Wednesday, 27 March 2013 15:31 Domain News
Afnic,the company behind .FR domain ,announced that it has opened a public consultation on setting up a procedure for registering domains with one or two characters .
You can read the announcement after the jump :
"Afnic is launching a public consultation on setting up a procedure for registering domain names with one or two characters
In accordance with the State / Afnic agreement of July 2012, Afnic wishes to set up a procedure for registering domain names in one or two alphanumeric and/or alphabetic characters.
In order to present the work already done and to collect the public’s opinions and suggestions on the future process, Afnic is opening the project to public consultation from March 25 to April 16 2013 at midnight. Through these exchanges, you are invited, among others, to express your opinion on:
Whether or not to use an auction system for the registration of domain names with one or two characters;
Whether the registration process should be in two phases, beginning with a "sunrise period";
Whether the "first come, first served" rule should be applied;
The consultation is a unique opportunity to give us your feedback and comments on the various possible procedures, as well as suggest certain restrictions on domain names with 1 or 2 characters.
You can reply to the public consultation here .
