[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 :-) )

[kennedy waweru]

Interesting conversation.
I will revisit.

On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 3:04 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> 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.
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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.
>>
>> @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.
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>
> :-) They will not even notice the money that comes in? :-)
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