Dear colleagues,

I used to think it was easy to differentiate between active domains, in the sense that they are used by someone with a Web site or email, versus domains that were used for investment and speculation. Being part of the Domain Name Marketplace Indicators advisory panel taught me that this is a very complicated issue, with a range of fades of grey, from the pure speculators to the web site at the other end.
The domain name marketplace indicators latest data has been published recently.
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2019-04-17-en

Kindest regards,

Olivier

On 07/05/2019 22:51, Jonathan Zuck wrote:

Whew! That's a tough one because how do you distinguish what is speculation? Better to just raise prices and bring down the volume, I think.

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The recent discussion on this topic has made me reflect on the topic more broadly and I'd like to share something provocative I've been pondering.

At the broadest level, domain reselling and all speculation surrounding domain names should be outlawed outright. ICANN doesn't as a rule tell end users how to (not) use their domains. However there is an argument to be made that speculative behaviour hurts all non-speculative users by increasing pricing.

Thoughts?

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John Laprise, Ph.D.
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