Tuesday, November 30, 2010

.P2P project without ICANN ?

As the web site says : P2P means "Peer-2-Peer" exchanged DNS data and is not about file sharing.

The project explained here wants to create a domain name extension without going through the ICANN procedure.

Empirical Evidence for the Role of the Domain Name Itself in Website Performance

A 38 pages study from Karan Girotra, Assistant Professor of Technology and Operations management at INSEAD and Karl Ulrich, CIBC Professor, Professor of Operations and Information Management at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Launching a Top Level Domain is a complex task.

"W" is a voiced labial-velar approximant symbol : an optional IDN specific requirement would an applicant choose to provide his applied-for generic Top-Level Domain string notated according to the International Phonetic Alphabet (http://www.langsci.ucl.ac.uk/ipa/IPA_chart_(C)2005.pdf).

Complex you said ?

Note you'd also better read english because all versions of the applicant guidebook, almost all communications and public comments are, and have been, published in english and until you are provided a version in your language, you will have to go through the understanding of this complex program in english.

"Je sais, c'est en français que je devrais écrire."

The more I read the "proposed final new gTLD applicant guidebook", the more I think it is...

I-M-P-O-S-S-I-B-L-E

...to try the adventure of launching a community, a brand or any other TLD project on someone's own. Not only it requires a budget but another requirement is to understand the methodology to apply.

Filling in the ICANN's form alone would probably drive an application to be rejected.

And this is where I like to say : "chacun son métier". My knowledge is to decrypt the ICANN's applicant guidebook and explain interested parties the benefit they can have of developing their own domain name extension.

Having the budget is one thing but :
  • writing the rules of a project ;
  • filling in the ICANN form to apply ;
  • reporting to ICANN ;
  • connecting to partners ;
  • contracting with partners ;
  • collecting letters of endorsement ;
  • pricing domain names ;
  • building a technical platform ;
  • providing full description of a registry service provider (IDNs, EPP, DNSSEC, Escrow...) ;
  • imagining THE business model in a strong business plan ;
  • demonstrate you have enough funds ;
  • scoring and passing all tests...
...requires the specific knowledge of a team of experts.

Friday, November 26, 2010

Get rid of the .COM in front of a .AU

A interesting change could happen soon with .AU domain names. The .AU registry invites the public to comment its policies. In a document entitled "REVIEW OF .AU POLICY FRAMEWORK", issues are raised and one attracted my attention because this is where a registry gets an opportunity to earn a lot of money "1H: Direct registrations under .au". (http://www.auda.org.au/pdf/2010npp-discussion-paper.pdf)


For those interested in submitting their comments, you can go to : http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2010namespolicysurvey

Thursday, November 25, 2010

.LOVE Top-Level Domains

The official .LOVE TLD project : express your interest for .LOVE or .LUV domain names.

"dot.Love enables love at a collective level"

More here

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

I want to acquire guillon.fr

Title says it all.

Contact me.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

.eu Christmas competition starts on 25 November

Register a .eu domain name between 25 November and 25 December 2010 and stand the chance to win one of 100 iPod Touches.

Competition code is XMAS2010

More information is available here

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

L'Icann propose la version finale du manuel du candidat

La cinquième version du manuel du candidat pour devenir propriétaire d'une extension Internet telle que le .WINE ou le .VIN vient d'être publiée. Pour la première fois, l'Icann l'envisage comme une «version finale».

Lire la suite ici

Monday, November 15, 2010

Proposed final applicant guidebook is out for email comments

Applicant guidebook version 5 :
  • Changes from version 4 are available here ;
  • Full guidebook is available here for download ;
  • You can comment writting to this email ;
  • Comments can be viewed here.

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Ville de San Francisco

Le projet de la ville de San Francisco a été annoncé très tôt. "A new Top-Level Domain for the city of SF".

http://dotsfo.com

Friday, November 12, 2010

.VERSICHERUNG TLD project ?

For the insurance industry.

More here : http://www.dotversicherung.de

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Vertical Integration (VI) and domainers

A very good article from Kevin Murphy which I cannot comment unfortunately.

