learning about LR2 now or a month from now might be shut out from the possable opportunity to put their ticket in the hat at all except for the sites with the bid scenario that has a smell similar to the .biz lottos. Anyone have any thoughts on how the .info LR2 is being handled?
If they would have done it properly the first time around there would be no LR2. Someone didn't think it through clearly... or did they? The .US opening was the best and most logical I've seen.
It should all be about being equally fair on a first come first serve basis when a floodgate is opened. Most end users will certainly come out sad when names are awarded but if it is truly done with fairness everyone would get an equal shot. With LR2 and registrar to registrar policy varience at first glance it appears some may be a bit more equal than others. Why should anyone awarded one of these LR2 names be obligated to pay more than the normal 2 year registration fee? I don't think they should but If I go after any of the 17000 names it will cost much much effort and more than a $10 to $35 /yr cost to secure.
Regardless of the .biz legal fiasco, the .info sunrise LR2 dilema..
IMO .info, .biz, and .us are the best thing to happen with domain names in years! My perspective comes not as a name speculator but as an end user of names.
http://www.afilias.info/register/landrush2/lr2_registrars
I've visited all 9 of these listed registrars. All seem to have their own method of getting a ticket at a chance to have a chance to get one of the 17000 .info names.
I have not used any of these registrars in the past. Does anyone else have experiences directly with any of them? If so please share your experiences.
One offers an auction with no fee except for the one that bids highest. Another opens at a 10 year registration being a prerequisite along with a non refundable admin. fee. Others seem to have the prime generics already wrapped up from hour one or two or at least from day #1. Some of them don't show all the names on the lists that are really there (whats up there)
Is LR2 on .info really set up with the best and fairest solution?
Someone learning about LR2 now or a month from now might be shut out from the possable opportunity to put their ticket in the hat at all except for the sites with the bid scenario that has a smell similar to the .biz lottos. Anyone have any thoughts on how the .info LR2 is being handled?
If they would have done it properly the first time around there would be no LR2. Someone didn't think it through clearly... or did they? The .US opening was the best and most logical I've seen.
It should all be about being equally fair on a first come first serve basis when a floodgate is opened. Most end users will certainly come out sad when names are awarded but if it is truly done with fairness everyone would get an equal shot. With LR2 and registrar to registrar policy varience at first glance it appears some may be a bit more equal than others. Why should anyone awarded one of these LR2 names be obligated to pay more than the normal 2 year registration fee? I don't think they should but If I go after any of the 17000 names it will cost much much effort and more than a $10 to $35 /yr cost to secure.
Regardless of the .biz legal fiasco, the .info sunrise LR2 dilema..
IMO .info, .biz, and .us are the best thing to happen with domain names in years! My perspective comes not as a name speculator but as an end user of names.