In reality there is one and only one requirement to becoming an official site:
Natsuno, head of NTT DoCoMo Gateway Business Development, must be convinced of
your worthiness.
That's it. However, DOING that is non-trivial.
r e n
S Walker wrote:
> At 10:35 00/04/24 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >Could somebody humour me and tell me what sites are on the front menu
> >level? (I do not have an i-mode phone unfortunately) I cannot believe
> >that they simply have to fulfill a couple of requirements, to be
> >official- none of which are monetary...For example, Yahoo! Japan, I am
> >sure, will not be happy being a 3rd level menu option and will probably
> >pay the big bucks for more prominent placement..They are quite late in
> >announcing their mobile strategy ..
>
> I am not overly knowledgeable regarding the conditions DoCoMo lays down for
> official sites (mainly because I am told they are confidential), but I can
> assure you they are incredibly strict. For one thing you must be a
> Kabushiki-gaisha. I have heard there is a list of requirements as long as
> your arm. Maybe that is the reason behind there being almost 10,000 "katte
> sites" (unofficial sites), but only 550 or so official ones. (see below
> article).
>
> http://www.nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com/wcs/leaf?CID=onair/asabt/news/100044
>
> SW
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