[gnso-vi-feb10] Orphans, existance and exploitation of

[Eric Brunner-Williams <ebw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kathy,

Am I correct in understanding the "orphan" status?

Suppose Registrar X has a standing offer to every new gTLD registry
applicant. For those applicants which garner no other offer, X is
guaranteed 50,000 transactions at a margin it sets.

X could set the price at 10x the registry price, prompting the
registry to pay greenmail to get "orphan" status, and sell its
inventory at the registry price, or fail.

If the first 50k names are going to be generics and trademarks and so
on, at sunrise and land rush pricing, will any applicant obtain
"orphan" status before that inventory is exhausted?

Thanks in advance,
Eric