I thought I knew a lot about the policies and expectations when it comes to domains. I was surprised to see 3rd level domains called out in the .name registry agreement and I’m stunned that ICANN allowed this. It’s…
> If you're starting a new commercial venture, something that cost $1000 and took a week would still be one of the cheapest and fastest parts of that process. That's highly dependent on where you live. I don't agree…
> At the risk of sounding too libertarian - do we want domain registrations to be subject to a 24 hour mandatory wait period to see if there are legitimate objections? Should registrars do strong KYC checks on people?…
> Any additional measures should not require ICANN to assume the role of a global content regulator or criminal-law authority. > The community should instead consider whether contractual and operational arrangements…
Both .com and .net are price controlled. I think for the rest of the gTLDs it would be allowed. There’s a lot of nuance to it. The registry agreement never mentions premium domains, only pricing rules, so being accurate…
> Just for context, this is a premium domain with a very high premium renewal fee, no history of abuse obviously. The registry premium domains on the new TLDs have several issues. The biggest IMO is a lack of price…
It's the registry, not the registrar. I made a website that tries to help explain some of the lesser known nuances and risks relating to domains. The section about domain reclassification is based on first hand…
It's almost impossible to judge based on the pricing alone. Paying top dollar doesn't guarantee anything extra and low prices don't always mean low quality service. $6.99 looks like a first year discount at dynadot with…
> And what happens if your domain gets popular, are they going to just jack up your rent from $25/yr to $500/yr or more? As long as your domain is in the standard fee class, aka non-premium, they can't target it for a…
The ERRP only covers gTLDs, right? Have you seen any ICANN policies requiring ccTLDs to adopt the same grace periods. As far as I know, ccTLDs can do whatever they want.
Domain expiration is something that's more complicated than most people realize. As an example, I'm not sure if there's a definitive source stating that auto-renew grace is part of the ERRP. In my opinion it's not and…
I thought I knew a lot about the policies and expectations when it comes to domains. I was surprised to see 3rd level domains called out in the .name registry agreement and I’m stunned that ICANN allowed this. It’s…
> If you're starting a new commercial venture, something that cost $1000 and took a week would still be one of the cheapest and fastest parts of that process. That's highly dependent on where you live. I don't agree…
> At the risk of sounding too libertarian - do we want domain registrations to be subject to a 24 hour mandatory wait period to see if there are legitimate objections? Should registrars do strong KYC checks on people?…
> Any additional measures should not require ICANN to assume the role of a global content regulator or criminal-law authority. > The community should instead consider whether contractual and operational arrangements…
Both .com and .net are price controlled. I think for the rest of the gTLDs it would be allowed. There’s a lot of nuance to it. The registry agreement never mentions premium domains, only pricing rules, so being accurate…
> Just for context, this is a premium domain with a very high premium renewal fee, no history of abuse obviously. The registry premium domains on the new TLDs have several issues. The biggest IMO is a lack of price…
It's the registry, not the registrar. I made a website that tries to help explain some of the lesser known nuances and risks relating to domains. The section about domain reclassification is based on first hand…
It's almost impossible to judge based on the pricing alone. Paying top dollar doesn't guarantee anything extra and low prices don't always mean low quality service. $6.99 looks like a first year discount at dynadot with…
> And what happens if your domain gets popular, are they going to just jack up your rent from $25/yr to $500/yr or more? As long as your domain is in the standard fee class, aka non-premium, they can't target it for a…
The ERRP only covers gTLDs, right? Have you seen any ICANN policies requiring ccTLDs to adopt the same grace periods. As far as I know, ccTLDs can do whatever they want.
Domain expiration is something that's more complicated than most people realize. As an example, I'm not sure if there's a definitive source stating that auto-renew grace is part of the ERRP. In my opinion it's not and…