Intro
Why Raffles are important?
Ethereum domains are gradually becoming more and more popular and used in the web3 landscape.
There are many volumes of exchanges of these domains, in the form of NFTs that are traded in major NFT marketplaces, foremost among them Opensea.
Dedicated ENS marketplaces have also been created over time, the most famous being ENS Vision.
Thus, most of the exchange volume occurs through marketplace listings and direct purchase.
Why do we think this is inefficient?
Domains do not have an easily identifiable price, and standard listing does not allow for a price discovery process
In marketplaces, domains can only be reached via search, and listings are almost always lost in the multitude of NFTs and domains offered for sale
At the launch of Ethereum Name Service, domains were offered via auction, with a calendar accessible to anyone who wanted to participate
On Opensea and other large marketplaces, referral links no longer exist, whereas at the time of the first ENS auctions they were present on Opensea and were an incentive for word-of-mouth of domains for sale
Our solution is to create a space dedicated exclusively to ENS domain. The main difference from marketplace is that Domains here are sold via a raffle process. Basically, a domain owner can offer his domain for sale through a raffle, which takes place on Layer2 (right now Arbitrum).
Anyone interested can purchase tickets on the Arbitrum network, and at the end of the process, a winner is identified in a trustless way via Chainlink. The winner can redeem his or her domain on the Ethereum network.
As it is designed, Ethereum Name Raffles allow for several advantages:
the main page is dedicated to ongoing raffles, with a maximum limit of 10 simultaneous raffles shown in the main page
joining the raffle is very cheap thanks to transaction costs on Arbitrum network for the purchase of tickets
a Ref Link system allows bloggers and inluencers to help promote auctions of their interest
a raffle calendar allows the most interesting raffles to be added to Calendar
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