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The “.paris” meeting - I think that's how it will be called in the future - will have a very serious impact on the domains business.

I just have one and one single question, for all those people who are saying it would do no harm to the already establish status of this business:

The preciosity and value of a domain name comes from the uniqueness of its keyword; and, the better the extension, the more it is worth. In the future, as everyone will be able to register the wanted keyword, wouldn’t the value be diluted?

I mean, domains are worth a lot because they are unique. We have been profiting from ICANN’s protectionism.

Now: I want to sell cars online. Let’s see, cars.com, cars.net, cars.org, cars.info, cars.biz all taken. Damn, let’s try onlinecars.com, damn, let’s see: onlinecarsstore.com

Future: I want to sell cars online. Let’s see cars.cars, cars.com, cars.net, cars,org all taken. Damn, let’s try cars.store, cars.sale, cars.online, cars.buy…

This is a complete inversion: instead of looking for keywords on the main extensions, you will look for which tld still has the keyword you want available!!!