Divyank Turkhia – Owning Your Own Registrar – D2S1 – Live from Traffic DownUnder 2008

Divyank Turkhia is the President Directi. The presentation is quite fast paced, so I’ll try to keep up with the most valuable information.

What’s the wholesale price including ICANN fees?

• .com $7.06
• .net $5.18
• .org $6.95
• .biz $6.62
• .info $6.95
• .name $6.20

Registrar Landscape

• 75% of all registrars have < 5000 domain names each.

Risks Of Not Owning Your Own Registrar

• Juristiction risks. eg: Kentucky, cost of litigation.
• Probability of law suit
• False spam and AUP violation complaints
• Domain renewal risks
• Fraudulent legal notices sent to registrars.

Important Point: Every registrar gets a 45 day auto-renew grace period (AGP).

Privacy of Information

• Not based on Privacy laws of the registrars juristiction, but based on processes set by the registrar

Primary Advantages Of Owning Your Own Registrar

• Maximum security and privacy
• Access to all registry promotion programs
• Domains at cost
• Ultimate control and complete autonomy
• Participation in new TLD launches (landrush and sunrise)
• Ability to make use of a domain during the entire AGP period. Increases liquidity and reduces cost.
• Registrar level transfer locks