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I work at Namecheap and we've been vocal about ICANN's decision to lift .org price caps. Happy to answer any questions from an industry-insider perspective. P.

by ted0 7y ago

I work at Namecheap and we've been vocal about ICANN's decision to lift .org price caps. Happy to answer any questions from an industry-insider perspective. P.S. Only upvoting for exposure, not endorsing the acquisition.

drenvuk 7y ago
Worst case, 1. How does this affect renewals in the near future and further down the line for select companies and more generally? 2. How does this affect new registrations in the near future and more generally? 3. Why are newer tlds more expensive for specific domain names? 4. How do we prevent these registries from becoming overpowered landlords?
- ted0 7y ago
  The registries control the costs for us so with no price caps, .org (which sets the precedent for .com) could increase the prices on new registrations and renewals as much as they want basically. The only thing we can do is continue to be vocal as partners and consumers: https://www.namecheap.com/blog/ensuring-icann-keep-domain-prices-in-check/ https://www.namecheap.com/blog/ensuring-icann-keep-domain-pr...
nroets 7y ago
Are there any TLDs where the management are elected by the domain holders ? The real world analogy I can think is HOA where the association (body corporate) is run by trustees/directors who are elected by the property owners. The association is incorporated as a non profit.
- ta999999171 7y ago
  .onion
- ted0 7y ago
  No there is no registry "coop" afaik but this would be very cool. Maybe in the next round of TLD applications?
ksec 7y ago
Unrelated, any news on .Web?
- ted0 7y ago
  No news at all, not even for us as registrars.
sytelus 7y ago
ICANN has made several decisions in past that are mind-boggling and definitely not in public good. I wonder who runs this org? How someone gets into leadership in there? It surprises me to no end that we are being forced to pay $$ perpetually just to add a little record in their database. There should be nearly no cost to this and over the time I've become very certain that there is quite a bit of bribery going on in ICANN who approve raising prices instead of slashing them. What are the avenues to legally disrupt/expose/fix ICANN?
LinuxBender 7y ago
I only have a couple domains at namecheap, but maybe this question applies to all registrars. If I renew all my domains to the ICANN max of 10 years, can they retroactively charge me for time paid if the price increases? Some may note that some registrars allow for more than 10 years, but that assumes the registrar remains solvent, as the max is 10 years.

by ted0 7y ago

drenvuk 7y ago

Worst case, 1. How does this affect renewals in the near future and further down the line for select companies and more generally? 2. How does this affect new registrations in the near future and more generally? 3. Why are newer tlds more expensive for specific domain names? 4. How do we prevent these registries from becoming overpowered landlords?

ted0 7y ago
The registries control the costs for us so with no price caps, .org (which sets the precedent for .com) could increase the prices on new registrations and renewals as much as they want basically. The only thing we can do is continue to be vocal as partners and consumers: https://www.namecheap.com/blog/ensuring-icann-keep-domain-prices-in-check/ https://www.namecheap.com/blog/ensuring-icann-keep-domain-pr...

nroets 7y ago

Are there any TLDs where the management are elected by the domain holders ? The real world analogy I can think is HOA where the association (body corporate) is run by trustees/directors who are elected by the property owners. The association is incorporated as a non profit.

ta999999171 7y ago
.onion
ted0 7y ago
No there is no registry "coop" afaik but this would be very cool. Maybe in the next round of TLD applications?

ksec 7y ago

Unrelated, any news on .Web?

ted0 7y ago
No news at all, not even for us as registrars.

sytelus 7y ago

ICANN has made several decisions in past that are mind-boggling and definitely not in public good. I wonder who runs this org? How someone gets into leadership in there? It surprises me to no end that we are being forced to pay $$ perpetually just to add a little record in their database. There should be nearly no cost to this and over the time I've become very certain that there is quite a bit of bribery going on in ICANN who approve raising prices instead of slashing them. What are the avenues to legally disrupt/expose/fix ICANN?

LinuxBender 7y ago

I only have a couple domains at namecheap, but maybe this question applies to all registrars. If I renew all my domains to the ICANN max of 10 years, can they retroactively charge me for time paid if the price increases? Some may note that some registrars allow for more than 10 years, but that assumes the registrar remains solvent, as the max is 10 years.