Domain Tasting Registrars

[Charley]

Few questions that cropped up regarding tasting.

- Which registrars provide tasting for idn's and normal names [ com, de ]?

- Do they accept Paypal?

- How long I can taste them before I can actually register it?

- Can I put the domain during the tasting period on auction and also park it?

Cheers.

 

[briguy]

Okay I will bite.... what is "tasting"
or is it a typo for testing
anyway with my very limited experience..I can give you these asnwers
(1) maybe
(2) depends
(3) ask support
(4) not sure!

 

[ChineseDomain]

For dotCom, not sure for dotDe
(1) Moniker.com, the following is for it
(2) Yes
(3) 4 Day Grace Period
(4) Yes

 

[DotWeekly]

Few questions that cropped up regarding tasting.

- Which registrars provide tasting for idn's and normal names [ com, de ]?

- Do they accept Paypal?

- How long I can taste them before I can actually register it?

- Can I put the domain during the tasting period on auction and also park it?

Cheers.

Well even though you may call it "tasting" you actually are registering the domain and have full ownership and can do anything with it! One thing that you can do, is drop the domain with in 96 hours for a $0.25 fee.

 

[midnight251]

You can cancel a reg at Godaddy withing 4 or 5 days, I think it's 5 days from initial reg. I had reg'd a name and then noticed that I had misspelled it. Got the name cancled with refund no prob.

 

[RegFee]

https://www.moniker.com/domaindelete/help.jsp

"For a limited time, Moniker will be allowing customers to delete .com, .net, .info, .org, .biz, .us and .mobi names registered within 96 hours of their creation date..."

I've used it quite a few times now, very painless process. Make sure you contact them to get the fee changed to $.25 instead of $1.00 though.

Good luck,
Jorge

Okay I will bite.... what is "tasting"
or is it a typo for testing
anyway with my very limited experience..I can give you these asnwers
(1) maybe
(2) depends
(3) ask support
(4) not sure!

Not to be rude, but did you really think that answer was helpful? If you don't have experience, get some and then answer questions.

"Hey, I have a huge pain in my chest. What should I do?"
"Well, I don't have any experience, but I'd say do nothing."

 

[seeker]

ya, Monker 'tastes' the best in this area IMO
there are a couple that I forget that had this feature, although you had to pay a fee upfront to have this service on top of the fee they reduce per name.

 

[briguy]

Not to be rude, but did you really think that answer was helpful? If you don't have experience, get some and then answer questions.

"Hey, I have a huge pain in my chest. What should I do?"
"Well, I don't have any experience, but I'd say do nothing."

Sorry if my response offended you and yes..and please reread the posting that you quote I said "in my very limited experience" the operative word is limited and when I answer a question my intentions are to be helpful..And I do apologize to Charley for not understanding the term "tasting" I even did this http://www.google.com/search?source...GGLG:2006-49,GGLG:en&q=define:+domain+tasting before I answered the posting!

 

[Shorty]

I'm fairly confident registrars are obligated to provide the option to cancel a domain within X days of registering it, because of fairness to domainers making mistakes. It's not supposed to be used for tasting purposes, and because of this practice, they're contemplating removing this feature - dont abuse it and ruin it for the rest of us.

 

[RegFee]

Not to be rude, but did you really think that answer was helpful? If you don't have experience, get some and then answer questions.

"Hey, I have a huge pain in my chest. What should I do?"
"Well, I don't have any experience, but I'd say do nothing."

Sorry if my response offended you and yes..and please reread the posting that you quote I said "in my very limited experience" the operative word is limited and when I answer a question my intentions are to be helpful..And I do apologize to Charley for not understanding the term "tasting" I even did this http://www.google.com/search?source...GGLG:2006-49,GGLG:en&q=define:+domain+tasting before I answered the posting!

All I'm saying is that "In my very limited experience" should not be used as a catch-all apology for a poor answer. Your answers were simply not applicable at all. It's just constructive criticsm. You can either say "Hey, he's right, my answer had nothing to do with the question" or you can say "this guy doesn't know what he's talking about, I said I didn't have much experience."

