Everyone should have seen this coming, I know I sure did. For Pool to just close down or settle for the .org .info .biz and .us markets, would be plain lunacy, from a business standpoint. With the number of registrars they are currently partnered with, I am sure they will still find a niche in the new Face of the Game. Just as SN adapted to the competition bred by Pool, duplicating and improving the SN business model, Pool is doing the same thing. And IMO, more registrars and dropcatchers, will follow suit. The cards will soon start to unfold, showing who has the best portfolio of yet to be released onhold domains, showing which dropcatcher (Soon to be simply Auction Houses), will team up with the strongest registrars.
Although I have merely been in the domain market for a little over a year, I have noticed a stockpile of onhold domains, held by both Netsol and Register. As these new developments unfold, it is easier and easier to see the master plan behind events of the recent year. (compiling a huge portfolio of onhold domains, proposal of WLS as a distraction, and the approval the the domain store idea, which IMO will come into play in the near future, alleviating the need for most or all of the auction houses aka. dropcatchers.)
Why do most people seem surprised?
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