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Do you realize that the reason the squatter abandoned the domain (instead of keeping it forever) is the $8/year registry fee? My question is why should the squa
by yonran 7y ago
Do you realize that the reason the squatter abandoned the domain (instead of keeping it forever) is the $8/year registry fee? My question is why should the squatter pay only $8 per year, and not, say, $50?
- pests 7y agoWhy should they pay $50? What are you charging for above cost of service?
- yonran 7y agoWhen speculators hold onto domain names without using them, their right to exclude imposes a cost on the other member of society who wishes to use the property productively. So like progressive property taxes in general, a domain tax should be high enough not only to pay for the direct cost of services, but also to discourage idle speculators and encourage owners to use the domain productively.
- emiliobumachar 7y agoCollateral damage prevention. A poor-ish hobbyist on the fence about creating a website or not would be discouraged by a higher fee.
- ulucs 7y agoAs a Glen Weyl-esque solution, make an owner of x domains pay x dollars for each domain they own. This way personal users get cheap domains, and we extract quite a lot of money from squatters.