Re: Shared domains

[Vince Wolodkin <wolodkin@digitalink.com>]

Aveek Datta wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 

What I am after when I suggest a fee structure is a system where a
domain holder is NOT attached to a registry.  How can we ensure the
freedom of a domain holder to use whatever registry they want whenever
they want without a fee based transaction system.

I guess they could pay an initial fee for creation, and the
meta-registry would escrow a portion of their fee for "free" changes to
a domain.  The meta-registry could then pay the registry from the escrow
fund on behalf of the domain holder.  If someone exceeded their freebie
changes then they might have to pay as they go.

Any ideas???

VInce WOlodkin