Re:Ask HN: What are your unused domain names?
by simonswords82 on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @01:17PM
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Hey thanks for the feedback.
There are already a great many companies out there who monitor expiry dates of domains and SSLs; their “slant” is that they send you renewal emails based on renewing the service with them at their inflated fee. Or even reasonable fee, but the idea being that they are capturing business. Whilst they might defend that it is clear who they are and you should know who you bought your domains/SSL through, the fact is that by sending someone an official looking email there are plenty of “oh shit don’t want to lose that, best renew…”
I'd be nervous about getting a name as a bit of a scammy company. I also think that I'd rather people opted in to a service that they derive value from. We could of course still sell domain name renewal and SSL certs most likely by partnering with a domain registrar.
There are already a great many companies out there who monitor expiry dates of domains and SSLs; their “slant” is that they send you renewal emails based on renewing the service with them at their inflated fee. Or even reasonable fee, but the idea being that they are capturing business. Whilst they might defend that it is clear who they are and you should know who you bought your domains/SSL through, the fact is that by sending someone an official looking email there are plenty of “oh shit don’t want to lose that, best renew…”
I'd be nervous about getting a name as a bit of a scammy company. I also think that I'd rather people opted in to a service that they derive value from. We could of course still sell domain name renewal and SSL certs most likely by partnering with a domain registrar.
All food for thought...