perhaps we could find out more about the motivations and experiences of those who chose continental TLDs (.eu, .africa, .asia) instead of local ccTLDs. I wonder if these registries would be supportive of such research?

I can reveal that the marketing strategy of DotAsia successfully focuses on people's diverse motivations for preferring to use .asia to their ccTLDs - and its an interesting story that Edmon and Pavan can tell. No doubt the other regional registries have similar tales.

On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 10:15 PM Evan Leibovitch <evan@telly.org> wrote:

On Wed, 7 Aug 2019 at 03:57, Jonathan Zuck <JZuck@innovatorsnetwork.org> wrote:

I think the most compelling argument is jurisdiction. Right now everyone has ccTLDs but they are considered be basically the property of government which carries with it some complexity in certain parts of the world. If, on the other hand, I could have a privately run gTLD that resides in my legal jurisdiction, that might give me some advantage.

This is an interesting point.

As a way to start along this path, perhaps we could find out more about the motivations and experiences of those who chose continental TLDs (.eu, .africa, .asia) instead of local ccTLDs. I wonder if these registries would be supportive of such research?

- Evan

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