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

["Dominik Filipp" <dominik.filipp@xxxxxxxx>]

Karl,
 
Very good point. And indeed another way of effective abuse even over
small number of domains within AGP.
I think we could find more and more examples of effective abuse
regardless of how many/few domains are available for speculation in such
manner.
 
Karl, I would suggest you consider elaborating on this a little and then
post it to the domain tasting comment forum. It ends 28 Mar 2008
officially.
 
Indeed a remarkable finding...
 
Dominik
 

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From: owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Karl Peters - TLDA
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 5:54 PM
To: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Shane Kinsch
Cc: jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re[2]: [ga] domain tastinmg comments






> In general, you pay a fine of $2,851,200 just to sample 18,000,000
domain names in a year and keep only the ones that barely pay for
themselves.  Thats not good business sense anyway you look at it.  I
would estimate a much higher drop rate such as 90+%.

>  

> If ICANN would enact a penalty as such, that anything over a nominal
percentage is charged $0.20/drop would take care of this and everyone
else.  The legit registrars are happy and the tasters/kiters will go
away.  Its not feasible for them to keep operating.




So you want to talk about numbers and feasibility instead of right and
wrong? OK...

       Let's say a scammer picks up 500 domains under this tasting
policy and sends out solicitations as we have described and discussed to
sell them at $295 per domain for people to "complete" their
registrations of the major TLDs' domains of their name. 

       Let's say that of these five hundred names that are tied up and
unavailable for consumers for a week (perhaps the one time they will try
for that name for some time to come, if they are not sufficiently
skeptical and aware of the effects of tasting), they successfully sell 2
of them, but for less than advertised. 

       Let's say they settle for $500.00 for the two registrations they
sell and then return the other 498 domains at $0.20 each penalty, or
$99.60. This scammer just made a profit of $400.40 for one week of free
e-mails based on improper marketing of unregistered domains and I still
have no example of any corporation who has used this program as it was
intended.




-Karl E. Peters