As a consultant that assists start-up dotcom companies, I will tell you that every
client of our firm is against the introduction of new TLD's. All of our clients have
invested tremendous amount of money and time into their start-up company and in the
marketing of their domain name. There are some clients that have invested their entire
life savings in their Internet company. They are all every concerned that with
the new TLD's another party (especially their competition) will take their exact
dotcom name and combine it with all of the new TLD's.In addition, they believe
that it is not fair to only give preference to famous marks. They say that they ICANN
should give a 90 day period for all current owners of dot com names to register their
names with the new TLD's. After the 90-day period, everyone would be able to register
any names that are available.
They also believe that if due to outside pressures,
ICANN is forced to introduce new TLD's, they should definitely start with only 1
new name for business purposes, so that ICANN can study the reaction of the marketplace
to this new TLD introduction.
Hope that you take into consideration the concerns
of our clients.
Jack Landrum