Would free domains upend the retail domain market?

There will be plenty of free and low cost domain registration options, but don’t expect them to have a big impact on the domain registration market. I’ve had a number of conversations with people over the past month about the idea of free (as in no cost) domain names. Will some new top level domain applicants give their domains away for free? Will this upend the market for domain registrations? In short, I think the answers are “yes” to the former and “no” to the later. First, it’s important to distinguish that there are two types of “free”. One type is where you get a free domain that is tied to a service. The service may be free, but you are restricted to using your free domain only with that service. An example would be if Google gave free .blog domains but you had to use its Blogger platform with the domain. To me, that’s not like getting a free domain. It’s like getti...

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