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I was just watching closely, the drop of a couple .org domains today. And finally realized that something I have observed before is actually consistent.
Unlike .coms and .nets, .org drop seems to be accessible to registrars in a tiered fashion. Not all hands are equal. Was watching whois info as well as the release of few .org domains across several registrars, big and small.
First, DropCatch gets it share. Whatever is flagged on DC, gets taken.
The "public" release of the other domains happens 5 minutes later. Edit: This delay always seems to be there.
Then, the big registrars get their chance at the drop. About a couple minutes later, the smallest ones also get access. By then, whatever is valuable might be already taken via any backorders at the bigger ones. (Edit: I wonder if this is based on the .org price at the registrar cause it seems to respect the pricing order)
During all this time, direct whois calls to the registry always show "Not found" for all domains in the drop, indifferent of them being already in pending delete OR free to register. You can only see which ones have been taken.
So this is process looks definitely capitalism-based, not communism.
(Edit: from a business perspective, it makes sense. We're just probably expecting that anyone gets a fair chance at it for some reason (I did... for a bit), but we live in a capitalist society where pocket depth always makes the difference and the last ones to the feast get scraps).
I'll be watching more, (and would want to see additional confirmation from others) but anyway this went quite surprising. I thought everyone gets a fair chance at the same time, such as for .coms. It appears right now that it's not.
If you had similar observation or there is an article about this, please share. Thanks
Unlike .coms and .nets, .org drop seems to be accessible to registrars in a tiered fashion. Not all hands are equal. Was watching whois info as well as the release of few .org domains across several registrars, big and small.
First, DropCatch gets it share. Whatever is flagged on DC, gets taken.
The "public" release of the other domains happens 5 minutes later. Edit: This delay always seems to be there.
Then, the big registrars get their chance at the drop. About a couple minutes later, the smallest ones also get access. By then, whatever is valuable might be already taken via any backorders at the bigger ones. (Edit: I wonder if this is based on the .org price at the registrar cause it seems to respect the pricing order)
During all this time, direct whois calls to the registry always show "Not found" for all domains in the drop, indifferent of them being already in pending delete OR free to register. You can only see which ones have been taken.
So this is process looks definitely capitalism-based, not communism.
(Edit: from a business perspective, it makes sense. We're just probably expecting that anyone gets a fair chance at it for some reason (I did... for a bit), but we live in a capitalist society where pocket depth always makes the difference and the last ones to the feast get scraps).
I'll be watching more, (and would want to see additional confirmation from others) but anyway this went quite surprising. I thought everyone gets a fair chance at the same time, such as for .coms. It appears right now that it's not.
If you had similar observation or there is an article about this, please share. Thanks
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