I'd like to give my opinion here. This is not for or against what OpenSRS is working on. I know them very well and I trust what they do on most occasions.
Currently when a domain has expired for 40 days, OpenSRS sends a delete command for the domain since the customer has not renewed the domain. Some registrars send this delete command on day 10, some on day 45. I won't comment on when NSI sends their delete command. This means that the domain has not worked for 40 days since OpenSRS puts the domain on registrar lock on the day it expires. When a domain is on registrar lock domain will not resolve until the domain is renewed and taken off of registrar lock. So your customer and my customers have had 40 days to renew the domain and they have chosen not to renew the domain. So OpenSRS has come up with a way that on day 40 to put the domain up for sale or whatever they call it. I don't know the details, just what has been posted on the mailing list. So instead of deleting the domain and allowing some other registrar to register the domain, they try one last chance to have somebody pay for a renewal before the domain must be deleted on day 45. Since they would normally delete the domain on day 40, most people would not even have an idea that this has happened. It's an interesting concept and one that I am sure some registrars will try very soon because they do read this mailing list. From a reseller's standpoint, this is a good thing, because you will be able to basically sell domains that have worked for over a year now and may have a considerable amount of traffic. And you would be able to charge a higher premium for these types of domains. From a competing registrar's standpoint, I think it sucks! :) So stop your bitching and moaning! You will soon have an additional revenue stream that you wouldn't have had before, because somebody would have picked up the domain at namewinner.com or something similar. Donny
