On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 10:45:10PM -0700, Patrick took time to write:
> 1) Use a registrar that is charging enough money to exist
> solely on registration activity and aspires to nothing else(no other
> business units, no other services/revenue generators whatsoever, no
> parent companies, etc.)
>
> Bad news. Option #1 is a myth, always has been(including NSI.) If #1 did
> exist it wouldn't for long as everyone would have moved to #2 by now for the
> lower pricing which is what we are seeing now. While I'm certainly open to
> correction, there are no registrars with an ICANN contract that qualify as
> a #1 for you to move to. I find it pretty unlikely that you are in the
[..]
> Given that #1 never existed, it's rather unclear how you could
I am sorry, but Gandi (ICANN accredited Registrar, handling more than
400000 domain names) is exactly in position 1:
- no other services than domain name registrations (except some
others based on DNS and web/email redirections, but they are free)
- no other business units, at least for now since 1999
- no other services/revenue generators whatsoever
- no parent companies
- a *lot* of benefit
So, this position is not a myth. It is possible, at least it was in
1999-2002, and I can't say if it will be the same in the following
years.
Patrick, previously employed at Gandi.
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