{"id":55,"date":"2009-11-25T08:43:04","date_gmt":"2009-11-25T08:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.above.com\/blog\/?p=55"},"modified":"2013-10-17T20:55:58","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T09:55:58","slug":"what-is-domain-tasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.above.com\/blog\/what-is-domain-tasting","title":{"rendered":"What is Domain Tasting?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Domain Tasting is the practice of purchasing several
\navailable domain names and then utilizing the five-day grace period to decide
\nwhich of the domains will be profitable to own and releasing those that are not
\nfinancially beneficial. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

I<\/span>n
\nthe past it was free to return a domain within a five day period, <\/span>the
\ngrace period of five days was developed to allow domainers to return names that
\nhad errors; an example of a genuine error is a spelling mistake.<\/span> On the 1st<\/sup> of July 2008,
\nICANN<\/a> decided they would introduce a fee of US$0.20 per domain that was deleted
\nwithin the five day grace period. <\/span>As of the 1st<\/sup> of
\nApril 2009, new rules were implemented and Verisign began charging a full fee
\nif you deleted more than 10% of your registrations in that month.  <\/span>This leaves the ability to delete 10% of the
\ntotal new domain registrations for a fee of around $0.20- this fee depends on
\nwhich ICANN<\/a> agreement you are on. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Domain Tasting still exists, regardless of the
\nregistration fee; due to price increases and the inability to receive refunds
\ndomainers are far more selective now than in the past.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Domain Tasting allows domainers to find domains that they
\ncan monetize, develop or sell. Domain Tasting also benefits companies, such as
\nregistrars, registries and ICANN<\/a>, as they make a higher profit thru
\nregistrations. Google and Yahoo and other domain parking feed providers make larger
\nprofits too as they have more inventories to sell and advertisers have new
\ninventory in which they can advertise on. When users go to the incorrect site,
\nthey will not see ‘this website does not exist’ errors, instead they are often
\nprovided with useful links to the sites that they expected to view, helping
\npeople find what they are looking for.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Domain Kiting is the procedure of deleting a domain name
\nduring the five day grace period then immediately re-registering it for another
\nfive day grace period. Every time a domainer drops a domain, they risk losing
\nit. The intention of this was to be able to have a domain registered without actually
\npaying a registration fee. Domain Kiting has become non-existent due to the
\nintroduction of the ICANN <\/a>fee. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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