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

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Paul and all,

Paul Stahura wrote:
> 
> 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.

  I would hope it will be somthing less than $30,000.00!  >;)  But I
believe the question or concern on this thread was regareing
Pre-registration.

  So Ed's comments really were not addressing this concern either.
> 
> 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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