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

[Michele Neylon - Blacknight]

Several of the .brands that have dropped their TLDs either weren’t using them at all or have rebranded.
If the brand isn’t being used why have a TLD?
As for cost – there’s also a cost for actually using them ..



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From: Olivier Crepin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com>
Date: Wednesday 11 July 2018 at 14:42
To: Michele Neylon <michele at blacknight.com>, Carlton Samuels <carlton.samuels at gmail.com>, 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: Re: [lac-discuss-en] [At-Large] Vistaprint is abandoning .vista

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:
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


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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


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