Allegations of impropriety @ Pool .asia auctions

[netfleet]

http://www.dotasia-complot.org/cat22.html

from what I can say is saying that Pool.com and Drake Ventures have shared ownership.

Considering Drake Ventures has somehow acquired the following:

porn.asia
dating.asia
insurance.asia
lotto.asia
stocks.asia
auction.asia
beer.asia
fitness.asia
girls.asia
wine.asia

amongst others.

If (and I stress IF) this is true or there is any connection between the two parties, this is very serious news indeed.

 

[Michael]

I don't get it, there was an auction, the person willing to pay the most money wins... unless they are suggesting that pool was deleting bids.

Also, I could have sworn it was spelled Ireland

 

[netfleet]

It just seems like a big coincidence don't you think (again, if there is a connection)? These are some super premium names. I guess you could argue that the owner of Pool.com is in the industry and in the know and therefore prepared to take more of a punt than the average businessman so maybe won fair and square.

However, where are the auction results? Aren't they generally made public?

Maybe I'm just jealous - I really wanted football.asia myself but ended up with wheelchairbasketball.asia

 

[accent]

The .EU landrush was a mess and this is one of several things suggesting that the .Asia landrush was a mess. The .pro extension is overtly bypassing the rules it was chartered under (no offense to .pro fans).

If ICANN is planning to release hundreds of new extensions, as it is, then there are going to be a lot of very rich crooks running around.

 

[Spade]

No surprises here - those with the ins, end up with the top names.

 

[-REECE-]

I've always maintained what is perhaps a paranoid belief that ICANN was trying to devalue good domains by releasing more and more extensions.

Quite the opposite seems to be happening... ICANN are nothing but crooks and w$$$$$ to Verisign (blocked out for the kids).

The .EU landrush was a mess and this is one of several things suggesting that the .Asia landrush was a mess. The .pro extension is overtly bypassing the rules it was chartered under (no offense to .pro fans).

If ICANN is planning to release hundreds of new extensions, as it is, then there are going to be a lot of very rich crooks running around.

 

[accent]

No surprises here - those with the ins, end up with the top names.

Problem is, when the rustlers get too rowdy then a sheriff gets hired and he comes down hard - not just on the rustlers, but on everyone.

Think "Congressional Investigation".

 

[Spade]

Problem is, when the rustlers get too rowdy then a sheriff gets hired and he comes down hard - not just on the rustlers, but on everyone.

Think "Congressional Investigation".

Gotta be honest here. What authority does Congress have over the internet? Even more further to the point - what authority do they have over this regional TLD?

 

[Charley]

The .EU landrush was a mess and this is one of several things suggesting that the .Asia landrush was a mess.

This situation also brings back .eu fiasco.

 

[accent]

Gotta be honest here. What authority does Congress have over the internet? Even more further to the point - what authority do they have over this regional TLD?

By right - none.
By actuality, ICANN is chartered by a department of the US government - Dept of Commerce, I think it is.

 

[Charley]

If ICANN is planning to release hundreds of new extensions, as it is, then there are going to be a lot of very rich crooks running around.

Most of the premium names in those extensions will be reserved and further auctioned. Did you refer to Auction Houses as rich crooks ?

 

[Rebel-Man]

for both sides of the story http://www.domainnamenews.com/alternate-extensions/asia-and-poolcom-come-under-fire/1575

 

[Michael]

Whoever made that web site is going to get sued for libel (if it isn't true). Hope they're pretty confident in their facts.

 

[Alex]

I wonder why he even bothered to take those names (if story is true).

 

[Domainer101]

http://www.dotasia-complot.org/cat22.html

from what I can say is saying that Pool.com and Drake Ventures have shared ownership.

Considering Drake Ventures has somehow acquired the following:

porn.asia
dating.asia
insurance.asia
lotto.asia
stocks.asia
auction.asia
beer.asia
fitness.asia
girls.asia
wine.asia

amongst others.

If (and I stress IF) this is true or there is any connection between the two parties, this is very serious news indeed.

They also got :

casinos.asia
trade.asia
marketing.asia
fashion.asia
toys.asia . . .

Has anybody reported this case to ICANN yet?

And God knows what the .Asia Registry's real plans are for those so-called "Community Reserved" domain names.

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[joexbl]

They also got :

casinos.asia
trade.asia
marketing.asia
fashion.asia
toys.asia . . .

Has anybody reported this case to ICANN yet?

And God knows what the .Asia Registry's real plans are for those so-called "Community Reserved" domain names.

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Well, thats pretty obvious. They will sell them off later when the extension's value has gone up and rake in millions.

 

[onlinelife]

Is there connection or isn’t, most importantly what .asia goanna do about it?

 

[akcampbell]

I don't get it, there was an auction, the person willing to pay the most money wins... unless they are suggesting that pool was deleting bids.QUOTE]

I think the inference is if the CEO of Pool can see current bids on .asia domains he can cherry pick the keywords with lower than expected bidding activity via his companies in Australia and Ireland.

If this story is true, it will destroy Pool's reputation. The counter-allegation from Pool about bid rigging is insignificant in relation to the seriousness of the complot allegations.

 

[Domainer101]

As far as I know, for the sake of integrity, all live auctions (domain names & others) have rules forbidding the domain name agents and the auctioneers themselves & their employees to bid on the auctions.

Shouldn't .Asia Registry avoid choosing an auctioneer who has two companies participating in the bidding ???

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[accent]

Can someone confirm that these names actually went through the auction process?