Regarding your lookup on google, that is the right thing to do before asking questions, but you might want to take it one step further and do a forum search:


http://www.namepros.com/expired-domains/273168-domain-tasting.html?highlight=tasting
http://www.namepros.com/dot-mobi/287949-is-possible-do-domain-tasting-mobi.html?highlight=tasting
http://www.namepros.com/domain-name...ing-does-godaddy-do-it.html?highlight=tasting
http://www.namepros.com/domain-name...er-domain-tasting-work.html?highlight=tasting
http://www.namepros.com/for-sale-ad...domain-tasting-com-net.html?highlight=tasting
http://www.namepros.com/domain-newb...-give-you-trial-period.html?highlight=tasting
http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/276401-domain-tasting-yum.html?highlight=tasting
http://www.namepros.com/domain-name...ame-try-before-you-buy.html?highlight=tasting
etc....



http://www.namepros.com/domain-newbies/283668-150-ways-to-show-youre-newbie.html?highlight=newbie

 

[domaindigger]

How do you actually do the "tasting" of the domain? I mean, how do you check the traffic the domains are receiving during the "tasting" period? It seems like all parking services require account and/or domain approval which can take over a day, which eats up valuable time since you only have 4 days to taste.

Surely there's gotta be a better way. Any thoughts?

 

[vlaen]

dynadot

I beleive Dynadot offers this service for free.

 

[RegFee]

How do you actually do the "tasting" of the domain? I mean, how do you check the traffic the domains are receiving during the "tasting" period? It seems like all parking services require account and/or domain approval which can take over a day, which eats up valuable time since you only have 4 days to taste.

Surely there's gotta be a better way. Any thoughts?

The best way is to sign up for an account ahead of time. I have accounts and Sedo, Afternic, and NameDrive. When I register a name through moniker, I make sure to set up the advanced options before completing the sale, and one of those options is to set the nameservers. If you set the nameservers while registering, the names always seem to resolve almost immediately after being registered. It's best to park the names with a parking service, so you can also see if the name can make a quick buck or two.

 

[htmlindex]

You can cancel a reg at Godaddy withing 4 or 5 days, I think it's 5 days from initial reg. I had reg'd a name and then noticed that I had misspelled it. Got the name cancled with refund no prob.

Is that for all the extentions or only a few extentions? You still have to pay GoDaddy the $0.25 ICANN fee right?

 

[Erdy]

I don't think godaddy can beat moniker on domain tasting. As far as I know you have to email godaddy and then somebody manually deletes the name. On moniker you do everything on your own and when you press the delete button the money is back in your account and the domain is gone.

Register 10 domains and then delete them all. Can you do this on godaddy? Can you do the same everyday? Also moniker shows you how many hours are left before you can delete it. This is very handy.

Domain tasting at moniker is limited to certain extensions. I think it is only for com, net, org and info domains.

I know that pool.com has a tasting service but it is aimed for more professionals. They require too much money to be put in first.

Moniker is the best on tasting. As somebody mentioned before set name servers according your parking company and you will gain lots of time. Usually the domain is on my sedo account within 10 minutes after I register it on moniker.

Because I said nobody beats moniker on tasting doesn't mean I like moniker the best. No, I don't. Their website is not stable. I don't like their website. I don't enjoy using their website. What I do is when I like a domain and want to keep it I login to my namecheap account and loging to my moniker account in another window. Then I delete the domain from moniker and quickly I register it on namecheap. It takes 10 seconds before I see the domain available on namecheap.
Its a little risky but much faster and cheaper than a transfer.

One thing tasters should know is that a domain with traffic never drops these days. Registrars simply keep expired domains with traffic. This is very bad for the industry I think.

 

[Charley]

Is this the fee for tasting the domain for 96 hours ?

Make sure you contact them to get the fee changed to $.25 instead of $1.00

The fees for each will be .25 cents , isnt it ?

Register 10 domains and then delete them all.

 

[iNod]

You can cancel or taste a domain from a resellerclub reseller for 4-5 days depending on when you register it and drop it for a $.10 fee.

- Steve

 

[Charley]

Would love to hear websites with them and who consider only Paypal.

You can cancel or taste a domain from a resellerclub reseller for 4-5 days

Another question, what would happen if the domain name is sold within 4 days, how would they end up getting the registration money suppose I am using their website only for tasting?

 

[Constantin]

You can cancel or taste a domain from a resellerclub reseller for 4-5 days depending on when you register it and drop it for a $.10 fee.

Hi Steve,
Where did you find $.10 fee?

I find in their KB that the deletion fee is $1:
http://manage.resellerclub.com/kb/servlet/KBServlet/faq459.html

Also, a domain name explicitly deleted would entitle you to a Refund of the entire amount, and there would be a charge of USD 1.0 for the Deletion.

 

[Erdy]

The fees for each will be .25 cents , isnt it ?

Yes, $0.25 for each at moniker.