Reminiscent of cryogenic labs that promise to keep your body frozen for hundreds of years until it can be revived. If people can trust a company to be in business 300 years from now and keep their frozen remains under tightly controlled physical conditions during that entire time, then keeping a domain name alive should be trivial. (Actually, in that light, "trivial" is a ridiculous understatement).
Anyway, what's so special about the current 10 year registration period? My bet is that in the future this period will be extended. And then any registrar who has the domain in their pocket for 100 years is just ahead of the game. What would NSI do if someone transfered a domain with 97 years of registration remaining to another registrar? Oops, I guess you lose 87 years or so. I can't think of a reason why _anyone_ couldn't offer the same deal. Registrar, reseller, or anyone else for that matter. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 6:43 AM Subject: Re: Netsol selling 100 Year Domain Service > JB wrote: > > > dnsadmin wrote: > > > > > Do you think this will be a very big seller? Or is another way for > > > them to get talked about in the media? > > > > Good business move. Well worth the price considering inflation etc.. > > Doesn't this assume that I can't beat inflation by investing my $999.99 > elsewhere? I'll take my chances ;-) > > > > > The thing is, do you trust Network Soltions (or godaddy) to keep your > > domain for 100 years? > > > > ~jb > > Who trusts they'll be in business 100 years from now? > > [look for hands] > > [sees none] > > Would anyone put their money on *any* company being in business 100 years > from now? > > I don't think it is something customers are demanding considering I haven't > had a legit ten year registration in four years of offering domains. Most > customers I see don't renew for more than 2 at a time. I'm sure there are > domain owners that do long renewals but individuals/small businesses don't > seem to. > > However, as a business move it is a good way to get some $$$. A fool and > their money...
