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Home :: ICANN 18 Dec 2008 ICANN sets the schedule to kill domain tasting ICANN Domain tasting, as everyone probably knows by now, is the disreputable practice of registering lots of domains, seeing how much traffic they get, and then using the five day Add Grace Period (AGP) to refund the 99.9% of them that aren't worth paying for. A related abuse is front running, registrars speculatively grabbing domains that people inquire about to prevent them from using a different registrar. Back in April, the ICANN GNSO (the subgroup that deals with generic TLDs, i.e., all but the two-letter country codes) voted to set a new policy to get rid of domain tasting. And now, eight short months later, it's finally about to become ICANN policy. The new AGP Limits Policy is quite reasonable: a registrar can only refund 10% of its new registrations each month, with a small loophole for one-time screwups. Normal registrars refund 1% to 2% of their registrations, while tasters have been refunding close to 100%, so this should do the trick. The new schedule says that registries should implement the new limits soon, and in no case later than March 31. I don't understand why it takes nearly a year to get from the GNSO resolution to implementation, but surely better late than never. In parallel ICANN board made the 20 cent ICANN fee non-refundable beyond 10% of registrations, effective in the 2009 budget year which started in July. ICANN reports that in July refunds dropped by 84%. Update: The original version of this article said that the 20 cent refund rule would start next July, not this July. posted at: 11:14 :: permanent link to this entry :: 0 comments comments...        (Jump to the end to add your own comment) Add your comment... Note: all comments require an email address to send a confirmation to verify that it was posted by a person and not a spambot. Your email won't be displayed unless you check the box below, and won't be used for other purposes.   Name: Email: you@wherever (required, for confirmation) Title: (optional) Comments: Show my Email address Save my Name and Email for next time

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