Excessive competition sequelae of domain name registration

After a few twists and tribulations. "Yesterday 2 o'clock in the morning, after successfully transferred out of one of his international domain name jimallchin.com, Huangho to the" First financial daily "reporter to describe his feelings. What makes Huang so sentimental is that in order to transfer an international domain name, he has been with the domain name registrars for nearly one months of "tug of a battle."

Engaged in Domain name Investment Huangho is a Shanghai university freshman, from junior high School began to do domain name investment. This group of domain name investors are known as "corn Worm", they first register the possible value of the Internet domain name, and then grabs, fancy a domain name buyers to buy it away, "corn bugs" are out of the pack.

Want to make friends with the father of Windows

February 2 This year, Microsoft announced its platform and Services president Jim Allchin retired. Jim Allchin, known as Microsoft's "number three" and the father of Windows, enjoys a high reputation in the industry. Huangho See this news immediately after registering Jim Allchin name full spell International domain name jimallchin.com.

One months later, Jim Allchin through the registration of the domain name of the e-mail left to contact the Huangho, hoping to get their name full spelling of the domain name.

Jim said in his email that he was doing some personal projects related to software and music since he retired from Microsoft, because he had a passion for playing guitar, so he set up a recording studio after retiring, and recorded some clips through his last work, which was developed by Microsoft,--vista. Jim, who already has the allchin.com domain name, says he plans to use jimallchin.com as his personal website and put some personal information on it, including his own guitar tunes.

Huangho is an internet enthusiast who wants to make friends with Microsoft Windows ' father, replying that he is willing to give the domain name to Jim Allchin for free. can be transferred in the domain name of the transfer has encountered their imagined trouble.

One months of tortuous course

In accordance with the relevant provisions, the transfer of domain names need to provide both the identity card and transfer contract, such as a series of paper documents. Huangho quickly in accordance with the provisions of the domain name registrars express the relevant documents.

The service provider's international Domain name transfer application wrote, "After verification, we will immediately change the domain name resolution server information for you, will be in the 3~5 work of the formal entry into force." ”

But 3~5 a working day and didn't get the results. And for nearly one months thereafter, Huang Ho has delivered three documents to the Registrar. "Either said did not receive the courier, either said receives the document to be missing, the last time said the document also lacks the agent information, in my opinion this is in various reasons prevarication." ”

For the domain name, the Yellow River said he and Jim Allchin also made 10 e-mail, which is not included in the instant communication tools online communication.

Finally Huangho helpless, in a website forum posted on the agent's omission, site managers see post will recommend it top, some other IT industry website also began to reprint posts, the registration body only "meeting conducted a review", agreed to Huangho transfer this domain name.

From May 24 to express the first application, has been over nearly one months.

Excessive competition sequelae of domain name registration

"This domain name transfer is so difficult, not a special case, some registrar's domain name transfer is either very troublesome or expensive." "Huangho said, some registrars to charge a good hundreds of yuan transfer fees, part of the domain name registrars do not charge, do everything possible to obstruct the user to move out."

"There are indeed some registrars in the industry who use low prices to attract customers, and then charge a hefty fee for the transfer of domain names and transfers, and make a commitment to transfer without charges as far as possible." "Domain name authorized registered commercial building Door Easy network company operations director Yang Yucong told the first financial daily, this phenomenon is the domain name registration industry caused by excessive competition."

The current domestic market,. com,. NET and other international domain names by the international Domain name Management Agency ICANN authorized by the registered institutions have 10, China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) authorized. cn Domain registrars are also close to 50, some registered institutions below there are a large number of agents, the competition is very fierce.

Yang Yucong said that after several years of development, developed areas of the market has been developed to a certain extent, growth is weak, but the domain name registration industry enterprises are more and more.

"China's domain name economy," the editor-in-chief of Shenyang, said that some domain registrars also operate virtual host, server hosting, building stations and other services, Low-cost domain name just to play ads, not by domain name to make money. This also appeared below the cost price sales domain name phenomenon, this also lets the industry competition further aggravate.