>_From: Kevin Dinn
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> As you all probably know, ADNA is working towards (among other things)
> introducing a new second level domain for products: .pr.au
> 
> There are several issues I am concerned about with this which have been
> debated at length and I would like to see the general opinion on these:
> 
> Firstly, name allocation is to be on a first come first served basis. The
> justification for the policies in .com.au which prevent people registering
> generic names is that they would give a company an unfair advantage in an
> industry sector. eg. insurance.com.au, pizza.com.au, cars.com.au, ... Seems
> to me that this logic applies as much, if not more, to .pr.au. After all we
> are talking about generic classes of products (eg. pizza.pr.au).
> 
> The argument most often presented is that the people are crying out for a
> first come first served 2LD. My opinion is if that is what they want then
> that is what we should setup (eg .x.au) where anything goes - .pr.au is for
> products, not a free for all.
> 
> The second issue is the timing of starting registrations on .pr.au. My
> opinion is that it is vital that it doesn't happen until competition is in
> place - even if this delays the release. It is no doubt easier to start a
> new 2LD with a single registrar than with multiple ones but if we start
> .pr.au with a single registrar then this will create yet another monopoly -
> one with a massive advantage. When they open for registrations there will
> be a flood of new registrations including:
> 
> - every generic name under the sun
> - everybody who couldn't get their desired name in .com.au
> - everybody who wants to grab every version of their name in the DNS
> 
> This will probably number in the 10's of 1000's so it seems totally
> unacceptable that one company should get this windfall.
> 
> So the questions are:
> 1. Should .pr.au be first come first served?

yes.

> 2. If yes - then why not make .com.au the same?

exactly.

> 3. Should we create a new 2ld for first come first served instead?

yes.

> 4. Should we allow new 2lds to be launched before competing registrars exist?

no.

I have suggested you create .biz .shop .firm .trade .cmpy etc

Vic