Re: bit.ly urls

On 24/07/11 5:51 PM, Kent Crispin wrote:
>
> I realize it was a quick thought.  However, it doesn't work, doesn't address the
> actual problem,

Maybe I missed something, but AFAICT you haven't articulated what you 
think the "actual problem" is, aside from "how do we make money doing 
this?".  My position is you make money on some of the searches (when 
people register domains with you) and you link off to other registrars 
for the TLDs you don't have contracts to register with, but by searching 
ALL TLDs you become the "go to" place to search to see if a particular 
domain might be available in ANY TLD, and by doing so you gain business 
for the TLDs you register.


> ignores the issue of abuse,


What reason would there be for abuse problems to get bigger or worse 
just because you search more TLDs?  You have to put in a system to deal 
with abuse even when you only register .com, .net, and .org - why do you 
think the solution won't scale if you include searching other TLDs?

> In fact, if ICANN's plans work out, there will be perhaps hundreds of new gTLDs
> in the next few years, and that would change the business situation
> significantly. ccTLDs will remain an issue, though...

I doubt the new TLDs will significantly change the demand for good 
domain names (few people go directly to a domain name, most either 
follow a link from a friend or article, use a bookmark or find the site 
thru search, yet it is still considered essential to have a "good" 
domain name for any business venture no matter how small), or 
significantly change the value a registrar offers by searching all TLDs 
where anyone can register a domain.

If you don't see the value in the idea, don't do it.  But so far nobody 
has shown me any good excuses for why it hasn't been done so far - which 
still mystifies me.  I'm seeing a great business opportunity here.  I 
guess the biggest problem is that most people on this list are people 
who are very good at solving technical issues (since this list is mainly 
for technical issues regarding running ISPs), not necessarily as good at 
handling business questions - you have (or should have, nobody can be 
expert at everything) bean counters and biz dev people to do the 
business side of things.

jc
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