[registrars] Registrars and the Warehousing of Domain Names

[Thomas Barrett - EnCirca]

 Mike,

Is this even an issue anymore? I realize that the RAA has a clause in the
event ICANN decides to develop a warehousing policy but no such policy
exists.  It strikes me as just another business model registrars can choose
to pursue.

And now Venture Capitalists are starting to buy up registrars with large
portfolios, which will lead to even more warehousing.

It is now commonplace for trademark owners and large portfolio owners to
simply become registrars themselves to manage their own inventory, making
this appear to be a moot issue.

Do you foresee a PDP to address warehousing?

Regards,

Tom


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Michael D. Palage
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 12:36 PM
To: Registrars Constituency
Subject: [registrars] Registrars and the Warehousing of Domain Names

Hello All:

I thought the following article
(http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=3&ObjectID=10329357) might prove
to be of some insight to the constituency in connection with the discussion
of registrars and the warehousing of domain names. Although this article
deals exclusively with a ccTLD operator, .NZ, I believe it is worth a read.

Best regards,

Michael D. Palage