[registrars] Updating voting member list

Larry Erlich erlich at domainregistry.com
Mon Oct 2 20:59:03 UTC 2006


At the risk of sounding like Ray Liotta in
Goodfellas (speaking to Joe Pesci), that's pretty
funny stuff, John, in other words you're a funny guy
(really).

Larry Erlich

http://www.DomainRegistry.com

John Berryhill wrote:
>  
> 
>> look at all those phantom registrars.
> 
> Some are, of course, subject to ownership by other registrars, some are
> folded into hosting companies, etc.  There are a number of reasons why
> people seek registrar accreditation.
> 
> I don't know about "phantoms".  The main mythical registrars appear to be:
> 
> 1201   Domainyeti.com LLC
> 939   Desert Devil, Inc.
> 
> Animals seem to be the dominant theme:
> 
> 59   Tech Dogs, Inc.
> 459   Domain Monkeys LLC
> 619   Domainducks, Inc.
> 835   Falcon Zone, Inc.
> 838   BatDomains.com Inc.
> 841   Tiger Technologies LLC.
> 941   Dynamic Dolphin, Inc.
> 990   The Black Cow Corp.
> 987   Fox Edge, Inc.
> 1014   Lazy Dog Domains, Inc.
> 1223   Octopusdomains.net LLC
> 1219   Namecroc.com LLC
> 950   A Rite Tern, LLC
> 1110   Register Fox, Inc.	
> 
> Presumably, these can all be seen at the:
> 
> 97   DomainZoo.com, Inc.
> 
> There also seems to be a distinct view of domain politics:
> 
> 609   NameKing.com Inc.
> 912   Kingdomains, Incorporated
> 1143   Your Domain King, Inc.
> 1146   Domain Monarch, Inc.
> 1196   Domainsovereigns.com LLC
> 1220   Nameemperor.com LLC
> 617   NameQueen.com, Inc.
> 1107   Tech Tyrants, Inc.
> 
> The presence of so many royals no doubt leads to frequent:
> 
> 899   DomainWar.net, Inc.
> 
> And a lot of market differentiation:
> 
> 1104   Name To Fame, Inc.	
> 1222   NotSoFamousNames.com LLC
> 
> My point being that the only reliable way to tell the registrars apart,
> unless they are physically represented by such handsome and remarkable
> specimens as Bruce, Jon, Jay, Paul, Bhavin, Tim, Ross, Marcus, etc. is by
> IANA ID No.
> 
> It's a big namespace.  Someone has to fill it.
> 
> 
> 




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