Re: [gnso-vi-feb10] Competition authorities

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

On 22 Apr 2010, at 01:13, Antony Van Couvering wrote:

> 
> Because there are likely to be -- if this doesn't take so long that 
> everyone's completely exhausted, morally and financially, before the new gTLD 
> round starts -- small registries that are simply not going to be interesting 
> to registrars (because of their size), or for which existing registrars will 
> not be appropriate (because they don't support the registry's language, for 
> instance).   In these cases, it makes perfect sense to have a registry and 
> registrar integrated.  
> 
> This is the case for many small ccTLDs, for instance, and they are a good 
> case in point.  Even if (to pick on them) GoDaddy does decide to carry .bt 
> (Bhutan), it will be pretty hard to get to (low on a drop-down list), and it 
> certainly won't be in the Bhutanese language or alphabet.  That same dynamic 
> will apply for .zulu or .kurd or .berber.

Or, as is the case with some ccTLDs and gTLDs, the rules and procedures for 
registering domains do not lend themselves to any form of mass market, so 
there's little motivation for a registrar to carry / push the extensions

For example, if we weren't based in Ireland I wouldn't bother offering the .ie 
ccTLD, as it's incredibly manual to deal with.

> 
> 
> On Apr 21, 2010, at 5:11 AM, Avri Doria wrote:
> 
>> Why do people think that there will lots of application that include 
>> cross-ownership?  for example in AVC message I felt like this was going to 
>> be a road block for every poor little new registry and I did not understand 
>> that.
> 
> 

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