On May 14, 2017 at 18:08 evan@telly.org (Evan Leibovitch) wrote:
On 14 May 2017 at 17:08, <bzs@theworld.com> wrote:
Personally I believe the $175K charge per gTLD app was far too low, it should have been at least 10x that.
I agree. I also personally that upping ICANN fees tenfold so that 2nd level domains are at least $75/year would have inhibited speculation, redundant and defensive domains, yet been a negligible additional expense to the operation of a genuine web presence. (And the extra revenue could have gone towards active enforcement of DNS accuracy.)
But that ship has long sailed and isn't coming back. The domain industry, in its dominance of policy, has made ICANN dependent upon the revenue from all the speculative and defensive registrations.
Probably not apropos to this list but what's the plan for the 2nd round? To set a similar price which seems comfortable to the registries and registrars around the table only to once again see the really good TLDs snatched up by deep pockets who see $175K as walking-around money? I suppose that is apropos since that's how the auction pot grew, basically the proceeds of stealing candy from babies. -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | bzs@TheWorld.com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo*