[At-Large] Thoughts on Delaying New gTLDs

[Evan Leibovitch]

Bret Fausett wrote:
> > The goal for some TLDs is to maximize revenue as a business model.
> > They don't care who owns IBM.<tld> so long as it's taken.
>
> I think that's a popular misconception. All registrations aren't
> created equal. A registration in use serves as advertisement for the
> TLD, while a defensive registration that is pointed to a .COM or
> simply doesn't resolve reflects negatively on the TLD. I think any
> registry operator would tell you that REGISTRATION FEE + IN USE
> ADVERTISING > REGISTRATION FEE.

I'm not sure whether the ad value of IBM.<yourTLD> going to Idaho Bakery
Merchants outweighs the value of IBM believing your TLD is important
enough to own a domain in it, even as a pointer. (ie, if it's good
enough for them to want...) The situation may be better one way or the
other, but it's not overwhelmingly so.

- Evan