<div>Dear all, <br></div><div><br></div><div>Happy New Year 2025. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I was contacted by someone who needs advice on pricing systems in DNS, especially with registrars like Verisign. I copied the email below.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I don't think I am fit enough to help the client. If someone is interested in doing this paid consulting, please reach out to me privately.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>==============copied message============<br></div><div><br></div><h3 class="msg-s-event-listitem__subject t-14 t-black--light t-bold" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8rem 0.8rem 0.8rem calc(40px + 1.6rem); border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); font-size: 1.4rem; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); background: var(--artdeco-reset-base-background-transparent); outline: var(--artdeco-reset-base-outline-zero); font-weight: var(--artdeco-reset-typography-font-weight-bold); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: 1.42857; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 13px;">Reaching out for help</span><span class="size" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></h3><div class="msg-s-event-with-indicator display-flex " style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); background: var(--artdeco-reset-base-background-transparent); display: flex; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><div class="msg-s-event__content" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); font-size: var(--artdeco-reset-base-font-size-hundred-percent); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); background: var(--artdeco-reset-base-background-transparent); font-family: var(--artdeco-reset-typography-font-family-sans); width: calc(100% - var(--spacing-six-x));"><p class="msg-s-event-listitem__body t-14 t-black--light t-normal
" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0.4rem 0px 0.4rem calc(40px + 1.6rem); padding-right: 1.2rem; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); background: var(--artdeco-reset-base-background-transparent); font-weight: var(--artdeco-reset-typography-font-weight-normal); line-height: 1.42857; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: normal;"><span class="colour" style="color: var(--color-text);"><span class="font" style="font-family: var(--artdeco-reset-typography-font-family-sans);"><span class="size" style="font-size: 13px;">Hi Farell, I hope all is well. I am reaching out for help because I work at an investment firm working on a project to understand VeriSign. Given your experience at ICANN, you would be a great person to connect with. I've found that experts with experience in the industry, such as yourself, have much better perspectives than Wall Street and third-party reports online. We're trying to better understand the pricing history of .com & .net, and the dynamics of future price increases for VeriSign. I would sincerely appreciate connecting and setting up a quick call when it is convenient for you. We would be happy to compensate you on a consulting basis. Thank you so much and I look forward to hearing from you.</span></span></span><br></p></div></div><div><br></div>