Re: [ga] Tiered (Variable) Pricing

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ted and all,

  I hear ya.  My main concern is still that these proposed registry and
registrar contracts are decided by fiat of the ICANN BoD with no
real/considered input from or even really available, by those most
directly effected, the stakeholders/users and future registrants whom
may only be users that are not yet registrants currently.  Such damages
or even destroys ICANN's creditability.

Prophet Partners Inc. wrote:

> Hi Jeff,
>
> There is a clear conflict of interest if a registry was allowed to become a
> registrar in its own TLD. It's very difficult to envision non-preferential
> treatment between the registry and its own registrar unit. Even though Chuck
> said the other day that the Registry Constituency did not intend removing it
> from all agreements, VeriSign DID make that specific recommendation to
> remove the prohibition from ALL registry agreements.
>
> "to maintain a level playing field, it should be removed from all existing
> and proposed registry agreements as well."
> See attachment at http://forum.icann.org/lists/gtld-council/msg00186.html
>
> VeriSign's actions with small TLDs deserves careful and continued scrutiny.
> We are of the impression that they are trying to push through significant
> rule changes under the radar. Once the proposals are adopted, they would
> then demand equal terms from ICANN. VeriSign must be salivating at the
> thought of getting presumptive renewal, price cap removal and unrestricted
> data mining for its own .com and .net, as those clauses are in the proposed
> .biz, .info and .org registry agreements.
>
> Sincerely,
> Ted
> Prophet Partners Inc.
> http://www.ProphetPartners.com
> http://www.Premium-Domain-Names.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Tim Ruiz" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "icann board address" <icann-board@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 1:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [ga] Tiered (Variable) Pricing
>
> > Tim and all,
> >
> >   Exactly right here, Tim.  This has been said in many different ways over
> > and over again by myself and many others.  However I believe what Chuck
> > is trying to get at here is that he sees no reason why Registries cannot
> > also sell Domain names themselves.
> >
> > Tim Ruiz wrote:
> >
> > > I do agree - it's not that complicated, but not sure what you consider
> > > reasonable support to be. If a gTLD is having difficulty it's likely
> > > because:
> > >
> > > 1. They didn't do a reasonable amount of market research before hand to
> > > determine if there was even a market for there product. True, they
> > > shouldn't be required to do that, but then they are taking a risk.
> > >
> > > 2. They didn't support their own TLD by promoting it sufficiently
> > > themselves.
> > >
> > > 3. And/or there just isn't any interest in it.
> > >
> > > But again, I don't know of any existing gTLD (sponsored or not) that
> > > does not currently have support from multiple registrars. If you mean
> > > that some gTLDs start up with the idea that registrars would contribute
> > > promotional and marketing funds to promote it, then that's something
> > > they should have secured before taking the leap.
> > >
> > > Tim
> <snipped>

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