Divyank Turkhia – Owning Your Own Registrar – D2S1 – Live from Traffic DownUnder 2008
November 18, 1 CommentDivyank 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
