RE: .name Feedback & Summary

[Rick Baraniuk]

Ok Thanks for everyones feedback on this issue...I really appreciate taking the time to comment on the validity and potential market share of .name.  To summarize the key points that were brought up, allow me to offer the following highlights:   it is not expected that demand for .name...especially given the 3rd level product will be significant. .info and .biz still appear to be the most 'in-demand' of the recently introduced gTLDs a .name must be significantly discounted in order to receive any major interest at the consumer level registry control of an email product would not be well supported by resellers...as it directly competes with the value proposition of resellers to offer email to customers directly intellectual property protection is becoming costly for many companies...the value of another 'defensive' product would not be high...if the product was priced at a premium, it would not be supported by resellers I would like to talk more specifically about the 3 ancillary products: SLD email forwarding, Defensive Registrations and Namewatch.  Does anyone have anything else to add regarding these products?  Do the above statements hold true? Would you support an email product run at the registry level? Would you support Defensive registrations if they are expected to be pricey? What about NameWatch?   Again, thanks for your feedback.   Rick    -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 4:30 AM To: Rick Baraniuk; Discuss-List@Opensrs. Org Subject: Re: .name Feedback I agree with all the fellows in the list. .pro and .name, both are craps because they are third level domains with awful lots of restrictions. They are offering email forwarding. This is like fishing in our turf at our cost. No reseller can promote or suggest them to anyone.   We have been through defensive registrations crap in biz etc. We now know how bad this is.   But, still we should offer them. Our job is to offer choices to our customer. whether they would like to buy or not is best left to them.   These are global gTLD's. They may not be attractive, but they are a fact of life (internet :-)   Ashish ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Baraniuk To: Discuss-List@Opensrs. Org Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 2:14 AM Subject: .name Feedback 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 am looking for feedback specifically on what you would value the above products at...I am trying to bench exactly what you are interested to see if Tucows should roll-out one, some or all the above products.    What are the major questions/issues/concerns that you have as it relates to the products?   Feel free to email me offline, but I would also love to see what kind of conversation is generated, so feel free to use the list.  I will stay out of thing til tomorrow so that I can digest feedback.   Thanks for your help   Rick Baraniuk Product Manager Registrar Integrations Tucows Inc. p.416.535.0123x1336 c.416.346.0385