Re: [ga] Dotster's latest letter to ICANN re: WLS -- Why hasn't ICANN acknowledged it?

["John Berryhill Ph.D. J.D." <john@johnberryhill.com>]

From: "John Berryhill Ph.D. J.D." <john@johnberryhill.com>

> go to the first person to make a deal with an
> expired domain name registrant,

I beg the collective pardon.  I should have said "registrant of an expired
domain name".  Snagging domain names from dead people involves a completely
different set of techniques (and, yes, there are ways to do that - remember,
dead people do not complain or respond to email).

Some of the new rules of "the game" are becoming clearer as we approach the
anticipated WLS launch.  For example, there are already some websites that
have sprung up to tout various WLS snagging services.  An important component
of WLS strategy will be to avoid wasting one's slots on names that will not
drop (or proper allocation of bulk WLS credits, per Mr. Cole's comments on
volume pricing of WLS subscriptions last year).  If one is sufficiently
skilled in taking "good" WLS positions, then the secondary market in those
WLS slots provides a good alternative to running the risk of actually
registering domain names.

To those of you who think I'm joking, go take a look at "SnapBack"
re-selling, as at www.domainsnaps.com, for example.  Now, they sell SnapNames
SnapBacks for $39.95, while if you went to SnapNames directly, you'd pay $69.
If that leaves you scratching your head, then you have not had your eye on
the ball, and probably still believe the propaganda about WLS pricing floated
by certain folks here last year.

Premium pre-allocated wholesale WLS subscriptions can be sold *above* the
retail price for non-allocated WLS subscriptions, if you think about it long
enough.  A non-allocated WLS credit is just as good as any other.  But if it
is allocated to a particular domain name, it is now the *only* WLS credit
that will snag that name.

The RGP/WLS combination will increase the value of a skill set known as
"skip-tracing" - the types of techniques used to find deadbeats, heirs, or
other people who've gone missing from official records of one kind or
another.  If you can't get the WLS slot on the name you want, then the RGP
gives you a thirty-day window to find the registrant and make a deal whereby
they exercise the redemption mechanism before the domain name goes to the WLS
holder.  Alternatively, if you are convinced that you've got a dead or
seriously out-of-action party on your hands, then you can use the time to
come up with whatever simulacrum of that person's former identity is the
threshold level for getting the name redeemed.

The nice thing about using RGP to beat out a WLS position, if you are
successful, is that it is a certainty that there is at least one other party
who is known to want the domain name - i.e. the WLS subscriber.

Welcome to the vulture business.  Enjoy your stay.









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