IMPLEMENTATION: Working with registrars

Meeting details
Time: 
Wednesday, 9 February, 2011 - 15:30 - 16:45
Room: 
Grand Ballroom C
Moderator: 
Mason Cole
Panelists: 
Adam Eisner
Sarah Langstone
Tim Ruiz
Richard Wilhelm
Sponsored by
OpenSRS

There is no point in applying for an extension, or setting up the back-end to work with the Internet's infrastructure if no one is able to register a name under the extension. Enter the registrars.

The registrar market has become increasingly competitive, as well as technically complex, in recent years. A large number of registrars, from very large multi-million-dollar companies to much smaller firms catering for specific clients, compete to register domains, often offering additional services in order to make up for the low-margin business of actually registering a domain. Registrars are also very geographically diverse.

Making your domains available through registrars, and so to the broader Internet, can be a complex process. It may not be in a registrar's interests to absorb the set-up costs associated with selling any new domain if they do not feel they will be able to sell a large number of domains, or additional services.

There are also issues associated with making the technical connections between their systems and your back-end systems. And some of the larger registrars may also argue that by offering your domains in a crowded market they are helping to promote your brand.

All of these complexities will be drawn out and discussed at this session in order to give applicants a better understanding of the selling side of domains.

Comments

Will it be possible for a registry to effectively create a monopoly? What is the real potential for unfair competition/abuse in this area?
February 5, 2011 - 16:24 — Ruprikkt
Some Registries may not want registrars other than their own selling their TLD's. How might they attempt to create an unfriendly environment, making it difficult for registrars to vend their TLD?
February 5, 2011 - 16:22 — Ruprikkt

Interact with the session

Conference sessions are built around audience participation and input. So if you have a question that you wish to be asked at this session, you can do so ahead of time.

First, register with the site and login. Then you will see a simple "Add new Question" option at the bottom of the session description.

Once logged in, you can also give a "+1" rating to others' questions by clicking just above the number beneath each question. Those questions with most support will be pulled out by moderators and asked during the session.