Re: Shared domains

[Aveek Datta <MoNoLiTH+@CMU.EDU>]

Excerpts from newdom: 19-Nov-96 Re: Shared domains by Pierre Beyssac@fasterix. 
> According to Vince Wolodkin:
> > Sample charge model:(EXAMPLES ONLY)
> > 
> > Domain Creation ---- $30 --> Registry ----- $15 ----> Meta Registry
> > Domain Deletion ---- $5 ---> Registry ----- $2 -----> Meta Registry
> > Domain Mod(Simple)-- $15 --> Registry ----- $7 -----> Meta Registry
> > Domain Mod(Major) -- $25 --> Registry ----- $12 ----> Meta Registry
>  
> Uuh, seems dangerous to me, unless I've misunderstood.
>  
> It looks like quite an effective incentive for people _not_ to keep
> their contact or NS records up to date, unless they _really_really_
> have to. For example, technically, a contact email doesn't need to
> be updated for the domain to work.
>  
> Modifications _need_ to be free.

I agree with Pierre; but I guess under Vince's model that means that just
Simple (non-technical) mods need to be free. What I think is a better
model is a one time creation meta registry fee. Domain
Modifications/Deletions are free. Simply because modifications must be
handed in through some sort of template, and they will automatically be
parsed with no human intervention. 

If a person wants a HUMAN to make a modification, they can pay let's say $10
per modification. But just sending a well-formed template that the parser
can handle should be free.

Aveek

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