EURALO Round2 Table: some questions answered

A few things caught my attention :

1. 30 applications received from the Applicant Support Program,
2. 40 applications received from the Registry Service Provider Program,
3. Round Two is more expensive than Round One,
4. Bring new gTLD to operation = $2 million,
5. A lot of bad actors,
6. The "Infermal" study : a must read to understand better bad actors and how to unwelcome them to registering your TLD's domains.
7. Funding, Market Research and Security are essential,
8. Read new gTLD studies !
9. By 2026, new domain names my surpass 50 million registrations.
10. In terms of DNS abuse there are things you must do and things you can't do.
11. Becoming a Registry, important things to consider :
1. The purpose of the TLD,
2. How do you distribute your domains,
3. Policy development and pricing,
4. Registry launch,
5. Keep it private until you sign NDA.
12. At 34mn : GoDaddy provides feedback on differences between Round 1 and Round 2.
13. EURALO stands for European Regional At-Large Organization,
14. Undeserved regions and communities are not included in this program according to a participant.
15. Many French speakers in this presentation ;-)

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The Applicant Support Program application submission period...has begun !

Below is an interesting read for entities interested in submitting an application through the ICANN Applicant Support Program - "and pay less". The 19 pages "ASP Applicant Checklist" clearly informs about what the administrative work consists in : good luck to all applicants. The application submission period is expected to close 19 November 2025.

This is Table of Contents Organization Information of the ASP Applicant Checklist :

• Organization information :
• SECTION 1: APPLICANT ENTITY INFORMATION
• SECTION 2: APPLICANT ENTITY USERS
• SECTION 3: PAYMENTS
• SECTION 4: ULTIMATE CONTROL
• Public Responsibility Due Diligence
• SECTION 5: ACTIVITIES & AFFILIATIONS
• Financial Need
• SECTION 6: NARRATIVE STATEMENT
• SECTION 7: FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS
• Financial Viability
• SECTION 8: NARRATIVE STATEMENT
• SECTION 9: DEPOSIT
• Eligible Entities
• SECTION 10: NONPROFITS, CHARITIES, OR EQUIVALENT
• SECTION 11: INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (IGOS)
• SECTION 12: INDIGENOUS/TRIBAL PEOPLES’ ORGANIZATIONS
• SECTION 13: SOCIAL IMPACT OR PUBLIC BENEFIT MICRO- OR SMALL-SIZED BUSINESS
• SECTION 14: MICRO- OR SMALL-SIZED BUSINESS FROM A LESS-DEVELOPED ECONOMY