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> Namely, they would allow potential registrars to bid on the yearly registration price, and then give the lowest (qualified) bidder a contract to run the domai
by ralph84 8y ago
> Namely, they would allow potential registrars to bid on the yearly registration price, and then give the lowest (qualified) bidder a contract to run the domain for a few years, with that fixed registration price.
This is sort of how it used to work. NSF created and funded InterNIC and contracted its operation to Network Solutions. The cost of registering a domain was $0.