a few more bits. kudos Joe. I have used highest best use as an important analogy in this market for a while now (hey were you actually listening to my comments in the public forum in Rome! ;-)). the prices WILL go up as efficiency increases. and they should. and this is a good thing. and inactive registrars will not be able to collect fat fees for doing nothing but engaging in regulatory arbitrage.
the primary reasons that I see the current situation as far from the end are twofold. one, the present structure exists because of current structural inefficiency and two, the dollars flow in a way that guarantees a state of flux (ie, there is excess economic rent as a function of the inefficiency). sorry for being a bit obtuse but if we were all talking in a bar over beers......
Regards
Gordon Hudson wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Loren Stocker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "JB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: SnapNames switches to auction-based system -- any OpenSRS
opportunities?
Huh? Just what don't I get here? You think I'm against the drop market?
That's
nonsense. I love it. Defend it.
What I'm suggesting here is that Tucows engage in the drop market in a way that empowering users, rather that simply extract maximum value for
themselves
as does Pool, Snap, and Enom. What ever happened to loyality?
The problem is that the way domains drop is not within the control of Tucows or any of us. The goalposts could easily change at any time. This could mean husge amounts of wasted time and money for Tucows and resellers. Personally, if I thought the drop business was sustainable long term I would already be offering it to customers in some form. I am not yet convinced that it is a long term business.
Of course I could be wrong, but I have so many projects underway right now this is one of the least attractive of the possible avenues to go down.
Regards
Gordon Hudson Hostroute.com Ltd www.hostroute.net
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