.travel註冊局據說快破產了，那.pro呢？

[哈啦]

上次我就比較過 (http://www.domainclub.org/showthread.php?t=16209)這些有資格限制的後綴中，大概以.pro最慘，註冊數還不到.travel的一半。

但如今驚傳.travel的註冊局有破產之虞 (http://frankschilling.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/05/travel_domain_e.html)，果然註冊量過少，就算你註冊費再高也沒用。

那.pro的註冊局會不會破產不知道，但肯定沒賺錢而且是在賠錢吧。

他們比.travel其實彈性更大，因為.travel的用途也就限於旅遊，但.pro其實和其他.com差不多，什麼都可以pro一下。

要死要活，就看.pro註冊局的選擇了。

[best-url]

話說 - .travel (& .pro) 註冊局 破產 可能是件好事 -

1> 應該會有 別家 承接 註冊的業務
2> 無論有沒有新的 承接 註冊的業務 - 總不能註銷 or 無故 終止 已經註冊 或已經開通 and 運行的 .travel (.pro)
3> 最好由 ICANN 將這 .travel (.pro) 後綴 試同為一般的 ggTLD - 開放所有註冊單位承辦註冊的業務

[kjl]

似乎哈大听到什么关于.pro的风声了???~gossip

[哈啦]

似乎哈大听到什么关于.pro的风声了???~gossip

哈，並沒有，只是根據一些事實作的推論而已。?:teeth

[tiens]

嗯 一則以喜 一則以憂

若PRO也撐不下去，那PRO現在是不是註冊的好時機呢

若沒人接手PRO，或是新註冊商都非要用專業證照才能申請到PRO，那門檻又高了

[kuer]

若.travel也玩不下去，那麼其它專有型後綴又如何開展？ 例如現在又有動靜的 .bank

[哈啦]

這其實就說明了，網域名稱是要普及化才有意義，而後綴只是讓你有所區分和選擇，並非限制。
那些限制什麼資格的都是自欺欺人，網域沒人用就等於作廢。

[Ricado]

如果 travel 都活不下去，那 .pro 會更慘。
.bank 或是 .travel 這類的，都是有群體性的，例如，由銀行相關的國際組織負責協調，甚至半脅迫性的，未來會員銀行未使用這類域名的，在資料交換上必須增加幾項驗證或是手續。再將營運成本，分攤到所有會員銀行。
至於 .pro，挖哩勒~ 什麼叫做 professional 啊？ 這種域名的使用方式和 .info 沒兩樣，去採用封閉式的註冊方式，說穿了只是創始律師們的一種優越感。
ㄧ群律師，就想搞好註冊局，想的太簡單了，到最後來 DNS Service 都得外包使用 ZoneEdit 的平台。

[哈啦]

祈禱.pro快玩完吧，要嘛換人作，要嘛自己開放。反正這個business model 已證實行不通啦。

[Ricado]

嗯 一則以喜 一則以憂

若PRO也撐不下去，那PRO現在是不是註冊的好時機呢

若沒人接手PRO，或是新註冊商都非要用專業證照才能申請到PRO，那門檻又高了

不會建議註冊太多 .pro，就像股市ㄧ樣，未上市股票常常獲利驚人，但是您會把所有資金投注下去嗎？

留幾個較強的就好了，雖然將來可能會後悔沒多買幾個，但是也可能會慶幸，好在沒買太多。

好的域名ㄧ個就讓你翻身了。

[steven]

若.pro的律師搞的是.law的話,也許.pro就不會是這番光景,
.law, .med這些需要證照的職業專屬域名,完全是有可能透過公會的運作來推廣,
.pro的話則是想包的市場太寬了,管到太平洋去了.

[wujianman]

travel价格不放开,估计快完蛋了

[tsenfine]

travel实在没什么前途

[哈啦]

據說是sedo的電子報上的文章，但我沒收到過。標題如下：

Preparing to Bid Adieu to the Newly Launched .TRAVEL TLD
準備和新的後綴.TRAVEL說再見吧。

By Monica Ibrahim, Customer Relations Associate

The recently launched .TRAVEL TLD, a product of travel domain registry Tralliance, seems to be approaching its rapid extinction. The new registry is in the midst of a capital deficit of approximately $7.8 million and expects to be unprofitable in the foreseeable future.

Tralliance Corporation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the .TRAVEL registry, TheGlobe.com, which "develops products and services to promote the efficiencies and convenience of e-commerce for the global travel and tourism industry." Tralliance's site advocates a Value-Added Service requiring all .TRAVEL registrants to be authenticated as a "legitimate service and/or product provider in the travel and tourism industry."

Registrants are required to submit all .TRAVEL domains they intend to register to the registry and will then be subsequently assigned a Unique Identification Number (UIN) required for registration purposes. It costs $100 to register a .TRAVEL domain; not a price a small start up travel business may be willing to sacrifice for an extension that is not yet ranked highly in search engines and has not gained popularity among travel suppliers as of yet. These stringent stipulations are part of the reason .TRAVEL is running into some difficulties. While the concept of an industry-sponsored top level domain with a comprehensive directory, search and navigation service is not bad, the countless registry regulations are playing a part in its decline.

With the .TRAVEL registry strictly prohibiting domain tasting and with the regulation stating that all .TRAVEL web sites be held only by legitimate travel organizations, this seems to rule out any possibility of domain parking. In addition, TheGlobe.com is dealing with $2.6 million in losses due to a 2006 MySpace lawsuit with allegations that 400,000 spam e-mails were sent to the popular social network's users. That just might be the tipping point in the whole situation. TheGlobe.com management recently admitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission that they do not think they can continue to fund their operations until they receive more money. Is there enough interest in .TRAVEL to keep the registry alive and is there any restitution planned for the hundreds of .TRAVEL registrants should a registry collapse occur?

It's been approximately two years since Tralliance signed their contract with ICANN, and .TRAVEL continues to face hurdles. It may be difficult for .TRAVEL domains to compete with the thousands of brandable and generic travel .COM domains that have already made an immense impact on the travel industry. Their value is hard to overlook; Malta.com sold last year through Sedo for $250,000. The .COM is still the most desired domain extension. Just as any astute domainer would prefer to own the .COM extension over the .BIZ or .NET; it seems that they would prefer a brandable one or two word .COM over the .TRAVEL for their travel business or domain parking needs.

Its hard not to notice the flashing warning sign on the .TRAVEL highway. Whether the .TRAVEL TLD will survive the current obstacles is yet to be seen. But don't be surprised if you find yourself bidding adieu to the .TRAVEL TLD in the near future.

[wayne]

請問這是表示 後綴.TRAVEL 要取消了嗎? 那麼已經註冊的人不就....... 續用? 退費?

[哈啦]

請問這是表示 後綴.TRAVEL 要取消了嗎? 那麼已經註冊的人不就....... 續用? 退費?


不知道。但如果取消可能引起更大的麻煩，有一些已投入不少金錢建站的公司損失如何解決？
有可能是註冊局公司倒了而把權利讓給他人。並且取消資格限制，不然還是救不起來。最好是如此。~cici

[gavin54321]

話說 - .travel (& .pro) 註冊局 破產 可能是件好事 -
一般的 ggTLD - 開放所有註冊單位承辦註冊的業務

沒有ggTLD這個東西~