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Dear Michele,<br>
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I wonder why they are dropping it. Does it cost them more in the
long run, than using several composed domains?<br>
Kindest regards,<br>
<br>
Olivier<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/07/2018 10:27, Michele Neylon -
Blacknight wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Carlton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">It’s a .brand – zero
“normal” registrants or users will be impacted<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">If it was a TLD with
actual registrations then it would be a totally different
matter, but it isn’t.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Regards <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Michele<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">--<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">Mr
Michele Neylon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">Blacknight
Solutions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">Hosting,
Colocation & Domains<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.blacknight.com/">https://www.blacknight.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://blacknight.blog/">http://blacknight.blog/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">Intl.
+353 (0) 59 9183072<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">Direct
Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">Personal
blog: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://michele.blog/">https://michele.blog/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">Some
thoughts: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://ceo.hosting/">https://ceo.hosting/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">-------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">Blacknight
Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business
Park,Sleaty<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,R93
X265,Ireland Company No.: 370845</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">At-Large
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:at-large-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org"><at-large-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org></a> on behalf
of Carlton Samuels <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:carlton.samuels@gmail.com"><carlton.samuels@gmail.com></a><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday 10 July 2018 at 21:10<br>
<b>To: </b>At-Large Worldwide
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org"><at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org></a>,
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:lac-discuss-en@atlarge-lists.icann.org">"lac-discuss-en@atlarge-lists.icann.org"</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:lac-discuss-en@atlarge-lists.icann.org"><lac-discuss-en@atlarge-lists.icann.org></a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[At-Large] Vistaprint is abandoning
.vista<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"tahoma",sans-serif">Maybe
we should track these 'returns/abandonments' and in
context, [re]read the recommendations of the Subsequent
Procedures WG? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"tahoma",sans-serif">Saw
a story of a domain investor account of his return on
investment so far; he's in the red with diminishing
prospects. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"tahoma",sans-serif">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!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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href="https://domainnamewire.com/2018/07/10/vistaprint-drops-vista-top-level-domain/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://domainnamewire.com/2018/07/10/vistaprint-drops-vista-top-level-domain/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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