Comments on: NameKing Still King of Domain Tasting

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By: Dave Zan

Dave Zan — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:07:00 +0000

The only way I see domain tasting to be 100% gone, is if the AGP itself is gone!

Unfortunately the AGP isn’t going to be done away with, as registrars catering to end users need that to correct mistakes or fraudulent registrations. And I doubt users want to pay and keep misspellings, which really and seriously happens as I’ve dealt with a few in my past registrar life.

By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:44:57 +0000

@ Adam – yes, I added up all of eNoms to get the 100k+. The catch is, each of there registrars counts as one, and most of them don’t have any registrations. So they will have to taste all of them through one registrar (or ones that get real registrations).

Good point on “renting” other registrars for tasting. Someone could rent from GoDaddy, which registers enough domains each month to make tasting a possibility. Of course, then you’ll probably read about that on this site

By: Adam Oyster

Adam Oyster — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:21:26 +0000

There are several entities with multiple creds (e.g. Oversee which owns NameKing, Snap, and all their subsidiary registrars; Enom which owns several dozen; Pool/Momentous; Dotster/Mydomain; and more). Add up all the 10%’s and you can still test domains.

You’ll still see domain testing, it will just be more spread out.

Renting creds for testing could become profitable for registrars who’ve been hurt by declining revenue in the drops.

Those who are against the AGP and domain testing are ill-informed. It doesn’t not significantly impair the security or stability of the net, and those who say otherwise are propagandists who dislike advertising and capitalism.

By: cj

cj — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:50:35 +0000

I see this cutting down the tasting by about 90% not eliminating it. Previously enom and snapnames would register 99.9% of the drop and delete it within the rgp. Using the new rules they would have to be very selective (90% more selective) on their tastes. This also brings up a new question for the registrars that allow customer deletions. Will this be discontinued, or will it come with the same limits or increase in price?

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:26:36 +0000

The only way I see domain tasting to be 100% gone, is if the AGP itself is gone!

Once a domain is registered, it’s registered for the amount of time paid for, Period!

If you make a typo, you will be more careful next time…