SERIOUS DOMAIN ISSUE, might effect everyone.

[SiteTutor]

IF THIS GOES THROUGH..... (and I'm sure the Mammouth VERISIGN will see that it does.. cause they are in bed with SnapNames...) if this get's passed, it's total abuse IMO. I am against this totally, many are for it, I am all for DROP'N the name into the general public pool, and let the domainer's fight for the names... But this deal here they propose is just a greedy plan..

READ THE FULL STORY HERE

http://www.theregus.com/content/6/25650.html

It can also charge whatever it likes for the service, since there will be no other route to getting hold of an expired domain. How VeriSign arrived at the figure of $35 is anyone's guess, especially since other companies have offered to run the system for $6 per domain. SnapNames has also told investors its revenues could increase by 700 per cent as a result of the deal.

The fact that the $35 is non-refundable, even if the domain is re-registered, has led some critics to brand it a nothing but a tax. How the service would end up being marketed is anyone's guess.

[Neurobasher]

My brother once payed them to snap a domain for nothing, they just gave it away to some korean guy and there was no refund. I mean, what's the point in paying if they fail to do what you're paying them to do? If they fail, it's only fair that they give you your money back but noooo...

btw, I'm pretty sure he paid more than $35, I'll have to check back with him.

[Slimeboy]

VeriSign is attempting to push through a proposal which will effectively see one company control .com and .net Internet domain names, despite huge opposition from everyone else in the market.


How would they do that. Have they forgton about the rest of the world?

[SiteTutor]

neuro.. right on..
exactly..

i don't mind paying for something, if i know i'll be refunded if the deal dont' gell..


slimeboy..
how can they do that you say? because they are the Verisign Dog's.. and i can almost put a hundred dollar bill, on this deal going through.. they want it.. so i can bet they get it.
i don't want it too go through, it's greed by a long mile.
they will take advantage of folks, and you won't get your monies back..

verisign is in bed with GD (great domains) and snap..

go figure.

[SiteTutor]

this came from GoDaddy themselves (which i have over 50 domains with GoDaddy) i've been happy with GoDaddy, a few folks I know, arn't happy with them.. but personally, i've had no troubles.


FROM GO DADDY

They're still after your names and your money

[SiteTutor]

i'm telling ya, Verisign are Dog's.. ruthless scum sucking dog's..

they will stoop to any level for the green back.



VeriSign launched its own eBay store last month when it started providing authentication services to the Internet's most popular auction site through the digital security side of its business.

In the six weeks since the store launched, VeriSign's merchandise had begun featuring Web addresses ending in country-code domains that conflict with the company's ban on registering adult-themed addresses and trademarked names.

Here's the FULL STORY (worth your time)

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-938379.html?tag=fd_top




Shortly after CNET News.com queried VeriSign about the domain sales, the company pledged to abort them.

[SiteTutor]

----- Original Message -----
From: "dotNews" <dotnews@dotster.com>

Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 7:13 PM
Subject: A Note from Clint Page, Dotster President -- We need your support!


> July 12, 2002
>
> Dear Dotster Customers,
>
> I am writing you today to let you know of some potentially harmful changes
> that are being proposed for the domain name registration industry. These
> changes, if adopted, would restrict consumer choice, cause domain pricing
> to drastically increase, and re-create the monopolistic atmosphere that
> once existed in our industry when Network Solutions (now VeriSign) was the
> only game in town. Dotster, and other smaller registrars, need your
support
> to help us maintain the healthy, competitive environment that currently
> exists today.
>
> First, let me give you a little background on this issue. At the end of
> 2001, VeriSign proposed to ICANN a Domain Name Wait Listing Service (WLS)
> as a way to manage the registration of expiring domain names (for those of
> you unfamiliar with ICANN, this is the organization that was established
> several years ago to govern the domain industry when the Network Solutions
> monopoly was broken up). This proposal includes a partnership between
> VeriSign and SnapNames, a competitor to Dotster and other registrars in
the
> secondary domain market sector. This proposed partnership would
effectively
> eliminate all other competition in the secondary market, thereby
> eliminating your choices and the competitive alternatives that currently
> exist. At the recent ICANN meetings in Bucharest, it was determined that a
> final position regarding the proposal must be decided by the end of this
> month.
>
> Dotster strongly opposes this proposal as harmful to the consumer and the
> entire domain registration industry. I recently wrote a letter to Marilyn
> Cade, Chair of ICANN's WLS Task Force, to express Dotster's position on
the
> proposal. The entire letter is available for review by clicking the link
> below, and I encourage you to review it and consider the implications that
> adopting this proposal would place on the entire domain name system. How
> will it affect you?
>
> Letter to Chair of WLS Task Force:
http://www.dotster.com/resources/wls.pdf
>
> We need your support! If you agree with Dotster's stance on this issue,
> please let me know. Send me an e-mail at WLS@dotster.com to share your
> comments and support. We are currently in a 10-day comment period, and we
> need your comments before the end of July. In addition, I ask that you
post
> your opinion at the ICANN WLS forum at:
>
> http://forum.icann.org/wls/
>
> and participate in the petition against WLS at:
>
> http://www.petitiononline.com/antiwls/petition.html
>
> Thank you for your continued support of Dotster. VeriSign is an industry
> giant, but banded together it is my hope that we can preserve an
> environment that fosters innovation and healthy competition for the
benefit
> of you, the consumer.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Clint Page
> President, Dotster Inc.
> WLS@dotster.com.


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[rsaylor]

Screw Verisign! I have 5 domains with daydreamdomains - godaddy and very happy with the service and the price!