Change the Domain Name registration rules
Here is a brief overview of last week from my perspective….
Day 1: Come up with great new idea for a website
Day 2: Refine the idea
Day 3: Start to think about a name for the website
Day 4: Lay down some wicked designs
Day 5: Try find a domain name that isn’t parked
Day 7: Try find a domain name that isn’t parked
Every English word has already been registered as a domain name – most are not being used for anything and are simply parked. Almost every combination of 2 English words have already been registered as a domain name – most are not being used for anything and are simply parked.
Dear ICANN,
While I can understand that “getting there first” entitles you to certain privileges in life, I’m sure you’ve heard of the phrase “use it or lose it”.
Please change the domain registration rules so that if you register a domain name and haven’t done something (anything!) with it within a year, you lose it.
The rules as they currently stand stifle web development.
