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Re[2]: [ga] domain tastinmg comments

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  • Subject: Re[2]: [ga] domain tastinmg comments
  • From: Karl Peters - TLDA <tlda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:33:56 -0500
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<p>Shane and Jeff, (and others)</p>
<p> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The problem I see with this is not in the money 
to registrars. (Though one might argue that they would make more&nbsp; money if 
all those domains were continuously available to those who wanted to pay the 
regular price for the registration and not the $295 I was offered for a .com I 
had recently decided not to register for $8.99 and still did not want.) Too 
many of these "tasters" are just playing the numbers at the end registrant's 
great expense! The end users who might want to register that many domains 
should have research departments to determine a much smaller number than a few 
thousand domains from which to choose. They should&nbsp; just register them if 
they think they will really need them. If not, why even play games with them? I 
would argue it is not those big companies that make real use of this "tasting" 
sham, but rather swindlers out for a fast buck with as little (or no!) downside 
possible. Yes, one can argue that it is entrepreeurship. I would say otherwise, 
because the person tasting never really bought or owned anything, not even the 
registration of the name. These are not things to be owned, but rather 
addresses registered to be used from the public trust, as administered by 
registrars who owe all people an equal shot at any given domain registration at 
a fair price. We should abolish the "tasting" scam and return to real business 
where people take a real risk for their real reward and do not remove any 
product from the market without having bought it first.</p>
<p> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Can anyone here point to a real company that 
"tasted" a few hundred domain names, returning most of them after a few days, 
so as to determine their usefulness to that company in actual use, not simply 
in brokering their sale? I bet not! Let's not live in this dream world. Let's 
get real and return the registry business to registrars and not hawks and 
swindlers out for a fast buck without risk, that also gums up the market for 
everyone else.</p>
<p><br></p>
<p>-Karl E. Peters</p>

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