[ga] Domain Tasting is Dead

[George Kirikos <gkirikos@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi folks,

I noticed from www.dailychanges.com (in particular the sections near
the bottom with "NEW" domains and "DELETED" domains that for the most
part, domain tasting is now dead. Some folks doubted that the problem
would end with the non-refundable ICANN fee, but it's pretty clear that
the economic solution did work.

Hopefully economics will continue to be a way to deter other abusive or
undesirable practices in the future.

Just off hand, one of the reasons that there are some registrars with
multiple accreditations is that it's a way to get access to extra
"threads" for expired domains, and for extra "firepower" during
sunrises/landrushes. With appropriate economic changes (i.e. paying for
extra threads, or for sunrise/landrush access), all that wasted
paperwork, etc. setting up multiple registrars could be eliminated, and
a "win-win" solution could be achieved.

Sincerely,

George Kirikos
http://www.kirikos.com/