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ALAC: Advice to the ICANN Board on Subsequent Procedures (R-09B)

Date IssuedDocumentReference IDCurrent Phase

 

ALAC: Advice to the ICANN Board on Subsequent Procedures (R-09B)AL-ALAC-ST-0421-02-01-EN (R-09B)Phase 2 | Understand


Description:

We share the Board’s concerns towards an applicant’s ability to ‘shuffle funds between private auctions’. This ability for a loser to apply proceeds from one private auction to fund their other private auctions only really benefits incumbent multi-TLD registry operators or multiple-string applicants, and clearly disadvantages single-TLD/niche applicants. With ongoing and increasing consolidation of the domain name industry, allowing private auctions will likely exacerbate the advantage for merged contracted parties, leading to less competition among registries.


STATUS UPDATES

DatePhaseTypeStatus Updates

 

Phase 2AP FeedbackThe ALAC reiterates that its Advice of April 16 April 2021 in respect of this topic is clear. We are instead unclear on the Board’s question and wish to refer the Board again to our said Advice.

 

Phase 2Clarifying QuestionThe Board would like to note that, in the Applicant Guidebook to the 2012 round, it states: “Applicants that are identified as being in contention are encouraged to reach a settlement or agreement among themselves that resolves the contention.” The Board would like to clarify whether the ALAC advice is intended to state a preference for resolving contention via the ICANN auction, and if so, what kind of parameters would the ALAC set around that?

 

Phase 2Phase ChangeNow Phase 2

 

Phase 1Phase UpdateAcknowledgment sent to ALAC
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