Domain Rental?

[alex]

Does anyone here have personal experience with domain rental? As in, a limited (multi-)year lease of the use of your domain to another company to host their site.

Is this a viable option in general, and specifically for IDN domains?

Do companies see this as an acceptable option to have their primary web presence based on a leased domain?

Obviously, this kind of a agreement would be weighted in favor of the domain owner, in case that the market value of the domain significantly increases in the future. The benefit to the lessee would be lower initial cost of establishing a site with a strong domain name.

I'm sure negotiations and contracts would be exponentially more complicated with an international transaction, but it seems like the rental option might be worth exploring for extremely high-end domain names.

Any thoughts?

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by alex

Does anyone here have personal experience with domain rental? As in, a limited (multi-)year lease of the use of your domain to another company to host their site.

Is this a viable option in general, and specifically for IDN domains?

Do companies see this as an acceptable option to have their primary web presence based on a leased domain?

Obviously, this kind of a agreement would be weighted in favor of the domain owner, in case that the market value of the domain significantly increases in the future. The benefit to the lessee would be lower initial cost of establishing a site with a strong domain name.

I'm sure negotiations and contracts would be exponentially more complicated with an international transaction, but it seems like the rental option might be worth exploring for extremely high-end domain names.

Any thoughts?

All of domains would be available for rental on favourable conditions.

[261275]

Hi,

I lease some, if u need a contract let me know


- make sure u dont escrow it or transfer....u control the dns,also make sure if they sell the site (domain included) whats minimum selling price u agree to and how much are you getting of it...


Michael

[Rubber Duck]

Yes,

I was only really consider providing them Nameserver or URL Forwarding on the domain. No, I don't need a contract, but a potential Client might.

If they wish to sell the site then they would need to negociate for the domain name, or perhaps a purchase option could be negociated as part of the lease agreement.

If they required a fixed length of lease with renewal rights then that too would need to be negociated.

If you let me know what you might be interested and what rental you would consider reasonalbe we can try and move this one forward.

Best Regards
Dave Wrixon

Originally Posted by 261275

Hi,

I lease some, if u need a contract let me know


- make sure u dont escrow it or transfer....u control the dns,also make sure if they sell the site (domain included) whats minimum selling price u agree to and how much are you getting of it...


Michael

[alex]

Thanks for the comments. It seems like domain rental may be the natural direction for the industry to go if you extend the "domain space as land" metaphor.

The question is whether or not companies looking to establish a new site can be convinced to lease rather than purchase outright.

Another potential point of contention might be how much value the lessee adds to the domain name through its' promotion and development of the site. As opposed to value added by overall increase in the domain name market and increases due to end-user acceptance of IDNs.

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by alex

Thanks for the comments. It seems like domain rental may be the natural direction for the industry to go if you extend the "domain space as land" metaphor.

The question is whether or not companies looking to establish a new site can be convinced to lease rather than purchase outright.

Another potential point of contention might be how much value the lessee adds to the domain name through its' promotion and development of the site. As opposed to value added by overall increase in the domain name market and increases due to end-user acceptance of IDNs.

Alex,

As I see it would be the same as every other real estate market. Leasing only occurs when it makes more financial sense than buying the freehold. Often reason for doing this are reducing risk or leveraging one's investment.

[bwhhisc]

Just a thought. You would be basically subleasing....since technically you are only "renting" your domain names as well with your "rent" paid on an annual or multi-year basis.

[Giant]

Originally Posted by bwhhisc

Just a thought. You would be basically subleasing....since technically you are only "renting" your domain names as well with your "rent" paid on an annual or multi-year basis.

I think you do OWN the RIGHT to use the domain as long as you pay the fee. The name is not any body's property, it's your own invention based on a set of (.com)rules. If you are the first one to invent it and pay the fee to list it in the registry, you own the right to use it.