Hello David,
Tuesday, July 25, 2000, 4:18:35 PM, you wrote:
>>>Proposals will need to be accompanied by a $50,000 application fee, a
>>>business plan, and policy details, among many other requirements.
> Does anyone know how this process will play out?
> That is, if a new ".shop" TLD is created, would one company be in the InterNIC role
>and other registrars then apply to be allowed to offer those domains as well?
This presumes that all TLDs will be shared like com/net/org. I don't
think that would necessarily be the case, and nothing from ICANN
indicates that. I also don't think it would be wise to force all
registries to be shared like com/net/org are.
> Or would only one company be the sole registrar for each new TLD?
That could happen.
> I can't believe each registrar would have to pay $50,000 per TLD to play. Tell me
>that's not even remotely possible.
The $50,000 non-refundable application fee (which doesn't guarantee
anything all) is for prospective registries. Right now there is
nothing to indicate whether or not these TLDs will have to be shared
or not.
But that fee has nothing to do with the registrars.
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Best regards,
William mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
