LOSING REGISTRAR SELLING A DOMAIN NAME FOR A SELLER

摘要

A Buyer may enter a domain name or a related search string in a search field on a website operated by a Gaining Registrar. The Gaining Registrar may determine the domain name is registered at a Losing Registrar (a different registrar) and ask if the Buyer would like to make an offer on the domain name. If the Buyer does want to make an offer, the Gaining Registrar may validate the Buyer, collect a reserve from the Buyer and communicate the domain name and the offer (and possibly a time the offer is good) to an Aftermarket Platform (or possibly directly to the Losing Registrar). The Aftermarket Platform may then communicate the domain name, offer and possibly the time the offer is good to the Losing Registrar. The Losing Registrar may present the offer to the Seller (registrant of the domain name). The Seller may accept, decline, present a counter-offer to the Buyer or let the time the offer is good to expire. If an offer or counter-offer is accepted, the domain name may be transferred to the Gaining Registrar and registered to the Buyer while the Losing Registrar disburses the reserve to the Seller.

主权项

1. A method, comprising the steps of:
a) a Losing Registrar receiving a domain name and an offer from an Aftermarket Platform, wherein the Aftermarket Platform received the domain name and the offer from a Gaining Registrar, wherein the Gaining Registrar received the domain name and the offer from a Buyer, wherein the Gaining Registrar and the Losing Registrar are different domain name registrars and wherein a Seller is a registrant of the domain name; b) the Losing Registrar communicating the domain and the offer to the Seller; c) the Losing Registrar receiving an acceptance to the offer from the Seller before a time limit to the offer has expired; d) the Losing Registrar receiving a Form of Authorization permitting the domain name to be transferred from the Losing Registrar to the Gaining Registrar; e) the Losing Registrar transferring the domain name to the Gaining Registrar; f) the Losing Registrar receiving a reserve from the Gaining Registrar, wherein the reserves are equal to or greater than the offer; and g) the Losing Registrar disbursing all or part of the reserves to the Seller.