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Francois
Carrillo
could
be regarded as the Henry
Ford of the domain industry but, instead
of cars, a steady stream of industry products
and services flow from Carrillo's non stop assembly
line. His news aggregation site, Domaining.com,
has been his most popular model and also
provides a high profile launch pad for his
frequent new offerings, the latest of which - DONA.com
- brings a new value proposition to the
domain registration game. While
DONA.com (an eNom reseller) doesn't offer the cheapest registration
prices, they are competitively priced
(especially if you do not have a bulk
registration deal) and they come with a couple
of extras that could be worth far more to
customers than the small premium above what deep
discount registrars charge (at the time of this
post, DONA.com was charging $11.15 for .com,
.net or .org regstrations). The
new wrinkle that Carrillo is introducing is UDRP
Insurance with each registration. If someone
tries to take your domain away through a UDRP
proceeding, DONA.com will pay your legal defense
fee if you win the case. Carrillo
wants to protect registrants who are
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Dona.com
creator Francois Carrillo
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unjustly
targeted by parties trying to take domains
away from their rightful owners without paying
for them. While the requirement to win the
decision will not insure against biased UDRP
arbitrators it will give responsible
registrants who avoid infringing names a
good deal more peace of mind than they have now
when "winning" the case can still mean
the loss of thousands of dollars in
attorney fees.
Before you
undertake that expense, Carrillo said DONA.com
will arrange free legal advice on the chances
of winning your dispute, as well as a list
of attorneys offering special rates to DONA.com
members.
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In another
effort to support domain owner's rights,
Carrillo is also promising that 30%
of the profits generated by
DONA.com will be donated to the
industry's non-profit advocate, the Internet
Commerce Association. |
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The
ICA employs an experienced Washington,
D.C. based Legal Counsel, Phil
Corwin, who has tirelessly
represented the interests of domain
investors at ICANN meetings and
in the halls of Congress.
Registrant rights are continually under
attack and despite being out-spent and
out-manned by over-reaching trademark
interests Corwin and the ICA have helped
fend off many proposed changes to policy
and law that would have had an extremely
negative impact on domain owners.
Carrillo
said, "We really need to have our
voice heard to influence ICANN and
governments to change rules and better
defend our rights. It's critical
and urgent that we unite and have a
strong association to defend us. Without
big changes things can only get worse, much
worse." |
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