> I'd argue that we need more effective competition *in* .com, in addition
> to other gTLDs.
What does that mean? This statement doesn't track...
> Also, competitors are going to have spend some money to
> sell the public on the alternatives, something I've seen no serious effort
> at(media outlets external to the Internet.)
I think you need to pay some closer attention - .uk, .ca, .de and .biz are
all doing reasonably well as .com substitutes (or as primary choices ahead
of .com depending on the market...) Further, not sure that serious marketing
effort = media outlets external to the internet - marketing is marketing and
is only relevant when it actually sells something.
> The reality is that the vast majority of people who are doing
> business on the Internet continue to want a .com address as evidenced by
> registration numbers which is why VSGN was willing to give up other .org
> and .net.
If you break down the numbers, you start getting a different picture.
Aggregate, com is the predominant choice, but this doesn't hold true for all
segments. The number of these "exceptional" segments is increasing. Which
means, over the long term, that Verisign likely made the wrong choice.
> Most people also seem to try to get to an organization if they don't
> know the web address by tacking on ".com". ".biz" for example sounds
terribly
> cheesy, and it indicates that you probably haven't been around as long as
> the holder of a .com.
There's no proof that the behaviour you describe is a primary navigation
behavior. Re: biz = cheesy. Sure, but that's why we need more competition -
surely there is a more compelling competitor to .com than just .biz. What
about .corp? .ltd? .inc? All of the above? There is no reason why they all
shouldn't be created.
Thanks,
-rwr
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From: "Patrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ross Wm. Rader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Marc Schneiders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Swerve'"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Discuss List'"
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Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: OpenSRS Live Reseller Update [.com/.net & .name] - 13/02/03
> On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, Ross Wm. Rader wrote:
>
> > > Where does it say in the policy that this was going to be a $200
process?
> >
> > That's one of the beauties of the policy space that gets compounded by
the
> > fact that Verisign still has something that looks and acts like a
monopoly -
> > we need more TLDs that compete directly with ..com - this, coupled with
the
> > reality that companies are free to set the prices of the products that
they
> > sell (which is underscored in the ICANN contract) means that VGRS will
> > continue to charge us too much for small things like the RGP until such
time
> > that they no longer can.
> >
> > In my mind, this means a couple of things...
> >
> > a) we need more effective competition to com.
> > b) we need a framework by which it is relatively easy for competition to
com
> > to get into the market - right now it is virtually impossible.
>
> I'd argue that we need more effective competition *in* .com, in addition
> to other gTLDs. Also, competitors are going to have spend some money to
> sell the public on the alternatives, something I've seen no serious effort
> at(media outlets external to the Internet.)
>
> The reality is that the vast majority of people who are doing
> business on the Internet continue to want a .com address as evidenced by
> registration numbers which is why VSGN was willing to give up other .org
> and .net. Most people also seem to try to get to an organization if they
don't
> know the web address by tacking on ".com". ".biz" for example sounds
terribly
> cheesy, and it indicates that you probably haven't been around as long as
> the holder of a .com.
>
>
>
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