ICANN Policy Biggest Issue for Domain Industry: Survey
Survey finds number of fears regarding domain market in 2010.
ICANN policy decisions are the biggest issue facing the domain name market in 2010, as stated by a survey of more than 500 people in the 5th Annual Reglike Survey.
28% of those survey stated that ICANN policy decisions, such as those with fresh top level domain names, is the biggest issue facing domain investors in 2010. The majority of respondents self-identified as domain name investors, although the survey also included responses from domain name registrars, lawyers, and other service providers.
Of course, the nagging recession is also a big factor, coming in at number two at 22%.
Here are the top issues facing the domain market:
1. ICANN policy decisions (28%)
2. Overall economy/recession (22%)
3. Changes in pay-per-click market (16%)
3. Anti-domainer interests (e.g. IRT) (16%)
5. Registry wholesale price increases (6%)
6. Domain theft (5%)
7. Renegade registrars and resellers (4%)
7. Other (4%)
Given that the top concern is ICANN, it’s a shame that the industry didn’t support Internet Commerce Association, which was the domain investor’s primary representation in ICANN policy.
