This article follows my previous article entitled “New gTLDs according to Registrants”: an article dedicated to providing a feed-back on the ICANN ne gTLD program from a Registrant perspective. This time voice is given to accredited Registrars, the service provider in charge of selling domain names to end users: The Registrants.
A Registrar?
I call a "Registrar", the company in charge of selling domain names. To do so, a Registrar needs to be “accredited” to the Registries of his choice. This way, website owners and law firms, webmasters and other IP departments can proceed to the registration of a domain name. There are resellers too but most of the time they are affiliated to a Registrar.
On the domain name pyramid, the Registrar sits o the second floor: above the Registrant and below the Registry. The Registrant buys to the Registrar and the Registrar buys to the Registry.
Feedback received from Registrars:
A Registrar?
I call a "Registrar", the company in charge of selling domain names. To do so, a Registrar needs to be “accredited” to the Registries of his choice. This way, website owners and law firms, webmasters and other IP departments can proceed to the registration of a domain name. There are resellers too but most of the time they are affiliated to a Registrar.
On the domain name pyramid, the Registrar sits o the second floor: above the Registrant and below the Registry. The Registrant buys to the Registrar and the Registrar buys to the Registry.
Feedback received from Registrars:
- Early in the ICANN new gTLD program, a question was raised and as aperson involved in launching the .EU Registry (long before the ICANN new gTLD program), I admit it was a very sensitive one: “if it cost me €10,000.00 to accredit myself to become a “.EU” accredited Registrar, where shall I find the mony to become accredited to all new gTLDs?” It is lucky that this problem was solved a long ago because I cannot imagine any Retail or Corporate Registrar not being ble to offer all new domains because of a treasury problem.
- Good: “new domain names offer an opportunity to reach out to my clients with new offers”.
- The average price for new domain names is much higher than a “.com”: it is going to cost more to my clients: ma margin is going to be very low.
- “We must block Registries from selling domain names” Remember the “Vertical Integration”?
- “High priced new domain names will never sell!”
- Good for business, Registrants will have to buy more domain names or they will increase their chances to be cybersquatted...and actually, I am not responsible for that: it is ICANN’s fault for allowing so many new domian name extensions.
- More domain names to monitor means more monitoring to sell…
- Aren’t we, Corporate Registrars, becoming the reselling network of the Trademark Clearinghouse? Just for the note, the Trademark Clearinghouse allows Trademark owners to participate in Sunrise Periods.
- Becoming a Trademark Clearinghouse’s agent is an excellent service to offer for Corporate Registrars.
- Shall I buy my “.domains” domain name?
- More coming...
"New gTLDs according to Registrars";- "New gTLDs according to Registries";
- Updated: "New gTLDs according to Backend Registries";
- "New gTLDs according to ICANN" .