I heard Moniker allows us to do domain tasting, I wonder if Godaddy or Namecheap allows us to do that... Which cheap registrar has this option (besides Moniker)?
Domain tasting = domain kitting (Bob Parsons term) Alot of registrars are doing this...and I dont think its good for registrars to do it since they are the ones with all the data... Basically just means regging a domain for traffic and deleting if its not what they wanted...
Just for my better understanding, does this means that registrars like godaddy regeisters the domain themeselves for few days and then delete whenever they want. Or does it mean they allow a general user to register for few days and buyer can cancel delete after few days?
Thats what I wanted to know...It seems Moniker allows us users to reg a domain and delete after 5 days, and we just pay $0.25 ICANN fee. I dont know whether the other registrars allow this... But many registrars are involved in this domain tasting business, and you will find even drop catchers acquiring alot of expired premium names for themselves...This has become a serious issue this year. Thats why many people are saying that their domain names got stolen just because they hesitated in regging a name... And thats why backordering only works for small names, not big names...
Domain tasting is where registrars are registering domains for themselves to test for traffic. They have like a 5 day grace period before they have to let it go and get a refund. So it's costing them nothing to test domains for traffic. Sucks aye.
It's actually within the 5-day (120-hour) period, not after. Registrars won't be refunded if the domain name's beyond that. Moniker's able to afford it. Others can't or won't...yet.
The regulations are in place for registrations made in error, etc. Obviously it's a loophole which can be easily exploited though.
Yes, Moniker allows traffic testing for 4 days then customers can delete them minus a small ICANN fee. I think it is worth because it allows one time to refine their portfolio!
I think it's safe to say anyone who actively practices "domain tasting" is simply buying up domains to set up spam sites. Let's face it, 4-5 days is a terrible sampling of traffic, on a real site it'll take that long just to get set up and debug stuff, let alone actually GET traffic, unless you've spammed tons of sites with your links.
traffic = revenue That's all the registrars care about. You don't necessarily need lots of traffic to see a ROI either. They are not setting up sites on these domains, there all parked pages.
Domain tasting is SOOOOOOO crooked. If you're going to allow people to speculate on the market, at least make them pay for it... It's like if the stock exchange allowed you a 5 day return guarantee...
The registrars are at the source: They eat first. It is like with anything else. If some people want it, some of them will pay for it. So if You have it, You can offer to sell it at any price You like. As with domains.
RegisterFly is offering this option since July 2005, when they ran along another promotion: your dot.NAME registered for free during 60 days with no commitments. Promotion which is coming up again, but this time for 90 days.
Domain Tasting is not for end users only for registrars Registars pay the Registry per month so register and delete some thousands names are just a + and - to their bills
http://digg.com/tech_news/Domain_Tasting_Another_Way_ICANN_Blew_Domain_Registration this is dirty and bad for the web
The 5 days grace period is not new. It's as old as i can remember The fact that nowadays is being used/abused for tasting doesn't make this wrong or parked ads are wrong too as the guy says in the article TanMonkey posted above