[At-Large] Vistaprint is abandoning .vista

Seun Ojedeji seun.ojedeji at gmail.com
Sat Jul 14 10:53:03 UTC 2018


Sent from my mobile
Kindly excuse brevity and typos

On Sat, 14 Jul 2018, 09:12 Carlos Raul Gutierrez, <carlosraul at gutierrez.se>
wrote:

> Thanks Michele!
>
>
> Even if it has zero registrations, ICANN made a nice chunk of income out
> of it. Should they get their money back?
>

SO: Did they not make a business decision, afterall they were not forced to
apply. However wrong it might be, it was their choice and their loss, hence
a refund should be moot.

Cheers!

>
> Cheers
> ---
> Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez
> carlosraul at gutierrez.se
> +506 8837 7176
> Aparatado 1571-1000
> COSTA RICA
>
>
>
> El 2018-07-11 10:27, Michele Neylon - Blacknight escribió:
>
> Carlton
>
>
>
> It's a .brand – zero "normal" registrants or users will be impacted
>
>
>
> If it was a TLD with actual registrations then it would be a totally
> different matter, but it isn't.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Michele
>
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Mr Michele Neylon
>
> Blacknight Solutions
>
> Hosting, Colocation & Domains
>
> https://www.blacknight.com/
>
> http://blacknight.blog/
>
> Intl. +353 (0) 59  9183072
>
> Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090
>
> Personal blog: https://michele.blog/
>
> Some thoughts: https://ceo.hosting/
>
> -------------------------------
>
> Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty
>
> Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,R93 X265,Ireland  Company No.: 370845
>
>
>
> *From: *At-Large <at-large-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org> on behalf of
> Carlton Samuels <carlton.samuels at gmail.com>
> *Date: *Tuesday 10 July 2018 at 21:10
> *To: *At-Large Worldwide <at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org>, "
> lac-discuss-en at atlarge-lists.icann.org" <
> lac-discuss-en at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
> *Subject: *[At-Large] Vistaprint is abandoning .vista
>
>
>
> Maybe we should track these 'returns/abandonments' and in context,
> [re]read the recommendations of the Subsequent Procedures WG?
>
>
>
> Saw a story of a domain investor account of his return on investment so
> far; he's in the red with diminishing prospects.
>
>
>
> On top of these kind of stories that speak to the conditions in the end
> user market and the 'retired and/or abandoned gLTDs, it just seems
> 'otherworldly' to me that in all the happy talk of new rounds, this idea
> that demand has something to do with markets is largely left unmentioned.
> Helluva thing!
>
>
>
>
> https://domainnamewire.com/2018/07/10/vistaprint-drops-vista-top-level-domain/
>
>
>
> -Carlton
>
>
>
>
> ==============================
> *Carlton A Samuels*
>
> *Mobile: 876-818-1799 Strategy, Process, Governance, Assessment &
> Turnaround*
> =============================
>
> _______________________________________________
> At-Large mailing list
> At-Large at atlarge-lists.icann.org
> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large
>
> At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org
>
> _______________________________________________
> At-Large mailing list
> At-Large at atlarge-lists.icann.org
> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large
>
> At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/at-large/attachments/20180714/7986a4c1/attachment.html>


More information about the At-Large mailing list