Re: [wg-review] [DNDEF]

[Andrew Moulden <andrew@FoolStop.com>]

At 14:02 19/01/01 -0500, Derek Conant wrote:
>My suggestion regarding the subject matter is that ICANN Accredited 
>Registrars should
>be the only ones authorized to sell or resell (or register) domain names 
>(.com, .net,
>.org and new gTLDs).  This may solve a lot of the problems being discussed 
>here
>regarding auctions and trade names and trademarks.  Domain names should not be
>auctioned and/or resold for more than the average registration costs.  To 
>auction a
>domain name appears to be by its very nature a bad faith contributor to 
>the trade
>name and/or trademark infringement argument.

In the case of trademark infringements, I would agree completely. However, 
imposing restrictions on the transfer of domains from one registrant to 
another is a non-starter. I have been a party in two domain transactions in 
the last week - one buy and one sell - totalling US$7,500.

Why did I sell? Simply because the buyer wanted a domain that I was holding 
and had a rather limited business plan for and was prepared to pay enough 
for me to change my plans.

Why did I buy? Because I wanted a certain domain to start a site, and was 
prepared to pay more than the future value of that domain to someone else.

Specific domains have intrinsic value to businesses, and any policy which 
failed to accommodate that fact would simply create a black market. I 
needed that domain!

Andrew Moulden

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