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Expensive domain registration would make it cost prohibitive for average people to start a website. The better thing to limit is how many domains you can own, o
by primitivesuave 13y ago
Expensive domain registration would make it cost prohibitive for average people to start a website. The better thing to limit is how many domains you can own, or at least how many domains you can park.
- drdaeman 13y agoLimiting number of domain registrations per-person probably won't work, because one can get thousands of sockpuppet "shareholders", each having registered a sole domain. And parking domains is indistinguishable from using them. Unless under "parking" you mean explicitly stating this domain is for sale. But with imposed restriction squatters will just remove those and park domains with "this domain is... well, you get the idea".
- jameswburke 13y agoTreat domains like a trademark registration. You have x amount of time to show that you're actually using it for something. And that something has some kind of value. There's issues with what's considered value, but our existing system is nonsense.
- tacticus 13y agoSo what happens when you have internal domains?
- freehunter 13y agoIf it's 100% internal, you don't need to register them. If it's internet-facing but designed for use by registered users only, it'll still have some sort of authentication page, which should be enough proof that you're using it for something.
- todd3834 13y agoI agree that $1000/yr would be too high for your average person but I think raising it to $100/yr should be reasonable enough and would still solve a lot of the squatting issues.
- underwater 13y agoWhat about those who live in developing countries? Should they be excluded from owning domains?
- qq66 13y agoNot all TLDs have to be priced the same. .com could be $250/yr and .biz could be $8/yr.