Webwork - 1:11 am on Aug 25, 2006 (gmt 0)

I been waiting for that idea to surface VVV, the one about "Hurrah! This will be the end of those domain pirates and bounty hunters!"

Here's the rub: In the past the only pirates you had to deal with those whom laid claim to a bounty before you did. Now the pirates you will have to face are the central registry pirates, who will lay claim to everyone's domain names, and the central registry pirates may just take a liking to the domain names that you - VVV are currently operating.

Whose to say that, in an unrestricted pricing market of a monopoly service provider - one with whom you have no bargaining power - that they will not use some secret sauce formula to place a value on your domain name? Why, they can do it algorithmically: PR + IBL + total pages (using up all that registry space) + email accounts + Alexa rank + Pages in G index + Affiliate links + xyz = Renewal Price For Domain.

Of course, a central registry with unrestricted pricing power would never consider such variables, right? However, they might just set a nice high price by pulling it out of the air and end up keeping the domain, parking it, raking in the PPC revenue and taking a few more trips a year to nicer locales for domain conferences. No, that would never happen.

Be careful what you wish for VVV. This one is going to touch on everyone. You too VVV. Maybe you worse.

[edited by: Webwork at 1:17 am (utc) on Aug. 25, 2006]