Un changement majeur du nommage sur Internet !

Un changement majeur ce matin dans l'industrie des noms de domaine. L'organisme de gouvernance des noms de domaine, l'ICANN, vient d'autoriser les registrars (bureaux d'enregistrement accrédités) à "acheter", exploiter des extensions de noms de domaine.

Dans le cas qui nous intéresse, cela veut dire qu'un prestataire de service qui vend des noms de domaine peut s'approprier une extension Internet pour la communauté du vin et la commercialiser.

Cela veut dire plusieurs choses pour les utilisateurs :

- Il ne sera plus obligatoire de passer par un registrar pour acheter un nom de domaine. Par exemple, il sera possible d'acheter un nom de domaine du vin (ex : chateaulatour.wine) directement auprès du registre, le propriétaire de l'extension Internet ;
- Le prix d'achat pourrait être le plus bas du marché si le registre souhaite vendre des noms de domaine directement aux intéressés ;
- Le prix de vente pourrait être plus élevé si le registre préfère exploiter le réseau des bureaux d'enregistrement accrédités. Cela a d'ailleurs plusieurs avantages :
  • Les registrars s'accréditent auprès du registre et engagent des fonds en amont ;
  • Les registrars ont déjà leurs clients et communiqueront auprès d'eux au sujet de cette nouvelle extension : une force de vente considérable lorsque l'on sait que certains registrars ont une très forte notoriété et un portefeuille de clients considérables.
Cela veut dire aussi que le registre du vin, la structure juridique qui commercialisera la seule identité du vin sur Internet, l'organisme de gouvernance des noms de domaine du vin pour le monde, ce monopole légal autorisé par l'Icann pourra aussi proposer un service plus large...

...je n'en dis pas plus et laisse libre cours à votre imagination :-)

No Applicant GuideBook (AGB) this morning (DAGv5) but...

... new gTLD registrars and registries will compete for the benefit of the consumer !

More here : http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-09nov10-en.htm

To understand what changes in the next version of the applicant guidebook, read the end of the page here

Friday, November 5, 2010

4 TLD projects blocked by Applicant guidebook

The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes is a list of three letters country codes which applicant guidebook prohibits the use for new Top-Level Domains projects.

4 known Top Level Domains projects are listed on ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 :
  1. .VEN for the Venetian community : http://veneto.org ;
  2. .AND for Andalusia : http://puntoand.blogspot.com ;
  3. .FRA for France : http://a-fra.org ;
  4. .CYM for the Welsh cultural and linguistic community : http://www.dotcym.org.
Find the ist of all known new TLD projects on Registries.tel

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

.WALES or .CWL for the Welsh community ?

.CYM is listed in ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 list and is reserved for the Cayman Islands.

For his reason dotCYM, applying at ICANN to represent the Welsh cultural and linguistic community, would like to hear users' opinion for a new choice of string : .cymru, .cwl (Cymru Wales) or .wales ?

Explain your choice here


Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Le 30 Mai 2011, une date à retenir !

Suite à une récente annonce de l'ICANN, le 30 Mai 2011 est la date prévue pour les dépôts de dossiers de candidature pour les nouvelles extensions Internet.

Une campagne de communication de 4 mois précèdera cette date.

.FREE pre-registrations are open

Pre-registering requires to check if the desired domain name is available, then an account should be created.

Once verification is done and account activated (you will receive a code in your email for this), you will be able to manage your domain name. Note : your domain name is not registered at this time.

Another option is offered to become a "Very Important Person" and pre-register up to 50 .free domain names at no cost.

www.dotfree.com

Monday, November 1, 2010

Update on timeline

  1. The board directs staff to adopt as a working plan the launch scenario with launch date of Q2 2011
  2. Vertical Integration : no resolution
  3. GNSO new gTLD recommendation 6 objection process : no resolution
  4. GAC issues letter including geographic names : no resolution
  5. Affirmation of commitment considerations : no resolution
More here : http://icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-28oct10-en.htm

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