sorry for being brief, but I am just back from vacation and am digging out. please dig in at length.
Regards
Chuck Hatcher wrote:
Loren Stocker wrote:
... However, I'm troubled by one thing: can't the Registrant just sell the
domain
at anytime DURING the years they have it? Why cut them in at the end?....
unless this these domain never go to the pool;)
...
If you accept the notion that the only fair way to determine who should get an expired domain name next is to make them pay something near its fair market value, then who gets the money? The answer depends on who you ask.
One line of reasoning is to treat expired domain names like tax-delinquent real estate. Generally when real estate is sold at auction in a foreclosure situation, once the taxes or loans plus interest, fees, and expenses are paid, the former owner gets any money that's left.
Verisign's plan for expired domain names would result in Verisign reaping most of the profit. Pool's plan results in Pool and their registrar partners sharing the profits. Some might say the money should go to a fund to feed hungry children. It's easy to find fault with all these plans, but what would you do? (And please don't say you like it just the way it is! We are spawning new registrars by the hundreds, most of which have no intention of providing registration services.)
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