Re: Sharing

[chris@hal.iodesign.com (Christopher Ambler)]

>Using the shared rather than exclusive model that you envision, what are
>your thoughts on the following:
>
>1. How does a new gTLD come into existance? Does one particular registry
>ask for it? or does CORE decide? or IAHC?

Initially, each registrar specifies, say, 3. Or 2. Or 1. That's all
negotiable.

In the future, CORE decides, based on requests from the registrars, or
even the public. This is an operational area for CORE, which would
have to be worked out in the CORE procedures.

>2. Can each registry offer the same set of gTLDs as offered by any other
>registry?

When all is shared, yes. *EVERYTHING* is shared, lest there be calls
of unfair trade. The only alternative is that everything is exclusive,
which I would personally prefer, but doesn't seem to have much support
overall.

>3. Does each registry set its own pricing system. If the industry average
>was $100 a year for a SLD name under a particular gTLD, could a registry
>offer a registrant a 10 year term for a full cash up front payment (thus
>ensuring against competition for 10 years)? 

Sure, whatever the registrar wants. That's what competition is all
about. If a registrar wants to charge $100,000 a year, that's up to
them. If a registrar wants to do it for free, that's up to them,
too, though I suspect they'd lose money.

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Christopher Ambler
President, Image Online Design, Inc.