Re: Re[2]: [ga] domain tastinmg comments

[<chris@xxxxxx>]

Absolutely Karl. It is that simple.

Chris McElroy, NameCritic, Inc.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Karl Peters - TLDA 
  To: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 11:33 PM
  Subject: Re[2]: [ga] domain tastinmg comments


  Shane and Jeff, (and others)

         The problem I see with this is not in the money to registrars. (Though 
one might argue that they would make more  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  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.

         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.




  -Karl E. Peters