new gtlds DotGreen bows out of .GREEN: Afilias alone

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DotGreen Community has withdrawn from its partnership with Afilias, leaving the registry operating the .green gTLD solo.

The new management means that renewal prices for sunrise names will be slashed, and the size of the premium names list will be reduced.

DotGreen was originally a .green gTLD applicant, but it withdrew its application before the auction, which Afilias subsequently won.

Afilias told its registrars in an email this week:

Unfortunately, DotGreen Community has informed us that it is no longer able to discharge these responsibilities, and has turned the sales and marketing responsibilities back over to Afilias.
The gTLD has a new logo and a new website at get.green.
Afilias said it will no longer charge a extra $50 for renewals of sunrise period names.
It also plans to revise its premium names list by November, and will probably reduce the size of the list, releasing names at regular registry prices.

.green domains haven’t exactly been flying off the shelves with DotGreen running marketing.


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[brandnow]

They are such fools.

Just make .green the same price as a .com. $60 / year is too ridiculous for most people who would be end users and also for most domain investors.

In my strong opinion, all nGTLDs should not cost more than the price of .com. It is absurd and a deterrent to set such crazy high registration and renewal prices. .Com pricing is and should be the industry standard.