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By: M. Menius

M. Menius — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:18:46 +0000

This one topic is the most infuriating of all the ICANN issues. It is so categorically abusive and wrong for global domain registrants to be threatened with discriminatory pricing.

ICANN continue to avoid voicing their position on this which undermines any and all confidence in their integrity.

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Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:37:26 +0000

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By: EM @ KING.NET

EM @ KING.NET — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:49:04 +0000

It seems the .TV pricing model work for them. Now they are trying to apply this to other gTLD’s… this is bad business for us domaineer.

Regards,
EM

By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:58:24 +0000

George – that language in the pricing section is murky to me. It seems to contradict the price increase clause, so ICANN needs to clarify it.

Also, it’s important to note the 180 day advance notice for renewal price increases doesn’t apply if the increase is no more than the prior years’ increase.

By: George Kirikos

George Kirikos — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:53:40 +0000

I’ve long advocated that registry services should be tendered via a competitive process for fixed periods of time to the lowest cost provider that meets the terms of the tender, as nearly every government contract is handled. That’s what the NTIA/DOC/DOJ meant by “competition”, not this perverted concept that ICANN has pushed forward over the objections of the public that 10,000 new gTLDs will “compete” with .com — they simply won’t, they simply attract new wanna-be monopolists, many of whom would be in it for a quick buck, to gouge consumers through defensive registrations, cause consumer confusion, etc..

That being said, the additional language that:

“[Registry Operator shall offer all domain registration renewals at the same price, unless the registrant agrees to a higher price at the time of the initial registration of the domain name following clear and conspicuous disclosure of such renewal price by Registry Operator.]”

which for some reason was added in square brackets, would be a step towards protection for registrants. However the language needs to be tightened up even further (e.g. handling of transfers, and other tricks registries would try, such as intentionally forcing domains to be deleted for “alleged” abuse, in order to resell the name to a higher bidder).

The need for hard caps is evident, though, as I can think of several ways around the current language already. A simple cap of twice the .com registry fees leaves ample room for real registry operators, while eliminating much of the potential for abuse of registrants.

By: Latest Domainer News

Latest Domainer News — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:44:02 +0000

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