Re: [ga] domain tasting comments

[<chris@xxxxxx>]

The trend below would suggest that it is working, therefore why not make it 
40 cents to see if it will work even better? Then if that doesn't eliminate 
the problem, 60 cents, etc. etc.
The percentages still do not reflect the number of legitimate grace period 
drops. Just common sense to note that 1/3 of domain registrants do not 
accidentally misspell the name they want nor do that many change their mind. 
I doubt 1/3 of domain registrants realize they have a grace period at all. I 
would be willing to bet that no more than 2-3% of all domain name 
registrants know they have 5 days to change their mind.
It is not clearly stated at registrars during registration that the customer 
has 5 days in which they are allowed to change their mind about the domain 
name they are registering. If you disagree with that statement, then show me 
a place that does this. If the AGP had anything at all to do with protecting 
consumers/registrants, then this should be clearly posted. If the registrars 
truly believe they are keeping the AGP to protect registrants why is this 
information not offered clearly to every registrant during the registration 
process?
Insiders and professional domainers and tasters know they have the AGP. So 
nearly every single deletion within that 5 days is a taster. Show me proof 
that I am wrong on this. Show me proof that suggests registrars are actually 
trying to protect the consumer with the AGP. Since it does not come up in 
the registrtation process, this is a very hollow claim.
Take netsol for example. You search for a domain name. You do not register 
the name. They register it in their name. They claim they are doin g it to 
protect me in case you want to come back and register it. In the meantime it 
is unavailable at any other registrar. If they were protecting you, then why 
don't they register or reserve it in your name? In that 5 day hold anyone 
can register the name as long as they register it at netsol and not anywhere 
else. Why don't they or other registrars ask you "would you like us to hold 
this domain name for you for 5 days in case you still want it?". If they did 
they would satisfy the requirement that they have a "reasonable" expectation 
they will be paid for the domain name. Just a search query is not a 
"reasonable" expectation the searcher will want to register the name.
So whenever the registrars claim they want to keep the AGP and that it has 
something to do with protecting the consumer you can easily see why I do not 
believe them at all. If they begin notifying people who register a domain 
name that they have the option of changing their mind within 5 days, then I 
might begin to believe them.
Chris McElroy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roberto Gaetano" <roberto@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <chris@xxxxxx>
Cc: "'GA'" <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 1:13 AM
Subject: RE: [ga] domain tasting comments


> Chris:
>
> > So how many drops have there been during the grace period for
> > dot org since the 20 cent fee. You say it's proven so there
> > should be some proof of that somewhere.
> Indeed.
> Please have a look at http://www.icann.org/tlds/monthly-reports/.
>
> For .org, this is the situation of the percentages of delete within grace
> period from Mar 2007:
> Mar 2007: 90.3%
> Apr 2007: 90.82%
> May 2007: 91.88%     ***** please note the sudden drop next month, when 
> the
> new policy was started *******
> June 2007: 47.48%
> July 2007: 8.17%
> Aug 2007: 29.24%
> Sept 2007: 31.58%
> Oct 2007: 29.63%
>
> Cheers,
> Roberto