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afhof on Aug 5, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Website Screenshot Of Every Two-letter Domain

Real property isn't quite the same. With real property the owners have to pay taxes based on the land value which incentivizes owners to make use of the land.

With a short domain name, the owners waste the short name for the cheap price of domain registration ($20 max?).

toyg on Aug 5, 2013 [–]

That $20 is still a tax, albeit small.

The problem with the idea of charging parked domains is that defining what is "parked" is hard, and can easily be gamed.

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