We won’t profit on .Sucks: MarkMonitor
Firm will charge modest service fee on “Extortion domain”.
Brand protection domain name registrar MarkMonitor states it understands its clients will feel compelled to pay for a .sucks domain name, but it won’t profit from the registrations.
The firm states it will charge just $25 above wholesale for the domain names. The registry has set a suggested retail price of $2,499 for a .sucks sunrise registration. Even without charging a mark-up, brand holders ought to expect to pay well over $1,000 for a sunrise domain name registration.
.Sucks has a business model that, well, sucks.
As noted on TheDomains, owners of popular brands and firms that have protected their trademarks in other extensions are likely to pay more to register a domain name.
People that want to register a domain name to gripe regarding a firm will pay comparatively little. People who use a registry-endorsed platform for gripe sites can pick up domains for just $10 a year.
The registry juxtaposes the power of .sucks with the civil rights movement. I’m not kidding.
Firms might just swallow the extortion fee and pay up. It might be difficult to get a .sucks domain returned through a UDRP, especially if both the brand holder and registrant are in the United States.
That stated, if a registrant offers to sell a brand.sucks to the trademark holder, or tries to monetize a gripe site, a firm could probably get the domain name through a UDRP. When it comes time to pay for renewal, still, they’ll have to pay up.
