Re: Waiting for Santa Claus? Privatize TLD's but *CHARGE* registrars for it !

[Steve Heflin <steve@itw.net>]

> Just to clarify a point, our proposal *is not to charge domain names 
> owners*, but rather to charge an appropriate value against registrars of 
> new TLD, as they will start their *businesses* with a lot of *gold 
> valued* domains names that may be sold.
> 
> To be fair, I think we should allow them to make a special 
> pre-registration process, similar to an auction, where, before regular 
> registration is open, those wanting special names would place bids on 
> their choice names.

<pardon me if we already covered this...>

when you say *we...make a special pre-registration process*, are you
referring to all registrars or each individual one after they are
established?

if 'we' did it as one entity, how would we manage it?  if 'we' did it
individually, how would we coordinate it?  im not saying it cant be done,
but we should also then consider when the next set of TLDs is going to be
released so we have adequate time to prep, beta, do this.

> In this preliminary step, names would be *sold* by the highest bid. 
> We may even decide between open electronic auction or "blind" proposals, 
> nobody know other bids.
> 
it is a solid idea but in reality we would 'capture' or get many but
certainly not all...

> After this special registration, regular low price registration for any 
> name.
> 
> I think this is the best approach for pre-registration, as we know that 
> names have different value. 
> Better doing this way instead of having a lucky guy getting of of those 
> names for a nominal fee and selling it for a small fortune.  We will be 
> reflecting this in the price registrars would pay to get the rights over 
> a TLD.
> 
> Ask any major corporation how much would they pay to be the registrar of 
> a new TLD if in addition to regular reduced registration fees, they can 
> collect this initial pre-registration bids.
> 
ok, but then how do we curb them being the *dom name hog* as opposed to a
motivated individual?  


> Benjamin Azevedo
> 


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