We Want Forever Registration!

[Dream Domains]

Let's solicit the .com registry towards it.

 

[Samer]

First one to sign!!!

Samer

 

[strugar]

https://www.epik.com/promos/forever/

 

[Rob Monster]

Totally, am on board there. Here was my case:

https://epik.com/blog/forever-domain-registrations.html

The registries mostly lack vision. The new TLDs so desperately need this innovation!

 

[bmugford]

Let's take .COM. You have no idea what is going to happen with prices.
Unless the registry is on board, the service is worthless.

For the company it is collecting income now for future services rendered; decades down the road.
It would be a pure faith play by giving money to a company for a service or product decades away.

Brad

 

[barman]

I don't understand. How does this work?

 

[Dream Domains]

You pay a one time fee and you own the domain.

 

[dirk]

You pay a one time fee and you own the domain.

No. They register it for the maximum number of years, then they extend that each and every year untill they go bankrupt .

There are possible cases where it's interesting to use but unless I pay a lifetime fee at the registry it's not for me.

And even then... .ro was free 'forever', look how that worked out.

 

[Ja Kai]

Horrible idea....unless you completely despise dropcatch.com and snap/NJ - and that hate is so deep that you would sacrifice your own livelihood.

A domain world where you can only acquire domains via handreg. No expired auctions/no drop catching.

Would be great for Hugedomains and others who have a complete portfolio - maybe. I don't even think a good thing for them.

You pro-lifetime registration folks are nuts.

 

[dirk]

Totally, am on board there. Here was my case:

https://epik.com/blog/forever-domain-registrations.html

The registries mostly lack vision. The new TLDs so desperately need this innovation!

I can get that it's something that could make sense to a lot of end-users.

I trust Epik not to go anywhere soon but what happens when the next CEO decides forever domains aren't a profitable service anymore?

 

[Sutruk]

Really, nothing lasts forever. This is like Hosting companies saying they offer Unlimited bandwith for 99 bucks, no way.

Registry prices can change, the Registrar itself can crash in the next few years. Are you telling me that a Registrar is going to offer you a domain for a one time fee for the next 100 years? really?

No way.

 

[Ja Kai]

Horrible idea....unless you completely despise dropcatch.com and snap/NJ - and that hate is so deep that you would sacrifice your own livelihood.

A domain world where you can only acquire domains via handreg. No expired auctions/no drop catching.

Would be great for Hugedomains and others who have a complete portfolio - maybe. I don't even think a good thing for them.

You pro-lifetime registration folks are nuts.

Lifetime registration is a crutch for those who don't know what they are doing...

 

[Ja Kai]

Lifetime registration is a crutch for those who don't know what they are doing...

UDRP's would go through the roof - Nuts - total nuts....

 

[Ja Kai]

UDRP's would go through the roof - Nuts - total nuts....

And when someone dies/divorces, or just says, 'the hell with domains", those domains will be lost forever...

 

[Bob Hawkes]

I think there needs to be some protection and that the no caps movement is the wrong direction. Actually I would like to see price caps on every extension! I mean they could be high enough that any reasonable company could live within them, maybe 5% per year maximum. It would help end sales because buyers would not worry they might suddenly triple.
Bob

 

[Dream Domains]

Price should go down, not up.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Price should go down, not up.

I agree. No doubt real costs are going down for a growing registry re per domain costs. By having a cap does not mean that it would automatically increase by that amount, just set a maximum that it could increase at.

 

[werty]

I wouldn't vote for that business model. Prefer current model where domains expire and one can actually make money from them.

 

[Samer]

I wouldn't vote for that business model. Prefer current model where domains expire and one can actually make money from them.

hate subscription business-models; why not both! Rob’s got a long fight ahead, im with him every step way

Samer

 

[maya-zir]

i dont get the point..if you want to pay once, then pay for the next 30-40 or 50 years..
you also can reg at Namesilo and if you forget to renewal, you still have 30 days to renewal at usual fee