Yes it did, thanks for the info.

TropicalSEO says domainers are in a slump, having profited hugely from generic domain appreciation while not developing beyond page parking….

John replies: The registrar is an important topic, but maybe for different reasons than you usually consider. Domainers have been “catching” dropped domains for years. It was the best way to pick up a good domain. Domain “tasting” is also popular, as it allows you to test a domain for traffic for 5 days before committing your reg fee. You pay a few cents (a nickel, a dime) to taste a domain on the drop list, and you release it if it doesn’t have traffic. So to a big domainer, the registrar should have a “tasting” program (moniker, enom, not GoDaddy) and a decent fee schedule for tasting. Lately some registrars are keeping the released domains themselves, so they never make it onto the drop list. Obviously that is hostile to the big domainers, and as the drop list “dries up” with regards to value, whether or not a registrar has a good/low-fee tasting system becomes less relevant.

Sooo… some registrars are moving into the “park and sell” domain business, where they need to court the big domainers. Enter GoDaddy - trying hard to promote a positive reputation in the domainer space. According to the conversations I had with domainers, GoDaddy has been much less aggressive than some others when it comes to stripping the drop list of value. They are the largest registrar, and they did assumed the RegisterFly problem, which was helpful to many domain holders. I think we can expect GoDaddy to move into the domain parking and selling market in a very big way.

Did that answer your “quick” question?