Domain Tasting

[Nilgesz]

Nowadays I want to get into domaining and build my portfolio slowly:)
I've heard a lot about domain tasting, which company allows to taste 3-4K domains for 10 days?

Thanks
Nilgesz

[TheWatcher]

I personally think that companies that engage in domain tasting should be rounded up and steamrollered!!!! :D

Once you get burned by a domainer using tasting you'll likely never use them again.

I check domains through NameBoy before deciding to purchase as I know they don't use that underhand technique.

[Nilgesz]

"Once you get burned by a domainer using tasting you'll likely never use them again."
What is the problem with tasting if I taste my own list?:) I've heard others do it with success.

[zigzag007]

Explain to me what tasting is...

[Xphic]

I thought it was 5 days

[Fka200]

I personally think that companies that engage in domain tasting should be rounded up and steamrollered!!!! :D

Once you get burned by a domainer using tasting you'll likely never use them again.



Agreed.



It is 5 days, not 10.

[dnk]

Tasting is increasingly going to be difficult due to registry restrictions

[Nilgesz]

Yeah I made a bit research on this topic, and didn't found my lazy bulk solution:)

[briteday]

This article seems to clue one in quickly (it did me):

http://www.icannwatch.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/31/132213

So, it would seem not much worth pothering about...

[briteday]

Yeah I made a bit research on this topic, and didn't found my lazy bulk solution:)

Oh, and Nilgesz... I have FOUND my lazy bulk solution... but I don't think me ready to share THAT secret! LOL! I will point you to the TDNAM Fire sale though. Good Luck!

[Nilgesz]

Oh, and Nilgesz... I have FOUND my lazy bulk solution... but I don't think me ready to share THAT secret! LOL! I will point you to the TDNAM Fire sale though. Good Luck!

Thank you Briteday! Just wanted to test a list.

[judy9]

dynadot lets you taste domains for 5 days but you really need to be on the ball with the timing. I was too late with some domains and am now stuck with them for the year.

[domnom]

As an old domainer i can say that tasting can be very profitable but it needs very deeeeeep pockets
Even for a registrar it's not easy. To "taste" for example 100,000 domains you prepay to the .com/.net... registry the amount of the domains as you do in real registrations. So rounding the money with 100K names and $6 per name you have to pay $600,000 upfront. Of course when you delete them the registry doesn't refund you, it keeps them to your account for future registrations.
Imagine to give $600K and hear next day that tasting is over. It's risky and that is the main reason why not even companies with large cash but not a pile of customers don't attempt it

Only %1 is valuable and many times even less

When you try to do it for 1000 names or so you just search for a needle at the haystack

[GreatDomainRace]

I thought it was 5 days

It is only 5 days down to the minute the domain was purchased. A lot of registrars, if they see a pattern of domain registrations and refunds, will warn you first then refuse refunds if the "tasting" continues.