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In some countries, if you want to register a domain that's parked, you may appeal to the registrar, and they will take it away from the parker (unless they're l
by WhyNotHugo 5y ago
In some countries, if you want to register a domain that's parked, you may appeal to the registrar, and they will take it away from the parker (unless they're legitimately planning to use it).
The conditions of use of the domain state that you will give them _some_ use. "Planning to resell it" it is not considered a valid use. It's a public resource after all.
As an analogy, imagine someone buys all the housing in town, just wanting to re-sell them at a higher price just because they bought them first. It's an obvious case for consumer protection to step in -- otherwise it's just angry mobs. Well, not in some countries.
- paulryanrogers 5y agoPerhaps there could be a grace period? If you're clearly not using it within 6 months then it reverts and you get a partial refund?
- ipaddr 5y agoWhich countries?
- 5e92cb50239222b 5y agoEven if this is true, it is very easy to circumvent. Just host a blog with a few copy-pasted articles, a fake classifieds site, or a forum with registration closed, or something like that.
- antifa 5y agoToo complicated, I'd like to start over with a new proposal. Get rid of bulk discounts on domains, enforce a fee on bulk purchases. First 15 domains per tax id are available at regular price. Additional domains have fees that escalate with scale. The companies using automated systems to scalp 100,000+ domains should disappear over night. This can attempted as an experiment for a new TLD first.