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Re: Upcoming .com and .xyz domain price increase

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Post by teaearlgraycold »

CameronNemo wrote: post #2

How is this anything but rent seeking on the part of Verisign? Edit: not surprised how this got regulatory approval... https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/09/website-domain-more...

If we're going to fix issues with domains I would like to find a way to ban domain parking and "premium" domain prices sold by registrars.

I'm fine with an individual holding a handful of unused domains, but the legislation should eliminate anyone holding domains as their primary source of income.

Re: Upcoming .com and .xyz domain price increase

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Post by jl6 »

Does ICANN have a position on whether domain name prices should be high (e.g. to discourage squatting), or low (e.g. to avoid being a rent/tax)? Because the price seems entirely driven by whatever ICANN wants it to be (by virtue of assigning the monopoly to Verisign, with an ICANN-defined cap on price rises), rather than any market mechanism.

For example, if a startup approaches ICANN saying they can manage the .com registry while charging only $1 per domain per year, is that attractive to ICANN?

Re: Upcoming .com and .xyz domain price increase

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Post by 0x0000000 »

CharlesW wrote: post #80
kwanbix wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You are mixing domain registration with shared hosting. Did you ever have a problem with domain registration?

I have. I bought a great name from them, after which they voided the purchase and made it a $1,500 premium domain. Obviously, I will never buy domains from Namecheap again.

That's on the registry, not the registrar. Point your anger at whoever owns that TLD.

Re: Upcoming .com and .xyz domain price increase

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Post by garganzol »

nonoesp wrote: post #35

What about CloudFlare's "at-cost pricing for registration and renewal," they don't make a profit? [1] [1] https://www.cloudflare.com/products/registrar/

I find things like this to be a shady business practice. Not antitrust level shady, but still. For customers it's a win, but it kills competition long-term, turning the mid-term wins into a long-term loss.

Re: Upcoming .com and .xyz domain price increase

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Post by CharlesW »

0x0000000 wrote: post #105
CharlesW wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have. I bought a great name from them, after which they voided the purchase and made it a $1,500 premium domain. Obviously, I will never buy domains from Namecheap again.

That's on the registry, not the registrar. Point your anger at whoever owns that TLD.

So does your response mean (1) "take it easy on Namecheap because this kind of bait-and-switch is common among registrars", or (2) "take it easy on Namecheap because it was unintentional incompetence"?
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