will we ever see the end of open drops?

[smashfactory]

do ya'll think that there will be a time when NO names will just drop to the public, but all names will be caught and sold at higher prices like snapnames?

 

[dcristo]

It basically happens already. All names won't be auctioned and sold off because a lot of crap drops.

 

[rajesh_]

i think it is in first phase now already....

 

[Makis77]

This is happening now for about 50%
next 2 yrs this percentage will hit 80-90%

 

[smashfactory]

but- then what? i mean, will there just be a handful of domainers left who can afford these prices just to get a name? will it get to the point that the "regular domainer" will just drop off because they cant reg anything under 200 bucks?
will all names end up eventually owned by a choice few with deep pockets?

 

[dcristo]

but- then what? i mean, will there just be a handful of domainers left who can afford these prices just to get a name? will it get to the point that the "regular domainer" will just drop off because they cant reg anything under 200 bucks?
will all names end up eventually owned by a choice few with deep pockets?

Pretty much IMHO. The biggest risk takers, and those with the deepest pockets. The future is in development. Always has been.

 

[smashfactory]

man, that is when the internet ends, doesnt it-
are we going to be faced with the biggest parking lot in the world one day?

 

[Makis77]

smash com domains are having these problems,
that will give space for other domain as info and tv, imo

 

[grevan]

Development is the key already.

 

[Biggie]

do ya'll think that there will be a time when NO names will just drop to the public, but all names will be caught and sold at higher prices like snapnames?

it has already begun.....

allow me to rant for a sec:

"cybersquatting registrars"

they are now making tons of money by instantly parking domains once they expire, tm's and typo's included!

then they sell them off to the highest bidder

then the lawyers and "domain reclaimers" send you C&D letters AFTER you buy the names.

lol


now ain't that some "frack-n-nagle-bull"

these registrars can set whatever starting price they want for these names, as they already know which one's get traffic.

now isn't that some more "frack-n-nagle-bull"

that's the same as me selling my traffic names to you, but you don't get all frantic and in a frenzy when I run my list....like you do when they run theirs.


why is that?

 

[randomo]

I had been catching a lot of [non-premium but still worthwhile] drops by hand, but last week they suddenly dried up overnight. My daily haul went from 5-10 to 0. Don't know the reason ....

 

[smashfactory]

its weird- i was talking about this with another domainer, and we thought, what if, in 5 years, registrars are just freely NOT dropping names anymore, but catching everything, and putting it up for auction with high start prices- if NO ONE had the ability to catch any drop-
at that point, they could charge insane prices to reg an unregged name because there were no other choices-
a handful of people (in the big scheme of things) would control a large portion of the webs content -

please do not think this a stupid question- but can the internet just- die? i mean, get to the point where the amount of true user varied content becomes so scarce, its just pointless to go on the web?

 

[Seraphim]

do ya'll think that there will be a time when NO names will just drop to the public, but all names will be caught and sold at higher prices like snapnames?

Ask this question to Tucows.com. They end up with all the good names I come across, and without an open auction mind you.

 

[smashfactory]

so, it is all pretty much just a type of monopoly in which deals and alliances are made behind the scenes, and a good portion of names are already siphened into a black hole in which the public will never see, until it hits auction.

one more stupid question- law is iffy on the web i am assuming- can something like this, actually be regulated or stopped? can it ever go back to the way it was, or is that a pipe dream- we are just doomed

 

[thevirtual]

so, it is all pretty much just a type of monopoly in which deals and alliances are made behind the scenes, and a good portion of names are already siphened into a black hole in which the public will never see, until it hits auction.

one more stupid question- law is iffy on the web i am assuming- can something like this, actually be regulated or stopped? can it ever go back to the way it was, or is that a pipe dream- we are just doomed

This is already happening today. I don't see it becoming any different in the future.

The internet will never become stagnant. Otherwise domains become worthless and no one will want to hold onto them. It would probably cost more to hold these domains than let them drop.

There are already companies holding huge amounts of domains, ex. BuyDomains. There is already registrars holding "Premium domains" and auctioning them to the highest bidder. There is the .TV domains which they are asking for Premium Renewal prices that noone can afford, etc...

 

[smashfactory]

yes, i know it is happening now. i know people have a right to try and get drops any way they can (outside of a registrar NOT dropping the name and sending it right to auction- that should just be outright illegal)

say it gets to the point where only 10% of the names actually get to drop- who steps in, if anyone- icann?

 

[whitebark]

And the time is coming when the large domain holders/companies start buying one another out as well. It's the 'free market' at work. With no real oversight it is the natural course of things in today's capitalist world.

 

[Poker]

You can fight it (whatever is going to happen) but you would probably be smarter to just find a way to adapt and exploit it

 

[GAMEFINEST]

Just have to adapt to new changes

 

[katherine]

Ask this question to Tucows.com. They end up with all the good names I come across, and without an open auction mind you.

Hmmmm that must be why all the remaining names on their drop lists are crap :smilewinkgrin: