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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>
    <br>
    <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>
        <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>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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                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>
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              <b>Subject: </b>[At-Large] Vistaprint is abandoning
              .vista<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></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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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                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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                style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"tahoma",sans-serif">-Carlton</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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