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Article on domain name "tasting" - abuse of 5 day grace period

MGW

2007-02-20, 3:16 am

http://www.boston.com/business/tech...ted_for_profit/

Web name loophole exploited for profit
By Associated Press | February 19, 2007

NEW YORK -- It's not often you can compare Internet addresses with
clothing, but a growing practice comes close, contributing to a global
shortage in good names.
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Experts believe spammers and scam artists are also starting to use the
grace period as a source of free, disposable Web addresses.
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During the grace period, the entrepreneur puts up a Web page featuring
keyword search ads and receives a commission on each ad clicked.

Addresses likely to generate more than the $6 annual cost of domain
name are kept. The rest are thrown back into the pool on the fourth or
fifth day, only to be grabbed by another group of domain name tasters.

And because the process is automated -- the names are grabbed as soon
as they are let go -- legitimate registrants barely have a chance .
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MGW
I have yet to see a problem, however complicated, which when you looked at
it in the right way, did not become still more complicated. ~ Poul Anderson

Gwin

2007-02-20, 6:17 pm

On Feb 19, 8:12 pm, MGW <mgw1...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.boston.com/business/tech...2/19/web_nam...
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> Web name loophole exploited for profit
> By Associated Press | February 19, 2007
>
> NEW YORK -- It's not often you can compare Internet addresses with
> clothing, but a growing practice comes close, contributing to a global
> shortage in good names.
> ...
> Experts believe spammers and scam artists are also starting to use the
> grace period as a source of free, disposable Web addresses.
> ...
> During the grace period, the entrepreneur puts up a Web page featuring
> keyword search ads and receives a commission on each ad clicked.
>
> Addresses likely to generate more than the $6 annual cost of domain
> name are kept. The rest are thrown back into the pool on the fourth or
> fifth day, only to be grabbed by another group of domain name tasters.
>
> And because the process is automated -- the names are grabbed as soon
> as they are let go -- legitimate registrants barely have a chance .
> ...

june 06
http://www.bobparsons.com/article.php?id=118

Red E. Kilowatt

2007-02-20, 6:17 pm

Gwin <gwin@mindless.com> wrote in message:
1171972323.226405.45860@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com,

> On Feb 19, 8:12 pm, MGW <mgw1...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> june 06
> http://www.bobparsons.com/article.php?id=118

I'd like to know what loophole allows people to register names and then
dump them after a couple of days without paying. And I don't see how
it's even done.

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Red

Gwin

2007-02-20, 6:17 pm

On Feb 20, 9:38 am, "Red E. Kilowatt" <redkilowattREM...@aww-faq.org>
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> Gwin <g...@mindless.com> wrote in message:
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> 1171972323.226405.45...@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com,
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> I'd like to know what loophole allows people to register names and then
> dump them after a couple of days without paying. And I don't see how
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it's allowed via registrars, not the user ;)

MGW

2007-02-20, 6:17 pm

On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:38:32 -0800, "Red E. Kilowatt"
<redkilowattREMOVE@aww-faq.org> scrawled:

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> I'd like to know what loophole allows people to register names and then
> dump them after a couple of days without paying. And I don't see how
> it's even done.

It's explained in the article. It's the 5 day grace period. Read the
article for more info (I just posted excerpts).

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MGW
I have yet to see a problem, however complicated, which when you looked at
it in the right way, did not become still more complicated. ~ Poul Anderson

diabolical

2007-02-21, 6:17 pm

I daresay domain tasting isn't quite as bad as it is made out to be.
Domain kiting, on the other hand....