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]
