A few things caught my attention :
- 30 applications received from the Applicant Support Program,
- 40 applications received from the Registry Service Provider Program,
- Round Two is more expensive than Round One,
- Bring new gTLD to operation = $2 million,
- A lot of bad actors,
- The "Infermal" study : a must read to understand better bad actors and how to unwelcome them to registering your TLD's domains.
- Funding, Market Research and Security are essential,
- Read new gTLD studies !
- By 2026, new domain names my surpass 50 million registrations.
- In terms of DNS abuse there are things you must do and things you can't do.
- Becoming a Registry, important things to consider :
- The purpose of the TLD,
- How do you distribute your domains,
- Policy development and pricing,
- Registry launch,
- Keep it private until you sign NDA.
- At 34mn : GoDaddy provides feedback on differences between Round 1 and Round 2.
- EURALO stands for European Regional At-Large Organization,
- Undeserved regions and communities are not included in this program according to a participant.
- Many French speakers in this presentation ;-)
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