Bob Parsons speaks

[wot]

Bob Parsons speaks - info courtesy of 'db", sheds a lot of light on the whole fiasco- A MUST READ:

http://www.bobparsons.com/EULandrushFiasco.html

We should make a huge UNITED push to address these issues - even if you were not eligible to reg these names a huge cry should go up to ensure that a similar thing does not happen again,

Email eurid with your comments : [email protected]

Email your local newspaper , tv station etc , lets create a massive stink.

 

[weblord]

the deposits sure looks big:

3. Make a deposit of 10,000 euros (about US$12,000).

as if you're already buying your own ext.

 

[wot]

the deposits sure looks big:

as if you're already buying your own ext.

Not relative to the potential, or as it seems actual rewards. :td:

 

[-db-]

I realize many people are angry at GoDaddy for not being successful in the .EU pre-regs, but MANY other sources also failed in that department. The .EU landrush was spoiled by greedy people that are NOT associated with GoDaddy, and Mr. Parson's words are worth reading.

My email to - eurid.eu - was sent earlier this evening.

 

[Xombie]

I will think about emailing the ID. At the very least, thanks for the link.

 

[Matt]

I notice Mr PArsons Avoids peoples requests to show when they actually registered their first name.

I think the other part is that they are also stallying on making the refunds on the cards. I've only been refunded for 2 out of 10 so far yet I KNOW they others are gone.

M

 

[M90]

Stuff writing to Eurid! Write to your MEP

Stuff writing to Eurid.eu! I've just written to my MEP (Member of European Parliament) complaining about the .eu tld fiasco.

I suggest that if you are angry about the way 450 million Europeans have been robbed of their chance to get a decent bit of Internet real estate you do the same.

http://www.europarl.eu.int/news/public/default_en.htm

 

[weblord]

I notice Mr PArsons Avoids peoples requests to show when they actually registered their first name.

I think the other part is that they are also stallying on making the refunds on the cards. I've only been refunded for 2 out of 10 so far yet I KNOW they others are gone.

M

nope, on the contrary he's very accomodating well at least in my experience, here's a tip post as a comment on on his blogs, he'll reply faster that way (well, not actually him but one of his secretary)

 

[MadAboutDomains]

Hello all,

Do you think that it would be practical seeing what the prime minister can do?

http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/page821.asp

All letters and stuff get put in to a report each month... these big European figures are probably unaware that this has happened?

I think that it's probably worth a try?

- Luke

 

[M90]

Too right it is!

Write to your MP, your MEP and anyone else you can think of. This whole thing is a disgrace.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

The more the better I suppose... but to be honest I don't think anything will be done.

Its amazing how little power us Eurpoeans have :td:

This message by Bob really opened my eyes... I think he's the only American that isn't laughing.

- Luke :td:

I have sent this message to Tony Blair using his website:

Hello Tony,

I am writing to you to express my concern about a hijacking of the DOT EU domain extension on the Internet.

I'm not sure if you are aware, but the new .EU domain extension was released last Friday, 7th April 06. This domain extension was set to be THE Internet presence on the Internet for Europeans... this is far from what happened with this extension!

On Friday they released the domains (called the "Landrush" period) to the European public. Before this they had periods called the "Sunrise 1" and the "Sunrise 2" periods which allows them to identify suitable owners for trademarked names. For example Microsoft has a right to www.Microsoft.eu under law, so they were granted that domain in the period that was specified for this between the 7th December and Last Friday.

As it happens, the .EU registry 'EurID' has been very lazy and laid back about the goings on of this extension and has allowed the whole system to turn in to a farce! Because of the minimum requirements for becoming a .EU registrar, it was possible for "registrars" to become accredited by literally paying ?10,000 and they were in! Because of this, hundreds and hundreds of fake registrars were created to 'game' the system when the domains were released. and Europeans did not create most of them. These registrars of people that are not European! Meaning that out European extension has become a play ground for greedy foreigners that wish to make money out of the most valuable domains on the market.

Because of these people, the actual Europeans had no chance of getting the domains that they have a RIGHT to because they have gone to rich and greedy domain 'spectators'. This needs to be reversed. and feel that it is only you and other European figures can actually get something done about it!

