Re: registrar charging $30,000 for "platinum" pre-registration

["Paul Stahura" <servotogo@email.msn.com>]

I agree with Ed Sweeney.
Registrars should be allowed to charge any price the wish:
$30,000 or free.
Our price will most likely be somewhere in between, but that is up to us.

Paul Stahura
Syllogistics LLC (CORE #54)


-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Sweeney <ed@sweeney.net.au>
To: gtld-discuss@gtld-mou.org <gtld-discuss@gtld-mou.org>
Date: Thursday, November 13, 1997 4:37 AM
Subject: Re: registrar charging $30,000 for "platinum" pre-registration


>
>To Mr Dimayuga and all interested parties I would like to point out that to
>set a fixed price of $50 per name is otherwise known as "price fixing".
>This is illegal and represents constraint of freedom of trade.  It is also
>contrary to the free and competitive registration process which CORE was
>formed to bring about.
>
>If the opening of registrations is dealt with in a "round robin" manner
>then it is up to the individual registry and interested clients to come to
>an agreement regarding not only price but the position of their application
>in the registrar's queue.
>
>Some companies will require a service such as this to minimise the risk of
>an "opportunist" registering their trademarked name.  Whilst the subject of
>value is irrelevant (since interested parties are welcome to apply for
>registration elsewhere) we feel this is likely to cost a lot less than a
>lengthy legal battle.
>
>Currently we see nothing wrong with offering parties the opportunity to
>upgrade their level of service by agreeing to an increased registration
>fee.  This is one of the advantages of utilising a "smaller" registry.
>Capital Networks has a committment to customer service at the highest
>possible level.
>
>Ed Sweeney
>Capital Networks Pty Ltd
>
>
>Arminda Dimayuga wrote:
>>
>>if you don't believe me, point your browser to http://www.capital.net.au
>>and see for yourself.
>>
>>$30,000 (US) for "platinum paid pre-registration", meaning that if you
>>give them $30,000 (per domain name), they'll put your application near
>>the beginning of their que.
>>
>>What do you all think about this kind of practice?
>>
>>I personally don't think that should be allowed.  I think that every
>>registrar should be required to accept registration and pre-registration
>>applications in a fair manner (i.e., first-come, first-serve), for a
>>competitive price (e.g., $50).
>>
>>Arminda Dimayuga
>>
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