At 02:18 PM 12/20/01 -0800, George Kirikos wrote:

>One thing I neglected to point out is that this is *not* the secondary
>market, this is the PRIMARY market. The secondary market consists of
>sales where the names are transferred from one registrant to another.
>The only way one can argue that this is a product for the "secondary"
>market is if one takes the position that OpenSRS and other 'registrars'
>(as opposed to the registry) have equal rights to that of the prior
>registrant once a name expires, and is under no obligation to delete
>the name. Instead, the registrar (now also a registrant) can satisfy
>this "secondary market" using whatever process it desires, via a
>transfer, just as any normal registrant can.

Expired names are often referred to as "the secondary" market - I think I 
have seen this most frequently on SnapNames' materials and reports. Anyhey, 
don't infer anything else from my characterization than me "parroting" a 
(perhaps poorly construed) term.

sA


Scott Allan
Director OpenSRS
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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