System and method for providing a one-time payment to secure the rights to a domain name

摘要

Disclosed are exemplary techniques for securing rights to a domain name for an extended time period. A customer provides domain registration information and a one-time registration payment to a registrar. The registrar may invest at least a portion of the one-time registration payment and use at least a portion of the return on the investment to pay for subsequent registrations of the domain name with a domain name registry so that the domain name remains registered to the customer for the time period requested and paid for by the customer. Any portion of the investment returns in excess of the registry payment made to the domain name registry may be reinvested, disbursed as profit, or a combination thereof.