[kictanet] Ni.ke hits the Kshs 1 billion (or $9.7m) mark in the premium domain auction of the .ke second level domain launch (Warning: This could be #FakeNews :-) )

[Ali Hussein]

Washington and all

This discourse is very healthy and I’m glad we are having it. In any market where there is a robust Domain Aftermarket the ccTLD invariably does well. Let’s support a KeNIC in this endeavor. 

By the way, DRAKE (Domain Registrars Association of Kenya) is very silent in this conversation. Do they have a position on this? I believe they are a key stakeholder.

Ali Hussein
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> On 29 Dec 2017, at 2:54 PM, Odhiambo Washington via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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>> On 29 December 2017 at 13:32, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>> Well put Ali. Registering nike.co.ke or Coca-Cola.co.ke is cyber squatting, and that has been handled well by KENIC's by laws. On the other hand, ni.ke is not cyber squatting.
>> 
>> Brian, Ali, Abdala et-al, DNS speaking, I don't see how we can sell the A record of co.ke while the eventual owner will not have control over the globaly known canonical name www. A lot of traffic would be lost between the two different entities. The only solution would be for them to federate among each other. That is an interesting problem.
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>> @collins, No, KENIC did not sell www. KENIC is not involved in selling domains, (apart from the auction :-) ). Domains are owned on first come basis. If you register areba.co.ke, KENIC will not even notice.
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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> :-) They will not even notice the money that comes in? :-) 
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