Members:
- Jordyn Buchanan – Sub Team Chair
- David Taylor
- Dejan Djukic
- Jonathan Zuck
- Megan Richards
- Waudo Siganga
- Kaili Kan
- Jamie Hedlund
- Stanley Besen (Resigned from CCTRT on June 25, 2017)
Mandate: This team is tasked with reviewing the available data on competition and consumer choice, requesting additional data or other resources that may assist in their review, and reporting to the larger CCT Review Team on their findings and recommendations. The group will also follow the work of Analysis Group, which is conducting an economic study on the competitive effects of the New gTLD Program on the domain name marketplace.
Where can I find sources and information?
Documents (Versions in red are latest) | File |
|---|---|
| BRAINSTORMING DOCUMENT | |
v1 (23 Feb) v2 (29 Feb) v3 (3 March) v 4 (9 March) v5 (13 April) | |
| PROJECT LIST | |
Competition/Choice Project List (17 May) Project list (7 June) Project tracking (22 August) | |
| ANALYSIS GROUP | |
Analysis Group Memo (18 Feb) Analysis Group data requests (1 March) | |
| DATA & REQUESTS | |
Competition/Consumer Choice Data (30 March) Mockup data request (30 March) Mockup data request v2 (1 April) CCT-RT Possible Data Sources (27 April) | |
| MARKET DEFINITIONS | |
| The Basics of Market Definition and Analysis Group Summary | |
| gTLD COMPETITION DISCUSSION PAPER | |
| v1 | DOC - PDF |
| REGISTRY DATA INVENTORY | |
| Registry data inventory (13 June) | DOC- PDF |
| OTHER | |
New gTLD Registry Use, Privacy and Allocation Policies; PICs summaries (8 July) Responses to CCT Review Team Comments (1 March) Responses to CCT Review Team Comments (2 March) | |
ARCHIVES - DOCUMENTS NO LONGER APPLICABLE  | |
| Project plan |
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Reading List:
Generic ccTLDs - https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/62399?hl=en&rd=1
DotBrand Observatory - https://observatory.domains/
Documents are drafts and should not be considered consensus language.
Draft high level findings - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xvwd4d8K0dAQrHjU55pxa8KQo-pfWNCW75vraX5ttUc/edit# |
| List of Projects | Owner | File |
|---|---|---|
1.3 Basic Market Share Consultations
7.1 Size distribution of TLDs | Stan | |
| 1.4 Concentration Ratios | Jordyn | |
| 1.5 Price Analysis | Stan | |
| 3.1 Registrar Competition within Registries | Waudo | |
| 2.2-2.4 Registry Policies | Dejan | |
| 2.5 Registrations in new gTLDs available in .com | Jordyn | |
| 2.6 URS vs. UDRP | Dejan | |
| 5.2 Use .BRAND TLDs | Waudo | |
| 5.10 Benefits vs. confusion to end users | Megan | |
| Trademarks | Stan | |
| Industry structures | Stan | |
| Effect of new gTLD entry on concentration | Stan | |
| Parking | Stan/Jordyn |
