Re: [ga] Tiered (Variable) Pricing

["Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Correct Chris.

Chuck


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 -----Original Message-----
From: 	kidsearch [mailto:kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent:	Thursday, August 31, 2006 05:18 PM Eastern Standard Time
To:	Karl Auerbach; Gomes, Chuck
Cc:	Prophet Partners Inc.; ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:	Re: [ga] Tiered (Variable) Pricing

I think he means that if no registrars decided to sell domains in your tld,
a restriction against you selling them yourself would be disastrous.

Maybe I'm wrong, but that is what I thought he meant.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karl Auerbach" <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Prophet Partners Inc." <Domains@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
<ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: [ga] Tiered (Variable) Pricing


> Gomes, Chuck wrote:
>
> > Also, this should not be taken as a criticism of registrars.  They have
> > the right to make their own business decisions with respect to what TLDs
> > they want to sell.
>
> Modulo the fact that at the time we became locked-into a given
> registry/TLD we had no real choices (except to refrain from using the
> net) and that thus we are captive customers who deserve protection.
>
> I'm all for allowing businesses to make choices - but some of us aren't
> even being allowed to be in the business at all (e.g. my .ewe TLD or
> IOD's .web).
>
>    At the same time, affected  registries should not be
> > held hostage by registrars who elect not to support their TLD.
>
> My brain may have faded - but how does a registrar hold a registry
> hostage?  (I bet the answer is obvious and I know it and that I'm about
> to have a "I could'a had a V8" moment.)
>
> --karl--
>
>
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