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I feel like domain names are difficult to find not because they are really being used up, but rather because there is no system governing them. What if we treat
by blackhole 14y ago
I feel like domain names are difficult to find not because they are really being used up, but rather because there is no system governing them. What if we treated domains like trademarks, so if you don't use it, or stop using it, someone else who is using it can take the domain from you?
The thing is, this is also a problem for company names, and product names, and... well just about everything involving names. Almost everything is running out of names. We need to do a better job of recycling old names if any of this is going to be sustainable across any market.
- zcvosdfdgj 14y agoI don't like the idea of taking names from people who are otherwise maintaining the requirements for the name simply because someone else has a trademark for it. Also, multiple companies can have the same trademark in different industries (not to mention different countries). Why not just raise the price for domains? If the fee were $25 or even $50/year, a lot of people (including myself) would drop domains we weren't using. And that's still a pretty low bar for any name that is even slightly valuable to the domain name owner.
- icebraining 14y agoDefine "use".