Re: An observation

[durrell@innocence.com (Bryant Durrell)]

Simon Higgs writes:
> The first, and most important thing NSI did to develop .COM as a brand
> was to place a higher perceived value on each domain than it's annual
> fee. They did this by charging $100 for registration. They could have
> charged $50.00, and just had each domain renewed every year, but they
> didn't. They made the cost of entry a higher value than the per year
> cost for each SLD. Anything that costs something has to be worth
> something in the eyes of the consumer, or they will never buy into it
> in the first place. Since that time the .COM space has been plagued by
> name horders and speculators.

Huh?

Speaking as someone who used to handle half the new domain
registrations at Netcom, I'd say that the horders and speculators were
out in force well before NSI started charging.  Clearly the number has
increased, but then again, so has the number of spammers and that 
didn't have anything to do with the .COM fees.  Further, there 
hasn't been any notable increase in the number of people speculating
in .ORG, and that costs too.

I think, with all due respect, that your analysis is a bit off.

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