Re: [gnso-vi-feb10] 360 Degree Market Analysis with a focus on the consumer

["Michele Neylon :: Blacknight" <michele@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 26 Mar 2010, at 20:14, Michael D. Palage wrote:

> Jothan,
>  
> I think as a working group we need to undertake a 360 degree analysis of the 
> marketplace . Than being said I think the primary focus should be on what is 
> in the best interest of consumers. 
>  
> Getting back to the examples used in the survey. I selected .COMCAST as an 
> hypothetical TLD because they are my current ISP of choice. I am generally 
> happy with the service that Comcast provides me, therefore why do I need to 
> interject another party between me and my ISP?

And what exactly would .comcast in this scenario give you?

I'm trying to understand your logic but am failing.



> While I would view this as a nuisance, what would the impact/inconvenience  
> be on less sophisticated users. In the PENDR Working Group I often used the 
> benchmark of does this proposed policy make this easier or more difficult for 
> my mom to use the Internet?
>  
> Another hypothetical omitted from the survey was that of a .LAW TLD.  As an 
> attorney I pay annual membership fees to the State Bar, it would be a lot 
> more convenient for me as a consumer to interact with them to ensure that any 
> additional whois elements necessary for my inclusion into the .LAW TLD were 
> taken care of by them since they already have that data.  While I am happy 
> GoDaddy customer in connection with my  existing gTLD registrations, having 
> GoDaddy stand between me and the .LAW registry does not represent my best 
> interests, does not increase my user experience, and is likely to impede 
> innovation and choice.

Well I'd also assume that your State Bar isn't the only organisation that would 
want to be able to offer .law domains to its members - I'd also suspect that 
they wouldn't be in a position technically or otherwise to provide all the 
other services that a registrar would normally provide (either directly or via 
its resellers / agents)  such as:

- dns
- email hosting
- website hosting
- technical support

So as a consumer you'd probably get pretty terrible service if the State Bar 
was running a TLD

Now if they were an authorised agent / reseller of a registrar offering .law I 
can see how that would work .. 

Regards

Michele





>  
> Just my two cents.
>  
> Best regards,
>  
> Michael
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> From: owner-gnso-vi-feb10@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-vi-feb10@xxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf Of Jothan Frakes
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 1:28 PM
> To: Gnso-vi-feb10@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [gnso-vi-feb10] Looking at this from the Registrars as Channel 
> Perspective and that benefit...
>  
> Hi-
> 
> In our efforts within the VIWG, I have noticed and it has been brought to my 
> attention that we're looking at things through the prism angle of the 
> registry.
> 
> I am in no way expressing the Registrar Stakeholder perspective on this, nor 
> have I vetted this message with them.  I want only to aid the dialog within 
> this working group by taking a perspective of the registrar channel into 
> consideration in the process of our efforts.
> 
> For the benefit of the list activities, I would encourage people interested 
> in some of the things that a registrar might be taking into consideration in 
> the new TLD launch process
> to view a presentation that I did in October of 2008 at the CENTR General 
> Assembly in Piza, Italy.  
> 
> The presentation is from an aggregated applicant perspective and discussions 
> that had occurred in Paris at the 2008 meeting and takes into consideration 
> bullet points from conversations with many of the applicants and communities 
> seeking to apply for new TLDs.
> 
> Applicants (not to me confused with registries or registry service providers) 
> look to the registrars as a channel to reach a larger audience, adoption, and 
> ultimately natural use.  Registrars come in a variety of types of services 
> and business models, support a variety of languages, and offer cultural and 
> local advantages due to geographical diversity.
> 
> Slides 7-10 are related to 'Channel' and worth a look because they focus in a 
> little bit on those areas.
> https://www.centr.org/main/lib/g1/4622-CTR.html (click download)
> 
> I'll caveat the slides to state that there was no DAG available at the time 
> the presentation was made, and that presentation predates the 2009 RAA and 
> any nuances that it contains which might have changed since would not be 
> reflected.
> 
> Still, the information contained in it might prove helpful for our 
> discussions, take what you like and leave the rest.
> 
> -jothan
> 
> Jothan Frakes
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