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

[John McCormac]

On 04/05/2022 17:08, gopal at annauniv.edu wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> I am opting to respond to one of the mails on this subject that reached me.
> 
> Since, I am traveling this week, I have limited time to catch up on the 
> other responses.
> 
> The attachment is a visual on the ccTLDs that has been useful for me 
> while doing some discussions
> on geopolitics in a limited manner.
> 
> ccTLDs are highly prone to using "Domain Hack" techniques.
> 
> For example: inter.net dates back to 1992.
> 
> www.cou.ch  : Is a good choice for a couch vendor for branding but it 
> has .ch
> 
> www.mydoma.in : Is a common idea in India.
> 
> coffeehou.se : Is a catchy name for a Coffee Shop
> 

Domain hacks are a niche rather than generally used domain names. This 
is because the ccTLD part of the domain name becomes psychologically 
invisible to the users in that country. This is because with successful 
ccTLDs, people begin to think of the ccTLD as *their* TLD. Think of the 
way that people give directions to their favourite restaurant or shop. 
Theydon't give the name of the country unless they are living in a 
border region.

> Also, the trend is that a .com domain name is purchased before registering
> a ccTLD domain name.

For ccTLDs launched since the DotCom bubble, perhaps but unless the 
ccTLD is in a developing market with an early phase registry (manual 
registrations processing and typically run from a university Computer 
Science or government department) the ccTLD registation may predate the 
equivalent .COM registration. Where the domain name is a highly generic 
term, the .COM registration may have been registered decades ago. The 
ccTLD/.COM pair used to be the "must-register" pair for businesses but 
as ccTLD markets started to dominate their local country markets, many 
registrants only register a .ccTLD domain name. That increasing 
"uniqueness" percentage increases as the ccTLD becomes more popular. The 
gTLDs then start to fall back to replacement level and new registration 
volume switches to the ccTLD.

The development level of the local Internet infrastructure also plays a 
part. Where there is a less developed infrastructure, domain names and 
sites will be hosted outside the country. As the infrastructure 
develops, domain names and sites shift to be locally hosted. If the .COM 
registration fee is cheaper than the local ccTLD in a developing market 
then more registrations from that country will be .COM/gTLD than .ccTLD 
but that changes once there is widespread adoption of the ccTLD in that 
country.

Regards...jmcc
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