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.com is operated by just a single registry, Verisign, which has just as much of a monopoly over .com as Google has over .dev. The difference is that Verisign's
by agwa 4y ago
.com is operated by just a single registry, Verisign, which has just as much of a monopoly over .com as Google has over .dev.
The difference is that Verisign's registry agreement with ICANN prohibits this kind of pricing shenanigans whereas Google's does not. Expect Verisign to try to renegotiate this when their agreement is up for renewal.
- factormeta 4y agowhen is the agreement up? We really ought to tell ICANN to not do that. There should be domains that can owned for every as long as we pay the fee.
- j-bos 4y agoIs there a mailing list to sign up for to be notified of ICANN events like these renewal agreements?
- Retric 4y agoVerisign’s role is that of registry operator which is different from that if a domain name registrar. It’s a very different relationship with ICANN and domain name owners and has basically zero leverage to set prices beyond what it costs them to operate the service and have some reasonable profit.