On Sun, 5 Nov 2000, at 16:49 [=GMT-0000], adam wrote:
> "Lee Hodgson (DomainGuideBook.com)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> > A few weeks ago, there were many people offering (multiple) domain names for
> > sale on the biz-ops list, including several people who are OpenSRS
> > resellers - are you calling them all scum?
> >
> No, I'm not, and I believe that both yourself and Mark know exactly what I
> meant.
I think I for one did not.
> When I said "domain aggregators", I meant it as it's come to be
> defined. People with automated "registration machines", registering ten
> domains a minute from a dictionary file.
Quite useless as all dictionary words are gone in com/net and to a
lesser degree org. But org's aren't worth money.
> People who register thousands - if
> not tens of thousands - of domains, with no intention of ever using them.
Sure they use them, in the same way other people buy land or
houses: to make a profit. They may succeed and they may not. It is
taking a risk. And unlike in realestate you pay every year for a
domain.
[...]
> But I also believe that that registrants should not be allowed "sell" their
> domains for more than a nominal sum.
That would not help at all. They would be leased, rented whatever.
> This is how it works in 90% of the
> ccTLD's,
Does it really? Ever looked at afternic.com or any of the other domain
auction sites?
> and I believe that's the way it should be. The gTLD namespace has
> become a free-for-all.
It is _not_ free. Domains cost money. The guys with 10,000 domains pay
at least some $70,000 yearly.
> ICANN made a complete mess of it, and they're shortly
> about to make it worse. It's embarassing.
>
> And I find the suggestion that these aggregators are poor insulting to my
> intelligence...
Yes, maybe it was, though I am not sure that this is good for your
intelligence :-) I think most domain speculators are small people with
some 50, 100, 500 names. Those I know are. There are some big ones who
took all free three-letter and the like. I sincerely doubt they will
make money. Who wants j3q.com?
--
Marc Schneiders (rest in header)
