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VeriSign’s obvious greed aside, I actually wish .com domain registration cost more. For a party that has a genuine interest in operating a .com website, somethi
by ralmidani 5y ago
VeriSign’s obvious greed aside, I actually wish .com domain registration cost more. For a party that has a genuine interest in operating a .com website, something like $30/year is usually a drop in the bucket. Tripling the cost of buying a domain will be most damaging to those who snap them up just so they can turn around and sell them.
Or maybe we could treat domains similarly to how many US states treat houses, giving people a break on their first domain, and ramping up the taxes as they purchase more?
- andrewmcwatters 5y agoTrust me, you're not hurting those folks. You're hurting those who have legitimate uses to lease domain names. It's like saying you want to raise the price of housing to keep landlords from buying up all of the properties and forcing locals to rent. You're not hurting the people abusing the system by doing that.
- postalrat 5y agoIt's more like saying you want to raise the property taxes to keep landlords from buying up all the properties.
- ohashi 5y agoWe're seeing that doesn't work that effectively in most places. It also is giving the same pricing to every human being across the globe. In the richer countries, sure, maybe $30/year isn't a lot, but in poorer ones that could be an onerous barrier to entry.
- Anunayj 5y agoOh I agree, though I think this can be solved by having a alternative TLD that employs some tactics to combat domain squatting + provides domains for cheap/free and the .free TLD is a good contender for it.