Re: [ga] Rate Reduction

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Debbie and all,

  Here we tend to agree, except that ICANN set the price for becoming
a TLD registry, so they should at least be able to cost justify that
entry cost, don't you think?  Secondly, how does your thought
stand against ICANN's negotiated agreement with Verisign regarding
.com pricing vs redelegating .org and .net?

  And yes, I agree this whole mess is NOW a can or worms
indeed!  No matter what new or changed decision is made to
attempt to rectify the TLD delegation or redeligation, someone's
ox is going to get gored.  What's important is that registrants nor
users are those ox's.

Debbie Garside wrote:

>  Hi Danny
>
> If I was ICANN I would steer as far away from this sort of study as
> possible.  What a can of worms.  I am thinking of situations like .cat.
> Such a study could raise questions like does ICANN have any responsibility
> for TLD's that are subsequently split thus effecting the economics for the
> TLD Management company?  Could the holders of the .cat (Catalan) TLD, for
> instance, hold ICANN responsible for loss of business if .vac (Valencian) is
> registered as a TLD?  ICANN should not be involved in the economics of the
> situation, they should issue TLD's based on written rules and precedents.
> The only question pertaining to economics and TLD's that should concern
> ICANN is whether they are pricing some countries out of the market if it
> costs (say) £100k to gain control of a TLD.   Just a few uninformed thoughts
> - no doubt you can tell me where I am going wrong and why this study would
> help anyone :-)
>
> Best
>
> Debbie
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Danny Younger
> > Sent: 10 July 2007 14:27
> > To: Hugh Dierker; ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [ga] Rate Reduction
> >
> > Eric,
> >
> > We have discussed the issue of a "study" previously.
> > Perhaps you recall the Board Resolution of 18 October
> > 2006:
> >
> > Resolved (06.___), the President is directed to commission an
> > independent study by a reputable economic consulting firm or
> > organization to deliver findings on economic questions
> > relating to the domain registration market, such as:
> >
> > * whether the domain registration market is one market or
> > whether each TLD functions as a separate market,
> >
> > * whether registrations in different TLDs are substitutable,
> >
> > * what are the effects on consumer and pricing behavior of
> > the switching costs involved in moving from one TLD to another,
> >
> > * what is the effect of the market structure and pricing on
> > new TLD entrants,
> >
> > and
> >
> > * whether there are other markets with similar issues, and if
> > so how are these issues addressed and by who?
> >
> > Perhaps someone on the Board or Staff can give us an update
> > regarding the status of this Economic Study?
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Hugh Dierker <hdierker2204@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > You are saying that it is akin to raising your prices one
> > week so you
> > > can have a sale the next? Has anyone done an 800K study on the
> > > industry declination of costs? Clearly it is a macro economic fact.
> > > But generally we see non responsiveness to actual costs in cartels.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Regards,

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