yes, $8 per year is what I -- or any guy on the street -- can pay to get a domain name. This is why if you see a good name, you buy it first and then think about it later.

The reason you don't dump domain names is because other people may have linked to the old domains. If you had linked to VBAPI and we dumped the domain, then your link is now bad. By keeping the domain, we don't break other people's links. Since those links are still going to our pages, it is usually worth the small token amount of money.

Of course, this is me speaking. I could ask why we -- Jupitermedia -- don't dump names. I know that sometimes we do; however, the reason I mention above is what I'd guess to hear.

Brad!