DOTZON Comment on FY13 Draft Operating Plan & Budget

["Katrin Ohlmer" <katrin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Sirs,

 

thank you for the opportunity to comment on the FY13 Draft Operating Plan &
Budget.

 

I am writing on behalf of DOTZON GmbH, a Germany-based New gTLD consultancy
which has filed over 20 applications on behalf of its customers including
large German brands, companies and entrepreneurs.

 

Based on our calculations on the received number of applications and fees we
figured out that there are large surplusses of application fees. Therefore
we urge ICANN that any overage from excess application fees (we estimate
between US$ 50,000 and US$ 100,000 per application) should be refunded to
applicants. That does not even take into account that there are huge
synergies in the evaluation of the gTLDs (e.g. the technical part), so
further refunds should be possible. ICANN should refund these excess
application fees to applicants in a timely manner. 

 

Kind regards,

Katrin Ohlmer

 

 

DOTZON GmbH - incubating name spaces
Akazienstrasse 2
10823 Berlin
Deutschland - Germany
Tel: +49 30 49802722
Fax: +49 30 49802727
Mobile: +49 173 2019240
katrin@xxxxxxxxxx
www.dotzon.com

DOTZON GmbH
Registergericht: Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg, HRB 118598
Geschäftsführer: Katrin Ohlmer
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Akazienstrasse 2, 10823 Berlin