[gnso-dt-wg] Two Additional Registrar Uses of AGP to get captured

["Jothan Frakes" <jfrakes@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Olaf, 

 

We received two additional uses of the AGP from the Secretary of the
Registrar Constituency and the RC wants these captured in the document
before it is finalized today.

 

These should be trivial changes, and non-controversially worded.

 

 

Replace the Findings Summary on page 24 with this:

OLD

Findings

The results of the poll of the registrars yielded five (5) perceived
benefits of the AGP, unrelated to domain tasting and domain kiting:

1.         Correcting typographical errors made by the registrant

2.         Using a cart "hold" system to provide access to names

3.         Mitigating fraud impacts;  

4.         Proactively monitoring the security and stability of their
provisioning systems; and  

5.         Addressing situations of Buyer's Remorse (defined below) on
behalf of the registrant

NEW Changes Bolded

Findings

The results of the poll of the registrars yielded seven (7) perceived
benefits of the AGP, unrelated to domain tasting and domain kiting:

1.         Correcting typographical errors made by the registrant

2.         Using a cart "hold" system to provide access to names

3.         Mitigating fraud impacts;  

4.         Proactively monitoring the security and stability of their
provisioning systems; and  

5.         Addressing situations of Buyer's Remorse (defined below) on
behalf of the registrant

6          Development Testing of real-time production system   

7          Merchant Gateway Testing and Development

 

Also, please add on page 27, after AGP use 5, following the paragraph
that ends with "While the customer may be relieved and more likely to be
prudent the next time around, the presence of AGP allows for better
handling of these circumstances for all parties."

 

 

AGP Use 6: Development testing of real-time production system

The current secretary of the Registrar Constituency, Bob Connolly,
indicated that there are registrars that utilize the AGP to relieve
costs of development where test domains are registered within the
production environment at a registry, either when adding new
functionality to an existing cart system or when adding new TLDs to a
new cart system.

 

Additionally some of the registrars within the constituency offer
reseller services to web hosting companies or ISPs, and those resellers
have to integrate and develop to incorporate the domain registration
process.

 

If domains are created in this manner, they are typically deleted
immediately, and they may or may not resolve to a web site briefly as
part of the development tests, but typically would not resolve to a
monetization service.

 

The AGP allows for costs associated with these tests to be self-remedied
by the registrar so that their systems are appropriately tested in a
manner that cannot be accomplished within the development sandboxes or
"OTE" (Operational Testing Environment) available at each registry, as
there is more frequently than not a requirement of domain resolution to
ensure a web hosting service environment is appropriately provisioned
and resolving.

 

AGP Use 7: AGP returns from Merchant gateway testing or development

Though similar to the previously stated development use, it is important
that in order to ensure payment capture is functioning.  This leads to
test domains being registered, and the AGP is used to delete the domains
so that the development and testing does not create an expense.

 

In the event of a change of merchant gateway, or in the development or
integration of a new one, it becomes necessary to simulate the process
that would exist within a typical sales cycle to incorporate the payment
action within that cycle. Often it is necessary to test multiple price
packages, as domain term lengths (years registered), quantity of domains
at once, and additional services (quite frequently, domains are sold at
below the registry cost - at a loss - assuming the costs would be
recouped in the revenue from other services sold in conjunction), or
other price groupings impact the price to the consumer. Registrars or
their resellers want to ensure that the appropriate actions happen both
in terms of payment and fulfillment.

 

This means that there would be domains provisioned and deleted in the
AGP, may or may not resolve while exiting, depending upon any additional
services purchased in conjunction with the domains.

 

 

 

 

-Jothan

 

Jothan Frakes

  

Oversee Domain Services

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