<<Just wondering if the Registrar Constituency has a position on registrar domain pricing?>> Todd: Just to be clear, the law of the United States and other jurisdictions prohibit us from discussing registrar domain pricing. The simple answer is that we do not discuss it, and therefore do not have a position on it. With regard to registry promotions, the registry agreements permit promotions and it's up to them how to implement them. Some promotions have been based on a percentage of net new adds, and that hurts registrars with a large base. Other promotions based on new adds will be better for registrars with the greatest sales activity. Still others may be based on specific geographic regions -- typically outside of North America and Europe -- which benefit registrars in those areas. Again, it's up to the registries on how to structure their promotions. Based on the various business models represented in the RC, we have never and will never agree on a position on such promotions, which is why we didn't take one when these provisions popped up the last few years in the various registry agreements. Hope this helps. Thanks. Jon -----Original Message----- From: owner-registrars@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-registrars@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Todd Han Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 9:57 PM To: registrars@gnso.icann.org Subject: Re: Re: [registrars] Power of ORG Just wondering if the Registrar Constituency has a position on registrar domain pricing? What I am concerned about is that some central registries give volume discounts to the big registrars, pricing out the small registrars. It has already happened several times. The latest is the Power of Org. Also, dot Mobi has tiered pricing based on volume. CC and TV have different prices depending on volume. I seem to remember US also had bulk discounts. Most of these programs require such a high monthly registration requirement that probably only the top 20 registrars in the world can benefit from them. That leaves the rest of the several hundred active registrars out in the cold. As a small registrar, I am very concerned about this trend. Any feedback or thoughts are appreciated. Todd Han Dynadot

You mean like .mobi and others do? I definitely do not think it is fair and am quite saddened that a respectable not for profit company like PIR should take this step.

Best, Helen Dotalliance Inc. www.dotalliance.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Han" <todd@dynadot.com> To: <registrars@gnso.icann.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 6:16 PM Subject: [registrars] Power of ORG

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Just wondering what people thought of the new "Power of ORG"

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PIR is giving a rebate if you register 55,000 or more domains per month. Clearly this is a promotion that only benefits the largest registrars. Do people think this is fair?

Regards, Todd Han Dynadot