[registrars] Domain Tasting and Spying

["Jay Westerdal" <jwesterdal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ICANN Registrars,
We have seen a rise in complaints about domains getting registered a day
after a person does a search but the person didn't buy the domain the same
day. The person can only assume someone is spying on them when in fact some
registants out there are picking up 1M domains to taste and they overlap
with ones they looked at. I can only assume other Registrars are seeing the
same complaint in a larger scale. We have even put up an FAQ up on it (
http://support.domaintools.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kba
rticleid=8 ). I think the registrars should brainstorm on this during NZ,
curbing Domain Tasting would be a good thing for a majority of people. I am
more convinced now that Domain Tasting if allowed should be done with a
different thread type so people know the domain is still available.

Jay Westerdal
Name Intelligence, Inc.
http://www.nameintelligence.com