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Originally Posted by dannyz-zbuckz
Here's an idea. If the wholesale price is $62, why not at the very least offer this price to Webmasters who are only buying for the sole reason of protecting their brands? I paid $98.00 to Moniker to register Japanboyz.xxx, so basically any time I register a domain I have to protect my brand, I have to give $36 to the registrar. I think that's a rip off. If I wanted to protect all of my paysite brands, with 20 paysites, it means I'd be paying $720 per year just to the registration company and another $1240 per year to .xxx. While it may not sound like a huge amount, it certainly does effect our bottom lines.
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Mostly because we are a registRY not a registRAR, and we don't actually 'sell' domains, nor do we set the pricing for the registrars. Some registrars offer our domains for less than the amount that you paid, particularly if you purchased in bulk. (And by that I mean domains in bulk, not necessarily only ours.)
There was an option during Sunrise that allowed for blocking of exact domain string matches. Those companies that chose to participate in that paid a one time fee of $200 per domain.
May I turn your example around? You now own Japanboyz.xxx. You can take that $98 investment (or $1240 if that would be the cost to register all of your sites), and duplicate your .com on your new .xxx space. In doing that, you can take advantage of the benefits that are part of being a .xxx domain owner.
As we roll out consumer marketing in 2012, that means new eyes on your content that will see (if you choose to register for it) the McAfee trustmark, and that will know that browser settings will keep that content away from the eyes of their children.
YOU will know (when we determine our plan of action for piracy protection) that your content is protected, that RIGHT NOW we strictly enforce our standards with regard to cybersquatting and infringement, and you will have the opportunity (should you choose to take advantage of it) to integrate a micropayment system backed by familiar banks alongside your current payment processing.
Add up the costs of doing those things on your .com and the total is far more than $98 per year.
Just a thought. You already own the domain, why not make it work for you?