> Typically we don't accept pre-registrations; ICANN's stance
> against them is somewhat compelling.
Well, they can call it a "landrush" but its the same thing!
That's really what I was referring to - not the dodgy
pre-reg practices of certain companies, but rather the
offical pre-reg (landrush) phase.
> However, if a person did accept pre-registrations, (and
> Resellers have always been free to do so, provided they had
> their own means of dealing with the queue), I would imagine
> that only one chit per name would be allowed.
Hmmm.. wasn't really worried about how resellers do stuff.
I was thinking how the registrars handle the landrush. Each
registrar will be getting requests for a domain, say web.biz,
simultaneously. When landrush is over, one will get lucky.
Now, if I was eager to get web.biz, I could put a pre-reg
(or whatever you want to call it) in at a few registrars to
increase my chances. This led me to my question: Will each
registrar be allowing more than one pre-reg for each domain.
If they were, you wouldn't need to purchase a "ticket" from
different registrars - but could buy multiple orders from
the one registrar.
> I can't see any truth to the line of reasoning that says
> you could increase your chances by booking duplicate
> names with the same registrar...the only reason the first
> order would not work for you (given a first come, first
> served model) would be:
But its *not* a first come, first serve model - that's the
point. The landrush phase is, essentially, a lottery. The
question is, can you purchase multiple "lottery tickets"
for a domain from one registrar (or will each registrar only
issue one ticket for each domain)
Kirk
