While it is clear that part of the problem is the low cost of entry for access via some bargain basement registrars,
I fear that any attempt at a "price floor"  would be viewed as "price fixing" and would run afoul of a lot of national laws.

Sam L

On 2/16/2018 1:48 PM, allison nixon wrote:
You know what else might work? price floors. Every time some low-reputation registrar has a sale, the Internet gets inundated. 

I don't know the last time I have had to deal with abuse originating from an expensive TLD. it's always the cheap TLDs.

If we mandate price floors, then the rate of domains registered solely for exploitative purposes drops like a rock, and our need for ownership info is much less, and few would be pushing youall to collect the info, and the abuse issue becomes almost an entirely moot point. 


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