Re: [ga] price policy

["kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Veni, maybe we are not defining spammer in the same way or the
businessperson doesn't understand or there is miscommunication. More
expensive domain names do deter domain tasting and speculation and junk
websites which some people call spam. However, spammers, email spammers do
not need millions of domain names. They send millions of mailers from each
domain name they own.

So if you mean having a minimum would affect domain tasters and the building
of Made for Adnonsense websites, then you are correct, however it would also
affect users negatively.

Chris McElroy aka NameCritic
http://www.articlecontentprovider.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Veni Markovski" <veni@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Tim Ruiz" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx>; "Veni Markovski" <veni@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Prophet Partners Inc." <Domains@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
<ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 5:36 PM
Subject: RE: [ga] price policy


> When someone is making a point, and this someone
> comes from a respected company that has a problem, then I listen.
> The observatoins show that spammers use most of
> the time domain names which are cheap, rather
> than domain names which are expensive. While your
> calculation may be right - I don't know that -
> the observations are clear. Note that I am not taking a side.
>
> I'd say that it's not the same if someone buys 1
> million domain names at $ 1 each, or at $ 6 each.
> But in anycase - the bigger point is if ICANN
> should regulate or not. I asked Karl similar
> question, but haven't heard from him.
>
> veni
>
> At 02:22 PM 10.10.2006 '?.'Ъ┬Ж  -0700, Tim Ruiz wrote:
> >Veni,
> >
> >I didn't take Ted's comment as comparing spam to
> >murders. I understood him to be referring to the
> >desired result - the likelihood that a floor
> >price on domain names will reduce spam.
> >
> >But I do think your analogy to junk mail - spam
> >through the post - is a bad analogy. A spammer
> >will pay once for a domain name (figuring they
> >cannot use it beyond a year, likely a lot less)
> >and the cost is spread out over millions of
> >pieces of spam. So a floor price on a domain
> >name is going to increase their costs by a very tiny amount per peice.
> >
> >Tim
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Veni Markovski
> http://www.veni.com
>
> check also my blog:
> http://blog.veni.com
>
>
>
>
>
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