Looks like the registrar is submitting a bunch of names on their own behalf for resale. It would not surprise me if a number of registrars are doing this.
-t > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of ST > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 7:07 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Registrar extends bidding on .info LR2 weeks PAST > notification! > > > Is it just me, or is there something VERY wrong about this? ST > > From: Sales@Directi > Subject: Extension of .INFO LR2 Bidding Deadline > > The bidding deadline has now been extended until 2 weeks > after Afilias announces the Successful domain results. Below > is the timeline schedule for our bidding and domain allocation process > > July 1st: > We will have submitted all names through all our queues (6 already and > counting) by this date. These names will temporarily be in > the name of Directi. After the bidding is over the names will > be transferred to the highest bidder. > > July 8th: > Some of the Registrars we use do not have a provision to > import these names into their DB and allow us to change > contact info of the successful registrations. We will be > developing the programs to do this by this date > > July 9th: > Afilias will announce their results sometime around this date > > July 10th: > We will retain all successful registrations in our bidding > queue and remove all the other names. Therefore the bidding > will continue ONLY on successfully registered names from this > point on. > > July 22nd: > We will close the bids and send out mails to the highest > bidders to send in their payments for their domains > > July 28th: > All domains for which payments are recvd will be transferred > to the appropriate bidders. For those domains that payments > have not been recvd from the highest bidder, we will contact > the next highest bidder > > Regards > Sales@Directi > >
