Eliminating Registry-Registrar separation within the TLD would:

  • Negate 10 years of successful competition
  • Create unfair pricing
  • Enable unfair access to competitive data

We support a new TLD process

where registrars can own a new TLD registry and/or provide technical back-end registry services, as long as they do not act as a registrar with respect to their own TLD.

Registrar Survey Indicates Opposition to Vertical Integration

Posted Tue, 10/27/2009 - 10:15

A recent survey of small to mid-sized registrars indicates significant opposition to and concern about ICANN’s proposed vertical integration of registries and registrars. Concerns centered on the ability of an integrated registry and registrar to cross-subsidize, provide preferential access for affiliated registrars and mis-use of confidential information. The survey sample was comprised of smaller, independent registrars across the globe who do not have the resources of larger registrars and hence are not typically heard on this issue.

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