[AfrICANN-discuss] AfriDNS - Internet governance at the local level

[Seun Ojedeji]

Yeah, and that seem to have worked for the Dr thus far....or maybe not [1]

Cheers!
1.
http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2017/06/top-10-african-domain-name-systems-ranked/
Sent from my mobile
Kindly excuse brevity and typos

On Nov 17, 2017 12:14 PM, "Dewole Ajao" <dewole at forum.org.ng> wrote:

> Okaaay.... A simplistic interpretation of yours below could translate to
> “Registrars are able to consume gazillions of African ccTLDs if everything
> worked reliably and predictably from the ccTLD managers’ side. Adoption and
> renewals have nothing to do with end users being convinced.”
>
> ?
>
> Dewole.
>
> Sent from a mobile device. Please excuse typos and autocorrect strangeness.
>
> > On 17 Nov 2017, at 11:32 AM, Dr Eberhard W Lisse <el at lisse.na> wrote:
> >
> > From your simplistic views, I assume you are not in business yourself
> > :-)-O, and from the content, being mainly incorrect, it would appear
> > you have nothing to do with a ccTLD Manager.
> >
> > The success of a ccTLD Manager lies in high renewal rates.
> >
> > To achieve this one needs no marketing whatsoever to end clients, but
> > only towards potential Registrars
> >
> > Registrars, by the way, uniformly complain about poor administration, in
> > particular,
> >
> >   answering emails,
> >   sending invoices,
> >   sending receipts/acknowledging receipt of funds,
> >   sending renewal notices,
> >   making payment difficult (!).
> >
> > They do not complain so much about statutory and other hassles, if it
> > works once a procedure has been established (whatever that is). They
> > want predictability and reliability (over automation).
> >
> > "Build it and they will come"...
> >
> > el
> >
> >> On 17/11/2017 11:25, Dewole Ajao wrote:
> >> This statement right here is insightful but again nothing is ever as
> >> simple as it appears, right?
> >>
> >> /"... A domain by itself is of no value. If you are trying to
> >> encourage content then it’s a very different conversation" -
> >> Mr. Michele/
> >>
> >> The process probably starts with a (potential) customer having content
> >> that they want to share; At some point, there is a crowd and they
> >> decide they need their own identity to stand out (of course they
> >> will pick the domain name extension that's least stressful and most
> >> affordable to acquire); Then the registrars had better hope they are
> >> vain/rich enough to grab many extensions of their chosen name from Day
> >> 1; Again, hopefully they get big/vain enough to care about identity
> >> preservation/protection and grab a few more popular extensions and
> >> hopefully keep renewing them.
> >>
> >> Personally, I believe that while content might be the starting point,
> >> vanity and profiteering are the amplifiers of the global domain name
> >> industry.
> >>
> >> Some other pointers might be the state of Internet connectivity -
> >> how significant are the connected populations in these places? Do
> >> business owners think it's important to acquire unique Internet
> >> real estate? Not unless they view it as being significantly
> >> revenue-impacting. I know of a Nigerian gossip blogger who for many
> >> years was reportedly raking in thousands of dollars in daily advert
> >> revenue and all she had was a .blogspot.com subdomain. When she
> >> finally had to setup a domain name to reduce Google's control over her
> >> visibility on the web (only in the last 2 years or so), she opted for
> >> a .com even though she could afford a .ng domain.
> >>
> >> While stable infrastructure, pricing, ease of payment, and registry
> >> automation are important considerations, I think the younger ccTLD
> >> operators have a lot of enlightenment and hoping to do (if the local
> >> markets are their targets). Unless they can figure out ways to
> >> influence local development in areas like connectivity, web hosting,
> >> online payment and e-commerce in general, there is still a long way to
> >> go.
> >>
> >> Dewole.
> > [...]
> > --
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> > el at lisse.NA            / *     |   Telephone: +264 81 124 6733 (cell)
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> >
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