New Fees puts an end to Domain Tasters
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Gone are the days when domain tasters used to take benefit of the five day domain registration grace period to register domain names for spam, scams, and cyber-squatting. ICANN used to charge a measly 20c for new domain registrations, which was not refundable in the event of domain cancellation. This did not deter the domain tasters to register domain names in bulk, gain advantage of it for the duration of the grace period and then discard them before they could be billed.
However, with ICANN upping the penalty to $6.75 for unusual domain cancellations during the grace period, this trend has spiraled downwards, and for the better.
What is “domain tasting”?
Once a domain name is undergoing a registration process, there is an option to “add grace period”, which is offered by some domain registrars. This 5 day grace period allowed registrants to drop “mis-registered” domains. “Domain tasters” took advantage of these 5 free days to grab domain names in bulks, gain monetary value from it and then withdraw the registration before the bill was due.
Domain tasters used to make money from this practice with practically zero upfront investment. Bulk mistyped domain names were registered, and in many case, cybersquatted. All of these mistyped domain names used to drive people to the same website which used to contain advertising and even phished links to confuse the visitors in differentiating the current website from a legitimate one. Moreover, some domain tasters tracked the domain name availability search done by people, registered these domain names themselves and offered it to the public at a higher price.
ICANN’s response…
ICANN eventually responded by imposing rules that would make certain that domain tasters ended up with a sizable bill. ICANN began to identify people making bulk registrations and premature registration withdrawals, and only allowed them to cancel 10% of their registrations. Anything above that and the registrant has to pay $6.75 fee for each domain name cancelled.
The domino effect of this new regulation has been spectacular. With the new penalties taking effect, there has been a marked decrease in domain tasting. People have even gone to claim that the “end of domain tasting” has come.
I believe this move by ICANN was excellent and well timed, especially when we are so near to the opening of registration of generic TLD’s to the public. What do you think?
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September 18, 2009 pm30 7:22 pm
Its very worthy post. so, I am here to read this again. Its contain with very useful info.
September 21, 2009 pm30 8:07 pm
People tend to misuse a service to the extent of it getting out of their hands for ever.People could have really utilized this 5 day grace period for making more money and the finally going “online”.But short sightedness bears fruit only once.
Domain Tasters as the name suggests really did what their name implied,just tasted the pie to leave it uneaten in full.Their loss completely
September 21, 2009 pm30 10:36 pm
Lets hope it will nuke down some spammer kids
-Shanker Bakshi
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September 24, 2009 pm30 3:36 am
I am so confused, how did anyone ever get away with this? I work with Buy Domains (consultant only), but I had no idea anyone could do this.
Thanks again,
Lauren
September 25, 2009 pm30 9:17 am
I’ve never heard of domain tasting and I would say that it’s fiendishly clever except for its purpose. To Don’s point above, shortsightedness again rules the day. What if they put effort into a tactic that would bear fruit long-term, without junking up the web?
October 1, 2009 pm30 12:10 pm
Doesn’t Dynadot still over grace periods?
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October 4, 2009 pm30 7:09 am
I hadn’t really heard about this term ‘domain tasting’. Thanks for explaining it Nick.
How’s Richael doing?
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October 7, 2009 pm30 8:55 pm
After reading all comments of visitors, I found that most of people had not heard about domain testing. Its new for them.
October 8, 2009 pm30 4:21 am
I had no idea this existed either.
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October 26, 2009 pm30 11:40 pm
Hi,
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November 2, 2009 pm30 3:48 pm
The good thing about Dynadot is that there is no minimum purchase required to utilize the grace deletion function. You can use this service with a single registered domain.
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December 1, 2009 pm30 4:04 am
In what other ways is ICANN able to monitor the Internet?
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December 13, 2009 pm30 12:23 am
I don’t know what domain test it will be,but it will be like an aptitude kind of test alongwith some domain knowledge testing of yr.field.
December 19, 2009 pm30 11:06 am
It’s about time ICANN stepped up and did something about domain tasters. I agree with those who say “The end of domain tasting has come” because this enforcement will definitely stop domain tasters right in their tracks.
January 3, 2010 pm30 9:51 pm
Domain tasting is the practice of a domain name registrant using the five-day “grace period” at the beginning of the registration of an ICANN-regulated second-level domain to test the marketability of the domain.
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January 23, 2010 pm30 4:21 pm
Maybe you should consider selling your domain name. looks like people are making a lot of money these days doing just that. i read a CNN Money article just the other day about this website called http://wealth.to it looks like the domain such as this one is up for grabs for some hundred thousands of dollars… maybe you should think about doing the same.
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March 4, 2010 pm30 3:36 am
I missed a couple of lessons due to taster courses etc so I am catching up on the work . I’m a little stuck when it comes to domains and ranges , especially for inverse functions..
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April 16, 2010 pm30 10:22 pm
Selling lucrative domains has always been a good way to make a profit for as long as the net’s been around for the public, that’s for sure. You just can’t go wrong with that if you know your domain’s worth a lot to someone.
Till then,
Jean
April 26, 2010 pm30 3:00 am
Domain tasting is new to my vocabulary too. Thanks for the post.
May 8, 2010 pm30 12:52 am
Domain tasting is the practice of registering a domain, checking its traffic and revenue, and returning it for a full refund within 5 days if it doesn’t meet certain criteria.
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June 27, 2010 pm30 4:18 am
Nothing sucks more than a spam site when you mistype one of your favourite websites. Do they even generate revenue for the owners? Or have people become used to that “Mistyped” website type.
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July 12, 2010 pm30 9:17 pm
thanks for this great sharing
July 24, 2010 pm30 3:55 am
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August 4, 2010 pm30 10:28 pm
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September 3, 2010 pm30 4:22 pm
I am sure there are reputable players (for some value of reputable, at any rate) in that industry – and if so it’d be in their self interest to avoid kiting domains, and especially to avoid deliberately kiting or squatting on typo domains.
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