Re: [ga] ICANN Board Recommends Action on Domain Tasting

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Glen and all,

  Well not unexpected, but a seriously bad and ineffective move
and/or decision by the Board as the future will eventually
show.  These "Fees" will only be charged back to ligitimate
registrants as a cost of doing bad business by registrars and
registries and have little long term impact on Tasting.

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> http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-29jan08.htm
> ICANN Board Recommends Action on Domain Tasting
>
> Suggested fee change would effectively eliminate tasting
>
> 29 January 2008
>
> MARINA DEL REY, Calif.: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
> Numbers is looking to effectively end domain tasting with a proposal to
> start charging the annual ICANN fee on registrar domain registrations.
>
> Domain tasting is the use of the Add Grace Period to test the
> profitability of a domain name registration. The AGP is a five-day
> period following the initial registration of a domain name when the
> registration may be deleted and a credit can be issued to a registrar.
>
> "Domain tasting has been an issue for the Internet community and ICANN
> is offering this proposal as a way to stop tasting," said Dr Paul
> Twomey, ICANN's President and CEO. "Charging the ICANN fee as soon as a
> domain name is registered would close the loophole used by tasters to
> test a domain name's profitability for free."
>
> AGP was originally introduced by registries so registrars could avoid
> costs if a domain name was mistyped or misspelled during the
> registration process. It is part of the .com, .net, .org, .info, .name,
> .pro, and .biz registry contracts.
>
> Tasting has been a serious challenge for the Internet community and has
> grown exponentially since 2004. In January 2007 the top 10 domain
> tasters accounted for 95% of all deleted .com and .net domain names - or
> 45,450,897 domain names out of 47,824,131 total deletes.
>
> The proposal will be part of the ICANN budget process for the fiscal
> year starting 1 July 2008. The early draft version of that budget will
> be released for and discussed at ICANN's New Delhi meeting later this
> month. After public discussions of this proposal and other budget
> issues, the proposed budget will be released for addition discussions by
> 17 May 2008 and be voted on at the board meeting to be held during the
> ICANN meeting in Paris in June. ICANN accredited registrars representing
> two-thirds of fees collected will be asked to approve the proposal.
>
> "This idea came from the ICANN community and we think it is a viable
> solution the Internet community has been seeking," Dr Twomey added.
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> Glen de Saint Géry
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