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"Even if you set the registration price to say $1,000" Do you realize the impact that would have on innovating new web apps?
by techiferous 16y ago
"Even if you set the registration price to say $1,000"
Do you realize the impact that would have on innovating new web apps?
- axod 16y agoNegligible 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
- steveklabnik 16y agoI 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.
- ra 16y agoI'm sure Verisign would be delighted for ICANN to raise the domain registration fee like that! no, that is not the answer. BTW: I'm using a free SSL cert at the moment.
- burgerbrain 16y ago> 'free/cheap' subdomain They already exist. They're all over the place really...
- DanHulton 16y agoBollocks. Right now I can get an SSL certificate and register a domain name for under $30 through Dreamhost. I can think of a few projects that I've started that have helped a few people that never would have gotten off the ground if we had your preposterous $1k fee for registrations. The current system's not great, sure, but it's a whale better than your "only the rich can register" plan.