Reallocation Of Reserved .Info Domains

During the original .Info sunrise period, a substantial number of .Info registrations were invalidated and returned to the official .Info registry, Afilias, due to errors on their part.

Afilias has now submitted a proposal to ICANN entitled “Phased Equitable Reallocation of Non-Compliant .INFO Sunrise Domain Names” which puts forward ideas of how to deal with these domains.

The 3 main phases in the proposal are:

Phase 1
A request for a proposal process where interested parties can put their ideas forward for the development of a chosen domain. Afilias will then review each submission and allocate the domains to worthy applicants that they feel will use the domains to further enhance the .Info brand.

Phase 2
This phase involves auctioning off the domain names and seems to be the main phase.

Phase 3
Any domains not allocated in the first two phases will be offered on a first come, first served basis.

I believe phase 2 will be the most controversial as it will see Afilias profitting from their own mishaps, but as we have seen so many times in the past, auctions are probably the best way to distribute newly released premium domain names.

LLLL.com Price Fluctuation

Feeling a lot better now and am eager to get going once again. Firstly, I got interviewed by Michael of Domain Magnate, so just follow the link to read the interview. Hopefully, you enjoy reading it

On a more serious note, the dip in the prices of the low-grade LLLL.com’s has created ripples of fear in the domaining scene as many people saw this as an opportunity to gain quick profits and now that the prices have begun getting “corrected” they are desperate to ditch their domains.

Reece of 4letternoob.com has some really good insights in regards to this and I strongly urge you to check his blog out. I myself am a holder of 20 odd “lower-quality” LLLL.com’s but frankly speaking, I knew this was going to happen sooner or later. This is the time that most speculators will be ditching their domains and this provides the ideal opportunity for others like myself to pick these up for cheap.

So much so, that I’ve finally decided to ditch a dozen triple premiums and invest in a couple of quad premiums. I feel it’s always better to spread my risks rather than consolidate all my assets (LLLL.com’s in this case :p) in the same place. Who knows, maybe quad premiums will be the next ones to take a dip, so it might be wise to retain at least 10 or so triple premiums to be on the safe side.

Feel free to comment and tell me what you think of this current situation.

The Future Of 4L.nets

Recently, a massive debate (more like an argument :-p ) has been conducted on whether all LLLL.net’s will eventually rise in value just like their .com counterparts?

I honestly, think so as when supply = limited, demand = extreme. Imagine, a company looking for a website and their intiials tend to be a LLLL domain. If they are a small scale company more often than not, they won’t be able to afford those oh-so expensive premium .com quads so logically they turn to .nets which can be bought for 1/10th the price.

The next question is who will grab the low quality domains after all the good ones are gone? Answer: The same people who bought the high quality domains ad want to exhaust stocks ASAP (ie. us domainers). SO what, if their quality isn’t *that* good but they are 4L.net’s nevertheless. Prices will skyrocket soon after the buyout and us 4L.net investors will finally start reaping the fruits of our hard work. (You call sitting and regging names, hard work?)