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No dot-BIZ market-based pricing
- To: biz-tld-agreement@xxxxxxxxx
- Subject: No dot-BIZ market-based pricing
- From: Peniel Cronin <nametech@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:17:59 -0700
The proposed agreement with the .BIZ registry - calling for market based
pricing - is an injustice to every current domain holder and all new
registrants. I currently own over 50 .biz names. What if the registry decides
that some of my names should be priced much higher than the current fixed-price
renewal rates? What if I find new domains with a .biz extension - names that I
work hard to create/find ... only to have those names priced out of my
financial reach because of market-based pricing?
Effectively, ALL small businesses and not-so-deep-pocket individuals &
investors could be priced out of the market for high-quality names with the
.biz extension.
ICANN, you started out with a roar ... raging against the injustices and
heavy-handed tactics of Network Solutions when they were the only registry and
registrar of .com names. I've followed the evolution of domains since back in
1998 ... I've even read the Congresional transcripts. When did you lose your
backbone to stand for the domain registrants - NOT the registries and
registrars?
Here's a tip: your funding may come from the registries and registrars ... but
your reason to exist comes from the domain owners. And, ultimately, the fees
that support you come from the domain owners. Get out of bed with the
registries. Wake-up and do your job - ADVOCATE for domain owners.
I urge you to close this major loophole for market-based pricing of .biz
domains.
--
Peniel Cronin, CEO
Global Basics/enamewiz.com
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