Monday, Monday, August 20, 2001, 2:24:02 PM, Mark Jeftovic wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, Rick Baraniuk wrote:
>> Hi all
>> Was hoping to get some feedback from you with regards to what will be our
>> next product offering: .name.
>>
>> We have just put up an information document here:
>> http://www.opensrs.org/dotname_info.shtml which contains information about
>> the 4 products associated with .name:
>> 1. Domain Name Registration
>> 2. Email Forwarding
>> 3. Defensive Registrations
>> 4. NameWatch
>>
> I'm personally sick and tired of "defending my name" in all these new
> TLDs and in my opinion it seems kinda bogus to roll it out "defense" as
> an actual product, it further stigmatizes these new TLDs as one big cash
> grab.
> I think .name and .pro are going to flop. The 3rd LD model won't appeal
> on a mass level and everybody who just scrambled to cover their butts
> in .info and .biz are going to get hit with .name and .pro and just
> say to hell with it. Get ready for the backlash.
> We haven't had anybody asking about .name or .pro yet.
> As always, I could me completely wrong. It's monday.
I'm with you on the issue of these 3rd level domains being worthless
from a commercial marketing stand point.
Unless the cost of these is down sub-$10/yr to the end user, I don't
see why they will have any consumer appeal.
I also don't like registries bundling other services, such as email
forwarding. Those are services best left to registrars or third party
services.
As it stands, I intend to issue a "Do not bother" recommendation for
.name and .pro to our clients.
After reading the .name registry plan Rick provided I have to say my
opinion is only strengthened. This is a mess waiting to happen. I'll
reserve final judgement on .pro until more final data is released, but
.name looks like a wash, and not worth getting involved in.
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