<div dir="auto">Building on Georges and Cynthia's very insightful analysis, please see this staff report on RPMs and the utilization of Sunrise in new gTLDs at:</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/reviews/rpm/draft-rpm-review-02feb15-en.pdf">https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/reviews/rpm/draft-rpm-review-02feb15-en.pdf</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Some key take-aways of interest:</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Between Dec 13 to Dec 2014, there were 33,008 Sunrise transactions. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">From my perspective, the fact these Sunrise registrations are spread over hundreds of gTLDs, may reflect less profit per registry, but does not change the net costs associated with the utilization of this RPM. In fact, since we do not know the price per Sunrise registration, the total costs are unknown (although can be estimated to some extent).</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Note: this figure does not incorporate the costs associated with the voluntary blocking services purchased during this same 12 month period.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">As far as I am aware, this figure of over 30,000 domains represents one of the largest number of Sunrise registrations in gTLDs over a 12 month period, going back to 2001 (.info - 52,000). </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">For context, in 2006, .mobi had around 15,000 (50% less than the 2014 totals). In 2008, .asia processed somewhere between 27,000-31,000 domains (their website references Sunrise 'applications' not registrations). In 2011, .XXX collected an estimated $13M for 80,000 blocks, but these are more akin to the DPML or the related blocking services. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">As an aside, from other sources (not the staff report), .porn and .adult totaled around 8,000 Sunrise registrations (in 2015), along with .sucks getting over 3,000 - making 2015 a banner year for Sunrise fees.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The staff report also highlights various challenges faced by TM owners during Sunrise, including some that hinder the utilization rate, including:</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">1. The difficulty associated with identifying an eligible registrar for a particular TLD, suggesting that registries provide a list of accredited registrars on their websites.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">2. Pricing being too expensive, including Premium Names. Suggestion for registries to publish list of premium names on its website.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">3. SLD Block lists (associated with the name collision issue). One registrar informed the TM owner that 35 names were unavailable for registration.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I hope you find this information helpful, and please let me know of any questions/comments.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Have a nice weekend.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best,</div><div dir="auto">Claudio</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 12:47 PM Cyntia King <<a href="mailto:cking@modernip.com">cking@modernip.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_8932125464624329345WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:#7a3104">Hi George,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:#7a3104"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:#7a3104">Thoughts:<u></u><u></u></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#7a3104;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">It makes sense the vast majority of nTLDs have low/no sunrise registrations as they’re uptake has been low.<u></u><u></u></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#7a3104;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">64% of nTLDs have less than 1,000 registered domains<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#7a3104;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">85% have fewer than 10K registrations<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#7a3104;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">All nTLDs are not created equal. It’s no surprise nTLDs that are expensive, have limited applicability, and/or are similar to other extensions see fewer Sunrise registrations.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#7a3104;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">Sunrise registrations are affected by many factors in consideration by registrants at any given moment (the economy, cash-on-hand, marketing plans, life of the brand, etc.).<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:#7a3104"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:#7a3104">In other words, just because we don’t see Sunrise registrations booming across all nTLDs doesn’t mean it isn’t a valuable tool where it is applicable. It’s rather like a product warranty: you may decide to cover everything, only what you can easily afford, or to skip it altogether. The fact that many people opt out of the warranty doesn’t invalidate the concept.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:#7a3104"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:#7a3104">Sunrise is relatively simple and provides a reasonably effective initial bar to bad behavior.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:#7a3104">Rather than eliminating a feature that is often useful as a first measure of protection & not overly-burdensome, we should tweak Sunrise & move on.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:#7a3104"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:#7a3104"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:#7a3104">O: +1 81-ModernIP<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:#7a3104">C: +1 818.209.6088<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:#7a3104"><img width="96" height="33" style="width:1.0in;height:.3437in" id="m_8932125464624329345Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D311D7.BB9C2650" alt="MIP Composite (Email)"></span><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:#7a3104"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_8932125464624329345WordSection1"><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</a>] On Behalf Of George Kirikos<br>Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2017 12:44 PM<br>To: claudio di gangi <<a href="mailto:ipcdigangi@gmail.com" target="_blank">ipcdigangi@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: gnso-rpm-wg <<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>><br>Subject: Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] 99%+ reduction in sunrise utilization rate per TLD supports EFF call for elimination of sunrise<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_8932125464624329345WordSection1"><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">Claudio:<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_8932125464624329345WordSection1"><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">Costs of a sunrise also scale as you increase the number of gTLDs. Are new gTLD registries paying on a per domain name (variable cost per domain name) only? Or are there fixed costs too? Are sunrise periods (which delay launch of GA) shorter, if there are more TLDs? Or are they fixed in length? Are there equal amounts of "good" domain names in those new gTLDs, or are the gamed sunrise domains representing a higher proportion of the "good" ones, as one scales?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">If 1,000,000 new gTLDs are launched, clearly any sunrise period is *pointless*, as TM holders are going to focus nearly entirely on *curative rights.* That was my point --- they're *already* doing that, shifting to curative rights, by decreasing their usage of sunrise periods. Thus, the costs of eliminating sunrise period are lower, because of that reduced usage (or, in other words, the benefits of retaining that sunrise period are low).<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">That's why it's time to sunset/eliminate the sunrise period mandate -- it outlived its usefulness as a tool, as the numbers show. It's only there to "shear the sheep", so to speak (i.e. soak TM holders who are highly risk averse, and don't know any better; i.e. bad insurance, like the folks who buy those electronics "Extended Warranties").<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">As for those 1,000,000 new gTLDs, realize that if sunrise was eliminated, there'd also be 1,000,000 landrushes --- any brandholder that had coveted a name could still get it, on an equal playing field with everyone else, instead of jumping ahead of the line.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">Sincerely,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">George Kirikos<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">416-588-0269<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText"><a href="http://www.leap.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">http://www.leap.com/</span></a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 1:24 PM, claudio di gangi <<a href="mailto:ipcdigangi@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">ipcdigangi@gmail.com</span></a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">> George,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">> I'm going to use an extreme example to illustrate my point.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">> If 1,000,000 new gTLDs are launched in the next round, how many <u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">> Sunrise registrations do think there should be order to reach the "success"<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">> threshold?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">> Best,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">> Claudio<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 12:50 PM George Kirikos <<a href="mailto:icann@leap.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">icann@leap.com</span></a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">>><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">>> Hi again,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">>><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">>> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 12:44 PM, George Kirikos <<a href="mailto:icann@leap.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">icann@leap.com</span></a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">>> >with stats propped up with high counts of sub-$1 registrations, or <u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">>> >even domains that are stuffed into the accounts of registrants of <u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">>> >other TLDs (e.g. .xxx with NSI, or .kiwi).<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">>><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">>> Sorry, that was a typo. It should have been .XYZ with NSI, of course, <u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">>> not .XXX, e.g.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">>><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">>> <a href="http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2014/dailyposts/20140605.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2014/dailyposts/20140605.htm</span></a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">>><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">>> Sincerely,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">>><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">>> George Kirikos<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">>> 416-588-0269<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">>> <a href="http://www.leap.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">http://www.leap.com/</span></a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">>> _______________________________________________<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">>> gnso-rpm-wg mailing list<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">>> <a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</span></a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">>> <a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rpm-wg" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rpm-wg</span></a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">_______________________________________________<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText">gnso-rpm-wg mailing list<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText"><a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</span></a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_8932125464624329345MsoPlainText"><a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rpm-wg" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rpm-wg</span></a><u></u><u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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