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I don't know of such a service, nor does it seem reasonable that "the market" would want such a service. Yes, it's a lofty goal but do you really want to be the

I don't know of such a service, nor does it seem reasonable that "the market" would want such a service. Yes, it's a lofty goal but do you really want to be the "landlord" of the domain for years and years? "Hey, you kids! Keep it down over there!" doesn't sound exciting for either party. You can park it on Sedo for free or you can put up a "For Sale" page on your own. Another idea is to put a line in the WHOIS that says "This domain is for sale".

jtheory 13y ago
I can't imagine it would be a business by itself, just a service that a company that already had domain tools could offer at a low price. I don't imagine it like being a landlord -- the only judgement to be made would be "is this domain in-use" after X amount of time, and if so at that point they would buy it at the pre-arranged price. If it's not, I'd get it back (and could use it for my own project idea, or let someone else try). The driving idea is just that I want to use these domains, for a project sometime in the future, but I recognize that someone else's project starting today should trump that (and I don't want to charge them a lot for it). Given that I don't want to milk them for a high price, if I just sell, then someone who only plans to resell will buy instead. Then the domain will be unavailable to me, and also off the table for people with project ideas who don't have lots of cash.