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ICANN Moves To Disable Domain Tasting

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-before-time dept.

jehnx writes "Following Google's crackdown on 'domain tasters', ICANN has voted unanimously to eliminate the free period that many domain buyers have been taking advantage of. At the same meeting they also discussed Network Solutions' front running but took no action on it."

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  1. Is this really about domain tasting by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Informative

    Or domain kiting? In tasting, customers register the domain for 5 days and use that up and then let it expire. In kiting, they delete the domain before the grace period is up and then re-register for another 5 day grace for the same domain.

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  2. Re:Where's the tag? by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Informative

    For those that don't know, Bruce Tonkin holds shares in Melbourne IT, which is an ICANN-approved registrar. Hence his conflict of interest.

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