Domain Name Wire reported that : Public Registry (PIR) maintenance .org top-level domain announced that it has acquired by private equity firm Ethos Capital.
This means that non-profit domain registrar PIR has officially transformed into a part of a for-profit business entities, which is clearly inconsistent with the concept of long-term .org top-level domains advertised. But foreign media pointed out that, at first .org domain name is dedicated to alternative forms of business entities .com domain name, but was later lent to non-profit organizations to use.
At the same time, responsible for the management of all domain names on the Internet, non-profit organization ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), also on June 30 agreed to remove price caps (formerly very cheap) .org domain name, which is clearly a for-profit enterprise policy craving.
On March 18 the first time the price limit, so the idea has not caught on. Review Signal reported that , in more than 3,000 public comments on the proposal, only six are in favor of changes.
A few days, PIR also on May 1 after the end of the public comment period published "open letter" that "no specific plans to raise prices for the .org top-level domain" in the.
However, with the rising price of .org domain names that could eventually result in a greater impact on those non-profit organizations and agencies rely on low-cost domain name to maintain their website.
Finally, after the price cap .info and .biz top-level domain, this year will also be the lifting of restrictions in this regard.
From: cnBeta