William X Walsh wrote:
> In my experience, most valuable domains
> that expire (include almost all 2-3 letter domains) remain available
> for no more than 5 minutes from the registry drop. Sometimes this is
> measured in seconds, depending on the domain and the people who
> realize it is coming up for availability. Some domain registration
> jumpers are better than others :)
Thank you William.
As far as I know deregulation was 1st July 1999. I don't know when one-year
names were first introduced. Let's say the same date. Since it's now after
1st July 2000 I suppose it is possible that some expired names are being
released by registrars other than NetSol. But I'd guess (only a guess) that
99.9% are still NetSol expiries.
In relation to the "registration jumpers" one wonders how these people are
able to work so quickly. Even automatically they can't all be checking
names every second. I would think that it would tend to slow down any
system no matter how sophisticated.
So the "inside information" that names are being released is extremely
valuable. It is a simple matter for NSI staffers to tell their friends
expected time of release.
I just hope that NSI's internal procedures recognise that risk.
Regards
Patrick Corliss
