ICANN to end Domain Tasting!

[Nomar]

ICANN has announced an end to domain tasting.

Now whether you register domain names for five or 365 days you have to
pay the full registration fees.

Google also has plans to stop serving ads on domains registered less than
five days.

Let's share your opinions on domain tasting and whether google did the
right thing and claim a holier than thou position?

This blog post has good information about it

A confidential informant says Google will stop monetizing all domains if they are less then five days old. This potential new policy change by Google could stop all Domain Tasting in its tracks. The Add Grace Period (AGP) is a time period when registrars can delete a domain at no cost, but in this time frame a registrant could register millions of these temporary domains and place Google Adsense for Domains on them. The result is the ability to produce millions of temporary websites that literally generate millions of dollars in income per week for Google. It was disclosed in court that one of Google’s partners was generating as much as 3 million dollars a month from the practice, and that was after Google’s revenue share. Oversee.net and other companies have been using this practice for years and it will have a direct impact on them. The gravy train of free money might be coming to a halt very fast. This policy change at Google should be announced to the channel partners soon and it will have a huge echoing impact on the Industry.

[Adulu]

Is it means we can't delete domain under five days?

[Nomar]

you can, but you pay the full registration, so you can better keep it !! I think this is a good improvement, and google is really helping with their "no adsense on domains less then 5 days old"

[Adulu]

That's the great policy which prevent large domain investment company abuse delete feature.
domain world will be peace

[jackyboy]

Ahh...I see thats a good move, thanks for this news.

So, will domain registrar still deduct $0.2 as ICANN fee??

[Rano]

Cool! Google might fight against this to by not accepting domains that are less then 5 days registered!!! Way to go !

[Massive]

Originally Posted by Rano

Cool! Google might fight against this to by not accepting domains that are less then 5 days registered!!! Way to go !

Cool! It won't hurt us!

[Gnome]

this is best news ever!
I picked the perfect time to setup a domain parking site