How many .com domain names are unused? • Hacker News Board

Re: How many .com domain names are unused?

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Post by bo1024 » Sat, Feb 02, 2019, 4:12 AM UTC

giancarlostoro wrote: post #200

bo1024 wrote: post #195

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To clarify, under the scheme being proposed, they actually do have to sell. Otherwise you would just declare your domain has zero value, you'd pay no tax, and then if anyone offered to buy it, you'd say the offer sucks and refuse to sell. So declaring a value is a commitment to sell and pay the tax.

> To clarify, under the scheme being proposed, they actually do have to sell. That just sounds broken to me. If I buy a domain, I should own it. Someone who wants it should offer what they are willing to pay for it, if I don't like their offer, they can find another domain.

It's definitely a strange idea especially the first time you hear it. I don't know if I like it for domain names.

Re: How many .com domain names are unused?

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Post by andmarios » Sat, Feb 02, 2019, 10:31 AM UTC

prickledpear wrote: post #188

andmarios wrote: post #181

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Once you do this, squatters will just find an easy way to make a domain seem active: email traffic, basic websites, etc. Also sometimes there are legit uses, like squatting names in order to protect your brand. For example I could see google squatting google-search.com

This scheme has the advantage of it not mattering if something is active. Instead you pay fees based on what it's worth to you. If someone is squatting on a high-value domain, they will have to pay high fees or sell the domain to someone who can make better use of it. This prevents someone else from squatting on google-search.com and allows it to go to the highest value use -- protecting Google's brand.

So, I'm an average person hosting my email on my domain. I use it for both personal and professional reasons. I'm by no means wealthy, so even though my email address has huge value to me (from clients, to friends, to banks and digital services) I can't pay a huge price for it.

With your suggestion, someone with enough money would be able to force me to sell it. Identity thieves would have a field day with this!

Re: How many .com domain names are unused?

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Post by Tepix » Thu, Feb 07, 2019, 3:35 PM UTC

randiantech wrote: post #154

Tepix wrote: post #144

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Source? Also what's the proof that private organizations are a better solution to the problem? Just look at the US prison system.

Not to undermine your point, but you have used the worst possible example. In the top 1000 of worst prisons around the world, most if not all of them are not private. Just take a look a Brazil prison system as en example.

One glaring problem with private prisons is that it creates an incentive to put more people in jail and keep them there longer.