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I was actually thinking about this the other day. Domains are too easy to get, and too cheap to hold on to. I like being able to go to Namecheap and buy a domai
by freehunter 7y ago
I was actually thinking about this the other day. Domains are too easy to get, and too cheap to hold on to. I like being able to go to Namecheap and buy a domain name for under $10... what I don't like is the hours or days I spend trying to find a domain name that isn't already taken and parked. And even if you paid $3k for that parked domain, it might now have years of history with search engines as a parked domain that you have to fight against.
If ICANN really wants more money, they'd increase the renewal fee for parked domains every year until it's actually put into use.
- gruez 7y ago>If ICANN really wants more money, they'd increase the renewal fee for parked domains every year until it's actually put into use. and how do you differentiate a parked domain from a non-parked domain?
- davchana 7y agoYeah, people always use domains for non-website purposes, like email etc with nothing coming up if browsed. Also, with no dns on main except cnames, which can not be easily found as easily mx or txt records can be seen on a gived direct domain.
- freehunter 7y agoThat’s not really a parked domain then is it? You know when you’ve hit a parked domain when it loads a page covered in ads that says “buy this domain for $30,000” at the top.
- freehunter 7y agoThat’s for ICANN to figure out.
- wlesieutre 7y agoThey’d just make more sophisticated parking pages.