R.I.P Domain Tasting! ICANN Votes 13-0 Against Tasting!
Posted on | January 31, 2008 | No Comments
No More Domain Tasting! WOW. Can’t really believe it. There was a 13-0 vote against domain tasting. I’ve made my share of mistakes when registering domains, so this kind of makes me feel bad for those starting out with domaining. What does this mean? This means that you can no longer delete/return a domain purchased for credit/refunds.
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. During this period, when a registration must be fully refunded by the domain registry, a cost-benefit analysis is conducted by the registrant on the viability of deriving income from advertisements being placed on the domain’s web site.
A lot of people are saying that Network Solutions is the one to blame for this. With their recent “hijacking searches” fiasco, they basically ruined it for the industry. Taking something like hijacking domain searches and keeping the domains for themselves let everything spiral out of control. This is freakin’ huge news. Will companies like SnapNames keep registering thousands of domains per day? Wow. Really have no clue. I say this will overall have a huge positive impact on the industry. My reasons being people will start to be more careful about what they buy; typo domain registrations will decline; and most importantly, domain hunting will be more fun since more domains will be available! Did ICANN just cleanse the domain industry?
No reports on when this will take effect, but like I said… 2008 is going to be one hell of a year! ICANN Domain Tasting Report
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