Dear Mr. Reberry,
Thank you for submitting your letter to the RSEP comment forum regarding the Registry Services Evaluation Policy (RSEP) requests for the proposed registry service called “Dropzone”,
submitted by Donuts Inc. on behalf of Binky Moon, LLC and Dog Beach, LLC (https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/registryservice/2021q3/000079.html). Thank you for also submitting your
letter to the ICANN Correspondence page: (https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/reberry-to-marby-27aug21-en.pdf).
ICANN org has published a response to your letter, available at: (https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/weinstein-to-reberry-24sep21-en.pdf).
Thank you for raising your concerns and submitting your feedback on this matter.
Sincerely,
Amanda Fessenden
Director, GDD Services
ICANN – Global Domains and Strategy
From: RegistryService <registryservice-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Jeff Reberry via RegistryService <registryservice@icann.org>
Reply-To: Jeff Reberry <jeff@turncommerce.com>
Date: Friday, September 3, 2021 at 11:16 AM
To: "registryservice@icann.org" <registryservice@icann.org>
Subject: [RegistryService] Fwd: Donuts RSEPs for Binky Moon LLC and Dog Beach LLC must undergo competition review
Please see attached letter delivered to ICANN on August 27, 2021.
Thank you,
Jeff Reberry
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From: Jeff Reberry <jeff@turncommerce.com>
Date: Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 7:32 PM
Subject: Donuts RSEPs for Binky Moon LLC and Dog Beach LLC must undergo competition review
To: <goran.marby@icann.org>, <andee.hill@icann.org>, <russ.weinstein@icann.org>, <theresa.swineheart@icann.org>
Cc: Andrew Reberry <andrew@turncommerce.com>, Megan Long <megan@turncommerce.com>
Hello Göran,
The attached letter identifies a number of crucial concerns related to two RSEP requests from Donuts mentioned in the subject line, and the need to ensure both are sent through the review of a competition authority.
Donuts is proposing an additional or “conditional” fee to register recently expired domain names. We believe this is outside of the scope of registry service offerings and has serious anti-competitive concerns.
This is only one of a number of concerning issues outlined in the attached letter - and it is important these issues are properly reviewed by competition authority, which will be abundantly clear upon review of the letter.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. Please reach out if you have any questions.
Jeff Reberry
Co-Founder and COO
TurnCommerce Inc.