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Re: Give HN: 3 character .net domains

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Post by steveklabnik »

mslagh wrote: post #14
steveklabnik wrote: post #10

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Good luck properly determining that. It still doesn't solve the problem: then they're all just squatted by the rich.

It costs anywhere from $8-15/year to renew a domain depending on the tld, so it's pretty expensive to sit on them. I thought this would be a good way to put them to use within the hn community before I set them free to the crazies of the domain registrant world.

Oh no, what you're doing is awesome. I own three or four domain names that I'm not using yet myself.

Re: Give HN: 3 character .net domains

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Post by eli »

axod wrote: post #9
steveklabnik wrote: post #8

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Unfortunately, this is just the way it'll always work. Take land, for example: It's all claimed by someone already. And a lot of it isn't even being used. It'd be really sweet to use a bunch of it... but there are squatters. :/

The only sane answer is to increase the registration price for domains so that it relates more to the market worth of that domain.

So, auction them?

Re: Give HN: 3 character .net domains

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Post by techiferous »

axod wrote: post #11
steveklabnik wrote: post #10

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Good luck properly determining that. It still doesn't solve the problem: then they're all just squatted by the rich.

The problem at the moment is that it is essentially free to squat on millions of domains. It's just a matter of getting organized, using grace periods, advertising income, so you don't actually have to pay any money to hold millions of domains. That can't be right. Even if you set the registration price to say $1,000 I think you'd solve a lot of problems. People wouldn't just buy 20 domains just incase they might put…

"Even if you set the registration price to say $1,000"

Do you realize the impact that would have on innovating new web apps?

Re: Give HN: 3 character .net domains

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Post by axod »

techiferous wrote: post #24
axod wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem at the moment is that it is essentially free to squat on millions of domains. It's just a matter of getting organized, using grace periods, advertising income, so you don't actually have to pay any money to hold millions of domains. That can't be right. Even if you set the registration price to say $1,000 I think you'd solve a lot of problems. People wouldn't just buy 20 domains just incase they might put…

"Even if you set the registration price to say $1,000" Do you realize the impact that would have on innovating new web apps?

Negligible if any. Buying an SSL certificate is more expensive than registering a domain.

edit: It'd also be likely someone would startup some 'free/cheap' subdomain hosting for people who don't want to pay the $1000... eg myapp.free.com

Re: Give HN: 3 character .net domains

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Post by steveklabnik »

axod wrote: post #25
techiferous wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Even if you set the registration price to say $1,000" Do you realize the impact that would have on innovating new web apps?

Negligible if any. Buying an SSL certificate is more expensive than registering a domain. edit: It'd also be likely someone would startup some 'free/cheap' subdomain hosting for people who don't want to pay the $1000... eg myapp.free.com

I have never had more than $2,000 in a bank account at one time. I think that your expectations are slightly skewed. And buying an SSL certificate may be more expensive, but it's still $50/year, a far cry from $1k.

Re: Give HN: 3 character .net domains

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Post by j_baker »

axod wrote: post #11
steveklabnik wrote: post #10

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Good luck properly determining that. It still doesn't solve the problem: then they're all just squatted by the rich.

The problem at the moment is that it is essentially free to squat on millions of domains. It's just a matter of getting organized, using grace periods, advertising income, so you don't actually have to pay any money to hold millions of domains. That can't be right. Even if you set the registration price to say $1,000 I think you'd solve a lot of problems. People wouldn't just buy 20 domains just incase they might put…

So this way registrars will make obscene amounts of money for doing very little rather than squatters? Don't you think that's throwing the baby out with the bathwater?
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