Re: [wg-c] Pre-sold TLDs

["Christopher Ambler" <cambler@iodesign.com>]

> That said, I do not support registrars "pre-registering" names for a fee
> because there is no guarentee that the person "pre-registering" the
> name will actually get (register) the name.  Registrants should only
> be charged if the registrar actually registeres the name at the registry.

Then your argument is with the individual registrars. CORE registrars
have done this for TLDs that their registry is hoping to get into the
root. IOD has done this for a single TLD that it hopes to get into the
root.

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Christopher Ambler
chris@the.web