If you read this article by the owner of the biggest domain name registrar in the business:

http://www.bobparsons.com/EULandrushFiasco.html

He explains in more detail about the scamming that has gone on and proposes how it can be reversed: QUOTE:

"It's still not too late to fix the problem.It's still early enough in the process for the EURid registry to step up and correct the Landrush process. Here's what I suggest that they do:

1. Complete the Landrush process.
2. Temporarily freeze all registrations until they can examine all registrars to be sure that they are genuine, and actually are in the business of securing domain registrations.
3. Decredit all registrars that were accredited but did not actually take .EU Landrush applications, and were not previously active domain name registrars. This will eliminate hundreds of registrars.
4. Cancel all .EU domain names registered by decredited registrars.
5. Unfreeze the names registered during the original Landrush process by the remaining accredited registrars.6. Conduct a second Landrush process for the remaining accredited registrars, allowing everyone access to the cancelled registrations."

Millions of people have already emailed EurID with their disgust about the whole process and how they have actually ALLOWED these rich people to create fake registrars to make millions from what they don't deserve by 'gaming' the system.

Something needs to be done. there are a lot of angry Europeans domainers that are disgusted by this fiasco and it isn't too late to fix it yet.

Further Info:
http://www.eurid.eu

Thank you Tony, I really do hope that you can do your part to rectify this situation and save the European online presence.

- Luke Coulton

Yes... I read it after I sent it but it appears that I didnt read it hard enough... excuse the typos and stuff. Ahh well, I suppose it gets the message across... sort of

 

[Damion]

This part isn't right:

Here’s how the process should have worked.
Now compare this to the deal GoDaddy.com provides its customers. Our orders are taken at $14.75 and are on a "first come, first served" basis. So the first customer that requests a name gets it. No auctions, no scams.

Now of course this is not true since i paid $19.95! And all of you to for the pre-registrations and we are talking about pre-registrations here!

I don't think this reversal will happen but how it was described it sounds bloody fantastic since only the bogus registrars will loose the domains and the real registrars will keep them.

So everyone that played fair will get to keep their names

 

[MadAboutDomains]

Things wont get reversed if we don't kick up a fuss! So get them emails sent!

Tony Blair, EurID... do it!

 

[SJM211]

I agree, we should all complain. Maybe it wont make any difference but there's a chance that it might. Is there like a petition to sign or a general letter that people can send - if we make things easy for people then they are more likely to get involved...

 

[binaryman]

Good ole Bob

The issue Bob is bringing up now I brought up under the Posting Header "SOMETHING BAD IS HAPPENING HERE"
about 3 weeks ago already. The posting is under the same section on Namepros as this one or in the industry news section. In it I voiced the very same concerns already and even wrote a letter to EURID and their processing agents. We should have acted then already.

 

[ChrisMJ]

hmmm - i think i paid $60 for a pre reg back in sunrise. I still havent got any reply or refund. The domain when i do whois is "taken" but in my GD panel its pending application.

 

[greggish]

nope, on the contrary he's very accomodating well at least in my experience, here's a tip post as a comment on on his blogs, he'll reply faster that way (well, not actually him but one of his secretary)

He is avoiding the question of when godaddy managed to reg their first .info durring the beginning of the landrush.

The question was asked on his blog...

http://www.bobparsons.com/EULandrushFiasco.html

Anyway, kindly let me know about the time of Godaddy's/Bluerazor/Wild West domains/... first successful .eu domain registration on April 7th... You know, just to check whether your employees know that Central European time is 7 to 9 hours earlier than in the US.

On a side note, each .EU domain costed me $19.95, not $14.75 as you said. Will you refund all unregistered domains?

Best Regards,
Greg

He answered the second part about the refund, but completely ignored the the first part.

Dear Greg,

There is no charge for unsuccessful attempts. You will also only be charged $14.75 for the two successful attempts.

Appreciate your post,

Bob

From what I've read on the forums it seems that godaddy was missing in action during the first few crucial hours of the landrush. Maybe their system for applying for the .eu's failed, or they weren't ready in time, or they just didn't realize what time they were supposed to start making submissions. Whatever the case, I think he should step up and admit that his company royally screwed up.

 

[Sir Regalot]

Eurid should also have rules about "insider trading". That's registrar should not have been able to help themselves to the best names such as one registrat buying net.eu,
org.eu and info.eu. I

 

[staskul]

Bad artticle. Godaddy shows all that it is very weak with registrations of .EUs
It's very sad for all.

 

[Ben]

This needs to be fixed, and we need to get the word out.

http://digg.com/links/The_.EU_Landrush_Fiasco
http://registrar.eurid.eu/en/shared/about/contactUs.html
http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/page821.asp
http://www.europarl.eu.int/parliament/public/staticDisplay.do?id=49&language=EN
https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/about.asp?se=+&ci=290