The fight over the new .eco top-level domain name suffix has increased over the last few weeks. Dot Eco, a group supported by such environmental heavyweights as the Sierra Club, former Vice President Al Gore, and the Alliance for Climate Protection, has issued a 17-page document criticizing the plan of its competitor for the top-level domain name suffix, Big Room. Both groups are vying for the right to sell .eco domain names.
Dot Eco plans to give away 57% of its profits from the sale of the .eco domain names. Big Room, which is backed by the World Wildlife Federation International and Green Cross, intends to generate money from the sale of the domain names to fund “sustainability projects” and also intends to require purchasers of .eco domains to meet certain carbon footprint requirements. Dot Eco’s newly released document criticizes Big Room’s operating costs and “cumbersome registration policies,” which Dot Eco claims will discourage purchasers of domains. Dot Eco claims that the combination of these two factors will deprive green groups of a significant amount of funding from the sale of the .eco domain names. Big Room is not commenting on the report at this time.
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