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It's "unfair" to pay auction rates? How?
Do you ask for real or just troll? It is unfair because, because the domain costs 6€ if you’re the middleman and 300€ otherwise. I guess €3000 is not a super high entry barrier, but probably there is some red tape as well.
this is free market 101 as far as I'm concerned...
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It's a private entity that reaps the benefits of what is a public good presumably...
A domain name is a private good, not a public good.
Were the auction site operated by Romania, the value of courses.ro would be determined by auction, paid by a willing buyer, and received by the Romanian polity. Instead, the Romanian polity receives 300EUR as an entrance fee to a race-track where luck is significant in determining the winner. There is nothing in the linked article suggesting that the number of entrants is limited.
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It's a private entity that reaps the benefits of what is a public good presumably...
A domain name is a private good, not a public good.
That's how our current system works, but it probably works that way primarily because the groups in charge wanted to raise money, not because it's a fundamental philosophical truth that it should work that way.
> If you want a really good domain, you can end up paying 500EUR per year for it. Can't you transfer it to a different reseller in the first year? You should be able to switch resellers with your domain. In worst case, you can start your own reseller.
I don't understand why it would be 500 euros/year. Once you bought it, it's yours, you can renew it for 9/year.
It's "unfair" to pay auction rates? How?
Do you ask for real or just troll? It is unfair because, because the domain costs 6€ if you’re the middleman and 300€ otherwise. I guess €3000 is not a super high entry barrier, but probably there is some red tape as well.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you ask for real or just troll? It is unfair because, because the domain costs 6€ if you’re the middleman and 300€ otherwise. I guess €3000 is not a super high entry barrier, but probably there is some red tape as well.
you see the value of a good, buy it and then resell it at a better price so you can make a profit. this is free market 101 as far as I'm concerned...
It's "unfair" to pay auction rates? How?
It's a private entity that reaps the benefits of what is a public good presumably...
or are you normalizing the criminal behavior of godaddy where registrars can rush and buy the domain while you're doing the check out process just to sell back to you for more?
It's "unfair" to pay auction rates? How?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you ask for real or just troll? It is unfair because, because the domain costs 6€ if you’re the middleman and 300€ otherwise. I guess €3000 is not a super high entry barrier, but probably there is some red tape as well.
you see the value of a good, buy it and then resell it at a better price so you can make a profit. this is free market 101 as far as I'm concerned...