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From: George Musk <grgmusk@skiff.com>
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Who determines the price of domain names ?
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:27:32 -0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 14:19:38 -0000 (UTC), Spiros Bousbouras wrote:

> For example , consider a scenario where someone unknown buys a domain and
> creates a website on that domain. The website then becomes very popular. The
> registrar notices this and when it's time to renew , asks for a much higher
> price for the domain. The domain owner can move to a different registrar but
> other registrars may also notice the situation and do something analogous.
> Are there any mechanisms (for some TLDs) to prevent such a scenario ?

Likely relevant
https://domainnamewire.com/2022/06/24/can-registries-reclassify-your-domain-as-premium-before-renewal/