[donmcronald]

IMO the biggest problem with anything that's not a .com is the registry owners. As a registrant I want low (or at least consistent) prices, minimal price increases, and an assurance the TLD is going to be around long term.

The registries constantly adjust pricing and the new registrant agreements aren't as good as the old ones (ex: no price caps). The registry operators probably think they're geniuses that are maximizing profits via price discrimination, but I think they're fools that don't understand their product or the target audience.

I don't care too much about premium pricing. It's the *fluctuating* pricing without any limits that turns me off. If shortsighted management ruins a TLD and it collapses, I don't want to be collateral damage. I know there's a bond to cover operations for a period of time, but that's not forever.

[cobertos]

For example, see the .audio domain or any of the other Uniregistry domains that went through a massive as much as 1400% price increase in 2017 after people had already bought domains. https://blog.dnsimple.com/2017/08/uniregistry-tld-price-incr...

It caused quite a stir. I luckily was able to get grandfathered pricing for a .audio domain through my registrar (namecheap). Although their system did fail at one point and charged me the non-grandfathered price at one point, and I had to go to support for a refund. What a headache