Welcome to the Commercial and Business Users Constituency
The Commercial Business Users Constituency (also known as the Business Constituency, or BC) represents commercial users of the Internet. The Business Constituency is one of the Constituencies within the Commercial Stakeholder Group (CSG). The Business Constituency is the voice of commercial Internet users within ICANN – the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. ICANN is a global body with responsibility for certain policies that relate to the domain name system (DNS). Domain names are the names consumers and businesses rely upon to find websites for legitimate products and services on the Internet.
The Constituency's administrative structure is an elected Executive Committee supported by professional secretariat services and other standing or ad-hoc committees.
JOIN THE BC | Get Involved
The Business Constituency is a body representing clients and providers of connectivity, domain names, IP addresses, protocols and other services related to electronic commerce in its broad sense. Any business that depends upon the Internet has a stake in ICANN's work.
Business users rely on a stable and secure Internet and e-commerce experience, one that serves their users and customers on a global basis. Through your participation in ICANN, and in the Business Constituency, your company will make a difference on behalf of business.
The BC represents business of all types – multi-nationals, medium-size companies and small enterprises. One of the Constituency’s strengths is its association membership – which extends BC outreach directly to over 50,000* companies and indirectly to over 1.5 million companies worldwide.
Members of the Business Constituency use the Internet to conduct BUSINESS.
Business users rely on a stable and secure Internet and e-commerce experience, one that serves their users and customers on a global basis. Through your participation in ICANN, and in the Business Constituency, your company will make a difference on behalf of business.
During ICANN62 in Panama, Claudia Selli and Steve DelBianco sat down with ICANN org to discuss the priorities of the BC within ICANN. Please watch the interview below.
The Benefits of Membership
BC members contribute as:
participants on the BC internal e-mail list to learn about and debate policy topics.
participants on telephone conferences to reach consensus on key issues.
participants at physical meetings coincident with ICANN public meetings.
issue managers on specific topics.
bridges for information flow between other GNSO constituencies.
the Constituency fully represents the views of the Internet business user community.
ICANN policy positions are consistent with the development of business via an Internet that is stable, secure and reliable while promoting consumer confidence.
ICANN policy positions derive from broad stakeholder participation in a common forum for suppliers and users.
The BC represents business of all types – multi-nationals, medium-size companies and small enterprises. One of the Constituency’s strengths is its association membership – which extends BC outreach directly to over 50,000 companies, of which a sizable percentage are SMEs.
Moreover, the BC counts among its members business federations like the ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) - one of the world’s largest business organisation. MEDEF through its network membership of regional and sectoral associations represents a huge part of French business.
Through these organisations, the BC outreaches to over 1.5 million companies worldwide.
POLICY DEVELOPMENT | At the Core of every BC members engagement.
Policy recommendations are developed and refined by the ICANN Community through its Supporting Organizations (SOs) and influenced by Advisory Committees (ACs) – all composed of volunteers from across the world – in a "bottom-up", open and transparent process. Each Supporting Organization has its own specific policy development process and so does the BC. Learn more about how we develop policy that impacts the global Internet.
Private sector interests are represented in a variety of ways at ICANN. For more information and to become an active participant in the Business Constituency of ICANN request for onboarding from the BC team at [email protected]
For intending members that qualify, a 70% Discount on dues applies to prospective members from developing nations as recognized by the United Nations.
