Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Jay Rajasekera
Author-Name-First: Jay
Author-Name-Last: Rajasekera
Author-Email: jrr@iuj.ac.jp
Author-Workplace-Name: International University of University
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.iuj.ac.jp/
Title: Potential Impact of Top Level Domain name Liberalization on ccTLD
Abstract: The domain name is an identity which has grown in a number of dimensions along with the exponential growth of Internet. Though early days of Internet saw only a few popular Top Level Domain (TLD) names such as .com and .org, the subsequent demand caused by the commercial and marketing aspects had prompted an explosion of domain name registrations, including country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) domain names. To complicate the matter are the plans by ICANN that controls the administration of top level domain names to relax the Internet addresses naming rules, at top level as well as 2nd level.
After analyzing the domain pricing data collected from a number of domain registrars from 12 countries, this paper examines the dynamics of domain pricing and how such pricing can get affected by new ICANN rules, especially at ccTLD level.
Classification-JEL: 
Length: 13 pages
Creation-Date: 2009-02
Number: EMS_2009_07
File-URL: https://www.iuj.ac.jp/workingpapers/index.cfm?File=EMS_2009_07.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
File-Function: First version, 2009
File-Size: 142KB
Keywords: ccTLD, gTLD, International Domain Name, domain pricing, domain valuation
Handle: RePEc:iuj:wpaper:EMS_2009_07