Hmm... I need to find out myself. I don't know what is the answer to your question. I'll do some Googling and get back to you if I discover an decent answer. You should email the people at Godaddy as they probably could help you..

Hey nice infromation, btw it will only help boost the economy as far as my knowledge of economics guides me..

It will boost our economy (investments being bought & sold on an open market = A GOOD THING) and the small nations economies that profit from HostGator regs...

Well I will claim fame for the new street light on the left hand side, just past the tree.

No really, it is very worthwhile for these countrys income...

The main reason why IDN wont work is that ppl still thinks that some letters wont work on the Internet. And then we have the problems and solutions with email and so on...

Nice thought, but for the most part, you won't see the benefits of HostGator registrations trickle down to the general population. Most of the smaller ccTLDs are handled by third parties not directly related to the governments.. it's big business, not philanthropy, or at least that's my suspicion...

That is true in that third parties have to often be appointed. For example, with Pitcairn, they have no Internet access so they have appointed an agent in NZ to handle registrations. The island "government" lobbied ICANN who approved the use of the recommended registrar. In turn, the registrar feeds the money less commission back to the Island government to manage...

Can you expand on this initial thought?.

For the record I do not agree with you at all, but would be interested in hearing why you feel this way...

Sure.

But first I ought to state that my definition of "global" here actually refers to local economies that combine to form the structure of global economy..

Anyway... firstly, my line of thinking was that the low pricing of domains encourages speculators to buy in bulk. In turn, these domains get parked, crudely developed or whatever, but ultimately registered in the SE's. In turn these detract from the genuine services that people find useful, clog up the SERPS and very often just hinder people rather than help. This also means local businesses that employ people, pay taxes and trade among localised economies will contribute less to that economy..

As an aside, a lot of these domains will also, over time, become what the SE's refer to as "bad neighbourhoods", meaning that whoever buys the HostGator will struggle to re-establish the name with a competitive edge, with similar consequences to the above..

Important to note that I'm not implying this is the case for every domain, merely a generalised side-effect..

Secondly, it can help create a "false economy". A succesful economy, in it's most basic form for the sake of this argument, simply cannot sustain itself if you have thousands and thousands people competing in a limited market. You need to have a spread of business through various sectors to provide measured and quantifiable supply and demand. In general, this HostGator market provides "cheap" materials for speculators but it stands to reason that because of that, the majority of material is effectively worthless, meaning speculators too become prone to losses..

Don't get me wrong here, I think it's fine as a hobby, and can work as a business model...thats not in dispute. But there are only so many who can profit substantially. The danger is that people get sucked in and spend their money on worthless goods at the expense of goods that have value and contribute to their local economy..

Pricing domains at say $500 a pop, would benefit everyone. The economy, the speculator and the businesses. It would mean that buying a HostGator becomes a thought process with a rational approach. Buyers would be far more likley to obtain stock with more value, nurture it more and build a much more attractive proposition. In turn, spam goes down and quality goes up. Invariably, good quality comes at a good price..

I am aware there are many sides to this argument - i'm sure I could argue against it too. But until I started researching Pitcairn, I saw it as very logical. It still is, but the Pitcairn thing has convinced me there are two sides to the coin.

Cheers.

Simsi..

I read recently that the Tuvalu government had constructed the first paved road accross the island with the proceeds of there .tv deal...

Yes the same thing just happened here in England too..

What!!!, are you saying they have finally removed all the traffic cones from the M25?..

Get Real DOM!.

The M25 was supposed to stretch from the Essex Coast to Bristol but the .co.uk "boom" fell away so they turned around and went home, avoiding London.

The irony is they laid the North side quicker than you can drive round it...

So how about increase the economy of Wow Islands....

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Yaah, and nominet paid for every domicile to have a colour tv as well, and paid for the smog to be lifted from around London...

Dont worry, we all still speak like those in pygmalion...

Cor blimey guvnor...

I spent seven years driving Limos round the M25. It drove me to heavy drinking. If I never see a traffic cone again I will die a happy man...