Re: [registrars] Neulevel (.biz) concerns.

[Rick H Wesson <wessorh@ar.com>]

Rob,

where are the documents you are refering to?

thanks,

-rick

On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Rob Hall wrote:

> We have just received the documentation from the planned .biz rollout
> starting May 14th.  The information we have to do date greatly concerns me.
>
> For the first phase, it appears that we are being reduced to "referral
> partners" for the trademark claim submissions.  The way they are
> structuring this includes such things as
>
> 1)  They want us to direct users to their website to fill in the trademark
> application for and the $90 payment.
> 2)  If we want an alternative to this, we must submit in batches of 100 (of
> course, we get a discount of 10% for our "profit").
> 3)  This submission process starts in 14 days, and there is no information
> on the communication protocols nor what information we require from our clients
> 4)  We must show the user on our invoice the $90 cost.  Should we add any
> fees on top of this, they must be shown as a "processing fee" on a separate
> invoice line item.
> 5)  They are offering these services to registrars whom are not ICANN
> accredited.
>
> I don't know about the rest of you, but this seems to be flying in the face
> of a typical registrar-registry agreement.  Neulevel seems to be trying to
> deal directly with our clients whenever possible.  In addition, they have
> reduced us to a "referral partner" for at least the preliminary trademark
> submissions.
>
> Does anyone have any other information on this ?  This registration process
> is supposed to start in 14 days.
>
> Rob.
>
>
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> Rob Hall                                voice  (613) 768-5100
> President                                  fax  (613) 820-0777
> Momentous.ca Corp.
> rob@momentous.ca                      www.momentous.ca
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