Scotnom says in its application that, “as well as creating significant marketing and promotional opportunities for organisations of all types the new domain will have a number of benefits for the internet community, including users, ISPs and website managers.” It anticipates 10,000 .scot.uk applications per month, if the second level domain is introduced.
Scotnom proposes that domains will be priced at £10 for two years for members or £80 for two years for non-members. Membership will be £500 to join and then £100 per year to renew. It has also proposed putting the funds towards pushing for a .scot top level domain, which would require authority from ICANN.
Yesterday, Nominet’s Executive recommended that the Policy Advisory Board (PAB) reject the application in its present form because it “fails to comply with the stated policy in several key areas,” although indicated that an application was more likely to succeed if the domain was operated by Nominet, which already controls second level domains such as .co.uk and .org.uk.
The policy areas where the Executive found non-compliance included a requirement for a third party registry to “demonstrate it is recognised as a suitably neutral and impartial body by a significant number of potential Registrants in the SLD [second level domain], and that it can comply with the Policy.”
The application goes before the PAB on 6th June