Introducing a new approach for those that wish to drop–catch names where participants can purchase connections is the option we will pursue further. This makes behind the scenes collusion unnecessary, thereby maintaining the integrity of our membership model. The decision to purchase this initial access to dropping domains – covering the first few minutes of availability – will be based on the business case for each registrar. As a result, expired domains will continue to be available to anyone participating on a first come, first served basis, at the standard wholesale price. And if a domain is not registered during this initial period it will then be available for registration by all registrars on the current terms (so those registrars who are not interested in competing in the highly competitive drop–catching market are not financially impacted by the proposed change).
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