[lac-discuss-en] [At-Large] Vistaprint is abandoning .vista

Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond ocl at gih.com
Wed Jul 11 13:42:39 UTC 2018


Dear Michele,

I wonder why they are dropping it. Does it cost them more in the long
run, than using several composed domains?
Kindest regards,

Olivier

On 11/07/2018 10:27, Michele Neylon - Blacknight wrote:
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> Carlton
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> It’s a .brand – zero “normal” registrants or users will be impacted
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> If it was a TLD with actual registrations then it would be a totally
> different matter, but it isn’t.
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> Regards
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> Michele
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> *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"
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> *Subject: *[At-Large] Vistaprint is abandoning .vista
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> Maybe we should track these 'returns/abandonments' and in context,
> [re]read the recommendations of the Subsequent Procedures WG?  
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> Saw a story of a domain investor account of his return on investment
> so far; he's in the red with diminishing prospects.  
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> 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!
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> https://domainnamewire.com/2018/07/10/vistaprint-drops-vista-top-level-domain/
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> -Carlton
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