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I agree with you.. but, then shouldn't we be asking ICANN to raise the registration fees? Because right now, registration fees are so low that squatters can re

I agree with you.. but, then shouldn't we be asking ICANN to raise the registration fees? Because right now, registration fees are so low that squatters can register thousands of names, and then demand a few thousand dollars if you won't one of those. Raising it to (say) $25 keeps names affordable for everyone, and would raise the cost to squatters substantially... which should make more names available.

lerouxb 14y ago
No, the domains are already taken.
- zcvosdfdgj 14y ago
  yes, they are taken. And when they come up for renewal and the price is $25 instead of $8.. the owner will have to decide if it's worth it or not.
  - lerouxb 14y ago
    Oh I see what you mean. That's a good point.
- rebelde 14y ago
  Raising the price is what I advocate, too. At the current price, squatting on a domain name can be profitable if it brings in $10/year. Raise the price of a domain name to $50/year, and millions of domains will free up. In fact, I, too, would probably stop renewing some of the domains that I am not using for any purpose. I'm not even a squatter.
  - zcvosdfdgj 14y ago
    I'm not a squatter either, but if the price were $50/year, I would drop about half of the 30 domains I own.
    - MatthewPhillips 14y ago
      If you're not using them, isn't that a good thing?
      - zcvosdfdgj 14y ago
        absolutely. But at the current price of $8, I'm going to keep them forever. Never know if I might want to use them later, right?
jarofgreen 14y ago
Really dislike any suggestion like this. It won't help much, it'll just price the low end out of the market. Given that a good domain can sell for thousands, you'd have to raise the fees a lot to deter people chasing that one hit. Meanwhile, you damage lots of small people who have domains for personal things that never were intended to make money. The Internet was meant to be an open place with low barriers of participation.
- viscanti 14y ago
  ~$25 probably wouldn't stop the issue, but something ~$100 might. "GOOD" domains will always sell for well over that, regardless of a price floor. Owning a good domain name is like owning any other valuable good. Pricing around $100 helps with the long-tail of domain names. Most domains aren't worth sitting on for hundreds of dollars (in the majority of cases, where there's not an obvious quick flip). I'd even be for a tiered pricing structure. Domains under ~7 characters could be $100+, domains over 15 characters could be significantly cheaper.
  - jarofgreen 14y ago
    > but something ~$100 might What about the cost to innocent parties? Really dislike this! > Domains under ~7 characters could be $100+, domains over 15 characters could be significantly cheaper. Now that could be good - Charge inversely by the character. Also has the side effect of discouraging URL shortening services :-)
- zcvosdfdgj 14y ago
  of course really good/valuable domains will always be worth a lot more than the registration fee. $25 is still basically nothing. Name one other thing important to you that you spend less than $25 PER YEAR on. Geez, right now I spend more on coffee in 1/2 a week than on a domain name. I spend more on toothpaste than a domain name. Who could possibly claim that is too high? Squatters of course think it is too high. Owning thousands of domains they consider worthless. Well other people don't consider those names to be worth less than $25.. so if you do, maybe you shouldn't have them registered.
- 14y ago

lerouxb 14y ago

No, the domains are already taken.

zcvosdfdgj 14y ago
yes, they are taken. And when they come up for renewal and the price is $25 instead of $8.. the owner will have to decide if it's worth it or not.
- lerouxb 14y ago
  Oh I see what you mean. That's a good point.
rebelde 14y ago
Raising the price is what I advocate, too. At the current price, squatting on a domain name can be profitable if it brings in $10/year. Raise the price of a domain name to $50/year, and millions of domains will free up. In fact, I, too, would probably stop renewing some of the domains that I am not using for any purpose. I'm not even a squatter.
- zcvosdfdgj 14y ago
  I'm not a squatter either, but if the price were $50/year, I would drop about half of the 30 domains I own.
  - MatthewPhillips 14y ago
    If you're not using them, isn't that a good thing?
    - zcvosdfdgj 14y ago
      absolutely. But at the current price of $8, I'm going to keep them forever. Never know if I might want to use them later, right?

jarofgreen 14y ago

Really dislike any suggestion like this. It won't help much, it'll just price the low end out of the market. Given that a good domain can sell for thousands, you'd have to raise the fees a lot to deter people chasing that one hit. Meanwhile, you damage lots of small people who have domains for personal things that never were intended to make money. The Internet was meant to be an open place with low barriers of participation.

viscanti 14y ago
~$25 probably wouldn't stop the issue, but something ~$100 might. "GOOD" domains will always sell for well over that, regardless of a price floor. Owning a good domain name is like owning any other valuable good. Pricing around $100 helps with the long-tail of domain names. Most domains aren't worth sitting on for hundreds of dollars (in the majority of cases, where there's not an obvious quick flip). I'd even be for a tiered pricing structure. Domains under ~7 characters could be $100+, domains over 15 characters could be significantly cheaper.
- jarofgreen 14y ago
  > but something ~$100 might What about the cost to innocent parties? Really dislike this! > Domains under ~7 characters could be $100+, domains over 15 characters could be significantly cheaper. Now that could be good - Charge inversely by the character. Also has the side effect of discouraging URL shortening services :-)
zcvosdfdgj 14y ago
of course really good/valuable domains will always be worth a lot more than the registration fee. $25 is still basically nothing. Name one other thing important to you that you spend less than $25 PER YEAR on. Geez, right now I spend more on coffee in 1/2 a week than on a domain name. I spend more on toothpaste than a domain name. Who could possibly claim that is too high? Squatters of course think it is too high. Owning thousands of domains they consider worthless. Well other people don't consider those names to be worth less than $25.. so if you do, maybe you shouldn't have them registered.
14y ago