“See, we told you this whole thing is a shakedown.”
This one graphic below, as spotted by Michael Berkens earlier today and published on Vox Populi’s website, threatens to set the forward momentum of the new TLD program back quite a bit:
Any ground the Intellectual Property Constituency was going to give in its ongoing requests to ICANN. Any ground the Governmental Advisory Committee was going to give on its advice to ICANN.
It’s all out the door.
It also opens the door for Donuts or Top Level Spectrum to win .sucks, because I think a lot of people will now back their rival bids.
Acro says
Actually, a more accurate infographic can be found at http://domaingang.com/domain-news/infographic-the-truth-about-the-gtld-domain-registration-process-revealed/
Marius says
High pricing and a short 30 day period will result in nearly no sunrise orders.
“No orders” do not require noteworthy automatisation effort.
If a registry expects very low interest in it’s sunrise this might be a smart move to save money or at least cover the expensive implementation costs.
just my 2 cents, regards Marius
Andrew Allemann says
Momentous already offers sunrise services, which it would want to highlight, not hide.
Acro says
I agree, the sunrise/tm prerequisite clearance and pricing can make or break a gTLD.
Captain Crunch says
Ok, now does everyone agree that this whole idea was a really bad one? Is it obvious YET? If not, I’ll keep checking with you.
John Berryhill says
Realizing they cannot win the auction, they decided to throw rocks at a hornet’s nest. This is suicide vest strategy.
gpmgroup says
. Momentous are only following the rules ICANN and friends have put in place.
What’s so offensive about charging $2,500 or $25,000, as opposed to $50? Does the $50 seem more acceptable because large companies can afford it?
Andrew Allemann says
@ gpmgroup – are they allowed to do this? yes. Does it just go to show they view .sucks as a big shakedown. yes.
John Berryhill says
Something that nobody buys is not a “shakedown”. As alternatively suggested above, this is one way of saying, “we don’t want to build out a sunrise infrastructure.” Having seen that process in action in other registries, which have to plunk down the TMCH access fee and put in substantial work to support the interface to the TMCH and the registrars in building that out, it’s not as if the registry operators aren’t subject to the first “shakedown” in this rodeo.
Quite obviously, given the choice between a $25,000 “sunrise registration” or a $2,000 UDRP to get control of an abusive name, or a $500 URS to take down a site, this pricing can easily be understood as saying, “don’t bother with the sunrise”.
Billy says
I agree with Marius.
Even if someone will pay 25K most won’t have enough time to put it together.
Large corporations move slow and have to move through several layers and people to get most sales done.
pophalos says
The Geographic domains will be the real top ‘guaranteed’ earners if you like. Any company such as Top Level Domain Holdings focusing their strategy on those will come charging through with regards to establishing their revenue streams and profiting handsomly off the new gTLDs.