Re: [registrars] Please Consider the Following

[Larry Erlich <erlich@domainregistry.com>]

Antony Van Couvering wrote:

> >
> > Ivan is still with Netnames.com?
> > They are currently not ICANN accredited, correct?
> > So it makes sense that he would be in favor of that.
> > (Please correct me if I am wrong about their current
> > status or Ivan's affiliation.)
> >
> 
> NetNames was bought by NetBenefit, which is ICANN-accredited.  I don't
> know what Ivan said at that meeting (I didn't hear him say anything),
> but I certainly stood up and gave Mike Palage some grief about the
> decision, at some length.
> 
> Many ccTLDs have perfectly good accreditation processes, which are not
> ludicrously expensive, and where smaller registrars are encouraged,
> though they may only do ten or twenty registrations a year (law firms,
> accountants, etc.).  The UK is the obvious example.  That's good for
> everyone, I should think.  

Antony,

I think that between the large amount of
ICANN accredited registrars, as well as the large
amount of resellers for ICANN accredited registrars,
there is plenty of competition and choice currently. 
I don't think that if it made financial sense
for somone doing 10 or 20 registrations, or even 1000,
to be ICANN accredited, that would benefit the
existing group of registrars, or our company
in particular. Why do you think that this would
be good for everyone?

Larry Erlich

http://www.DomainRegistry.com


> Many also have cabal-like structures in which
> high fees and/or silly technical requirements are imposed (Germany).
> ICANN is somewhere in between, with most of the nonsense having been
> mandated by NSI.  That could change, especially if the constituency
> bothered to ask.
> 
> Antony

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