DOTZON
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| Type: | Partnership |
| Industry: | Internet |
| Founded: | 2005 |
| Founder(s): | Dirk Krischenowski, Johannes Lenz-Hawliczek Katrin Ohlmer |
| Headquarters: | Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg, HRB 118,598th |
| Country: | Germany |
| Website: | dotzon.de |
| Key People | |
| Katrin Ohlmer, CEO | |
DOTZON is a domain industry consulting firm expert in helping companies or organization interested in developing and applying for a new generic top level domain names (gTLDs) with ICANN. The company was founded in 2005 and it is based in Germany. The company was founded by Dirk Krischenowski, Johannes Lenz-Hawliczek and Katrin Ohlmer in 2005. [1] [2]
Services
The company provides the following services to its customers:
- Strategic advice and identification of opportunities for the application of new top level domains
- Feasibility study for the business and development of legal framework
- Development of business and financial plans
- Capital recovery
- Establishment of partnerships with appropriate partners such as back-end registry
- Content, organizational and project management
- Assistance in administration such as accounting and personnel
- Preparation for application with ICANN and lobbying with interests groups
- Planning and registration policy implementation
- Sales and Marketing development for the top level domains
ICANN Involvement
The company's founders are active in participating in the different activities and meetings of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Named and Numbers. Katrin Ohlmer, CEO and co-founder of DOTZON regularly shared her ideas and opinions regarding the different issues discussed by the ICANN community. She actively provided a series comments regarding the Draft Application Guidebook (DAG) for a period of five years. Ohlmer commented on the DAG4 encouraging ICANN to implement a reliable time frame for the application process in relationship with the implementation of new generic top level domain names (gTLDs), and to finalize the resolution of issues raised by the internet community regarding the IP Clearing House, economic study, morality and public Order and the use or clear language in the Applicant Guidebook.[3]
In 2009, Ohlmer was among the signatories submitted to the international internet governing body who expressed support regarding the implementation of new top level domain names (TLDs). [4] She is a member of the Vertical Integration Policy Development Process Working Group of the Generic Names Supporting Organization.[5]