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Originally Posted by bemarnet
The .eu market started with very big expectatives, but I think it is the same problem as the .us market.
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The .eu ccTLD launch was different to .us ccTLD. The registry, Eurid, was incompetent. The rights validation company PwC BE was so incompetent that it managed to get its own initial Sunrise application denied. The whole Sunrise process was massively abused by cybersquatters using dodgy Benelux "trademarks".
There was no competent expertise in preventing massive cyberwarehousing even though the regulations were clear on this aspect. Even when .eu launched, there was no working transfer mechanism.
Perhaps over a million cyberwarehoused domains are still registered even though this is against .eu regulations. Until the .eu ccTLD is removed from Eurid, there can be no progress in .eu ccTLD. It just is not considered a serious ccTLD for business. In Ireland and the UK, the extension is dead. If it wasn't for Germany, the .eu ccTLD would have failed completely.
Regards...jmcc