information Creating a domainer operated registrar

[Bob Hawkes]

Members here at NamePros collectively owned a Registrar of their own (maybe not a bad idea )

It would get complex, no doubt, but idea of a co-operatively owned registrar is an interesting idea. Has it ever been considered or tried in past?
Bob

 

[branding]

It would get complex, no doubt, but idea of a co-operatively owned registrar is an interesting idea. Has it ever been considered or tried in past?
Bob

Yes. I'm invested in a co-owned registrar, not ICANN accredited, ccTLD focused. It's really not that hard to do. Trust and legal contracts go a long way.

ICANN accreditation is more expensive and time consuming though, that's the bigger hurdle.

What comes to mind is sav. Their owners are supposedly domainers and I have no doubt that's part of their business model.

 

[Lox]

It would get complex, no doubt, but idea of a co-operatively owned registrar is an interesting idea. Has it ever been considered or tried in past?
Bob

2 already exist (1 US based & 1 EU based) [private club]

 

[oldtimer]

ICANN accreditation is more expensive and time consuming though, that's the bigger hurdle.

I believe that's the route that we need to take.

IMO

 

[Future Sensors]

I believe that's the route that we need to take.

I thought you just delegated this to @Bob Hawkes

Will you play an essential role in this as well?

 

[Bob Hawkes]

By the way lets wait for Bob to make a thread for this before our posts get deleted here for being off topic.

Yes give me a bit but lets wait on discussion. I will add link here when other thread is live.
Bob

 

[oldtimer]

Yes give me a bit but lets wait on discussion. I will add link here when other thread is live.
Bob

Bob please PM us when the thread is open.

and one last thing, although we welcome all advice, input, and assistance from those who have experience in creating and running a Registrar (and or an Association) and are familiar with their related products and services, but it's very important for everyone to realize that this should be an operation run by Domainers for Domainers and as such all matters related to decision making and management and the direction that this project is going to take has to be determined by all the Domainers involved and not by just a single person.

If we have been unhappy with the status quo in the domain Industry then we have to make darn sure that we don't create the same situations ourselves.

IMO

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Yes give me a bit but lets wait on discussion. I will add link here when other thread is live.
Bob

I have now created the thread to discuss interest in a domainer-operated registrar.
https://www.namepros.com/threads/is-a-collectively-owned-registrar-a-good-idea.1231639/
Sorry for delay in starting it. Look forward to reading your views, ideas, etc.
Bob

 

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