[CPWG] Today's call and the ccTLD/gTLD trends/Following ccTLDs on DNS Abuse

[John McCormac]

On 28/04/2022 01:56, Holly Raiche wrote:
> Thanks John
> 
> AS I said in the chat, this raises  important issues.
> 
> The standout for me is clearly that  ccTLD  registrations are not covered by RAA/RA agreements with their safeguards.  Think of the work CPWG has done on the EPDP on data protection - and whether/to what extent/ decisions will bind ccTLD operators.  Or think the transfer policy and the discussions on the safeguards that we are supporting.
> 
> Maybe we need a discussion on the consumer protections CPWG has been working on - and the extent to which they will be in place globally.
> 

A charter of universal registrant rights would be a good thing, Holly,
The problem with ccTLDs is that the market is even more complex than 
gTLDs in that some registries are both registry and sole registrar, 
others have a conventional registry-registrar model and some of the 
repurposed ccTLDs have outsourced their registry/registrar operations.

Some of the ccTLDs are well ahead of the gTLDs in terms of registrant 
rights and procedures but others are not due to their zones being quite 
small. At one of end of the ccTLD market, there are players like .DE, 
.UK and .CN with millions of registrations. At the other, there are 
small ccTLD registries with a few thousand registrations and still being 
run from the Computer Science departments of universities.

For one of the monthly reports that I publish, I had to identify web 
hosing brands based on the ccTLD registrars (difficult), gTLD registrars 
(easy enough). While there are only around 800 retail gTLD registrars, 
there are thousands of ccTLD registrars. The hosting brands (registrars 
and large brands) cover approximately 95% of .COM registrations. The 
off-registrar hosters cover approximately 24% of the market.

Most of the ccTLD registries have their own ways of doing things but 
they might be open to a discussion on the matter. It would be a 
diplomatic nightmare as ccTLD registries are very different to gTLD 
registries.

Regards...jmcc
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