Is renting your domain to someone illegal?

[ClicketyKat]

I don't know all the laws pertaining to domains, so I'm curious if it's illegal to rent your domain to someone? Of course, you'd have to have a really valuable domain to make that work. I don't have one of those, yet!

 

[Kane]

I don't even know how this renting domain actually works. Are there people willing to pay you money just for using the domain name? Wouldn't they be more interested in buying their own domain instead of renting?

 

[Jason]

No, not that I know of. However, I totally forgot the internet address of that place where I rented from a long time ago. I had a really cool, powerful name.

 

[Mostee501]

Renting a domain to someone is not inherently illegal. Domain rental is a legitimate business practice where the owner of a domain allows someone else to use it for a specified period of time in exchange for payment.

 

[Jason]

Wouldn't they be more interested in buying their own domain instead of renting?

Well, in a lot of cases, people don't have the cash to buy. In that case, a very valuable domain with heavy marketing power might be good for renting. Of course, renting, from the POV of the owner, could be useful when he/she cannot sell it easily.

 

[glitch]

I don't think so. I mean, I am not sure why you would want to do this. It poses security risks for both people involved and seems rather strange to do.