On June 28, 2019 at 11:48 morej1@mac.com (John More) wrote:
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Domain name speculation is very destructive since it requires potential users who have real businesses or needs to jump through hoops and often be blocked from a reasonable domain name.
We (i.e., ICANN) have enabled registries to do this ("premium domains") with nTLDs. The counter-argument is that the usual situation is just a fair market price for the domain. How else do you decide who gets it? I was jarred once, mildly, when a sunrise registration went from about $150 (maybe less) to $20,000 because I was about 10 minutes late, sunrise had expired. I passed, it was of little value to me beyond that $150. But that's hardly a "fair market price". Four years later it's still listed by the registry as a "platinum domain" (i.e., unsold.) The fish rots from the head. -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | bzs@TheWorld.com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo*