Dynadot no longer allows tasting

[Sleepys]

Not only are they not allowing tasting, but names cannot be returned at all.

"You are receiving this email because you have grace deleted a new domain before, or because you are a bulk customer.

Recently ICANN changed the rules for grace deletions of new domains. For every domain registered, Dynadot pays a $0.20 fee to ICANN. (This fee is included in the price you pay to us.) Previously, this fee was refunded to us if the domain was grace deleted in the 5 day window. However, ICANN will now charge the fee even if the domain is deleted.

Effective immediately Dynadot can no longer offer grace deletions. Any new domain registrations must be kept for the full year. Domains registered July 4 or earlier can still be grace deleted for free."

 

[Alex]

I transfer my domains to Dynadot. Their interface is pretty cool and simple, and I like that.

Regarding the account balance, use it for renewals or for domain registrations.

Their pricing is not the best (I have $7.50 .com's), but sometimes they have good promos like the .org one when I was able to reg .orgs for $4.99

 

[dezinerite]

It's unfortunate. I used the grace deletion feature quite a bit...:D It was great while it lasted.

 

[Charley]

have around 100$ on my dynadot account, and now they should refund me as I didn t get any announcement in advance of this change of policy or at least mentioning the POSSIBILITY of this happening. Am I right?

I've written to them. Let's see what their response is.

 

[dgridley]

Doesn't GoDaddy still alow refunds within the 5 day period? My friend mistakenly regged a typo and they refunded him.

 

[Sleepys]

Doesn't GoDaddy still alow refunds within the 5 day period? My friend mistakenly regged a typo and they refunded him.

They do...for the time being. This feature is not supposed to be for tasting. Godaddy does not condone tasting. They are supposed to keep track of how many names we return and eventually not allow us to return them anymore or start charging a fee.

 

[dgridley]

I'm not a big supporter of tasting either ..

They do...for the time being. This feature is not supposed to be for tasting. Godaddy does not condone tasting. They are supposed to keep track of how many names we return and eventually not allow us to return them anymore or start charging a fee.

 

[kev]

45 cents is still a small price to pay, but it's made me become slightly more selective when tasting names. any further increase would probably put me off completely imho

 

[CreativeMind]

got the same email and it sucks.
have around 100$ on my dynadot account, and now they should refund me as I didn t get any announcement in advance of this change of policy or at least mentioning the POSSIBILITY of this happening. Am I right?

I'm in the same situation. I purchased a bunch of domains around the same time they were sending that email. I feel duped.

While they knew this was coming since end of April, they neglect to inform their customers, who are for the vast majority using their service for domain tasting.

The .Com agreement requires that "the Registry Operator shall be afforded A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME following notice of the establishment of a Consensus Policy or Temporary Specification or Policies in which to comply with such policy or specification, taking into account any urgency involved.

There is a difference between a reasonable period of time and with immediate effect.

Shady business practices.

 

[kleszcz]

Seems like tasting is back again with the $0.20 fee.

http://www.dynadot.com/domain/grace_deletion.html

 

[.tv]

Seems like tasting is back again with the $0.20 fee.

http://www.dynadot.com/domain/grace_deletion.html

Not bad!

 

[End User King]

Am I the only one who'll rest easier with this change.

 

[mhdoc]

With the speed with which some lists get registered, NameClerks come to mind, it is nice to be able to register first and research later.

 

[VirtualT]

mmm but:

Limitations on COM/NET Grace Deletions

Verisign, the COM/NET central registry, does not like repeated registration and grace deletion of the same domain. After 5 grace deletions for a given domain, further registration attempts for that domain will no longer be allowed.

Limitations on ORG Grace Deletions

PIR, the ORG central registry, only allows up to 90% of new domains to be deleted each month. Otherwise PIR will charge Dynadot an excess deletion fee. Therefore we cannot always guarantee a grace deletion for ORG domains, especially if the deletion rate is close to 90%.

ORG Deletion Rate So Far This Month 73.45%

looks like kiting is a thing of the past

 

[Ronald Regging]

ORG Deletion Rate So Far This Month 73.45%

looks like kiting is a thing of the past

DynaDot would probably go out of business if they discontinued tasting altogether. I mean they have a 73% deletion rate on .ORG, which is quite astonishing in itself considering that .ORG instituted a deletion fee previously which was sort of the model of success to curb tasting for .com/.net

 

[htmlindex]

Not only are they not allowing tasting, but names cannot be returned at all.

"You are receiving this email because you have grace deleted a new domain before, or because you are a bulk customer.

Recently ICANN changed the rules for grace deletions of new domains. For every domain registered, Dynadot pays a $0.20 fee to ICANN. (This fee is included in the price you pay to us.) Previously, this fee was refunded to us if the domain was grace deleted in the 5 day window. However, ICANN will now charge the fee even if the domain is deleted.

Effective immediately Dynadot can no longer offer grace deletions. Any new domain registrations must be kept for the full year. Domains registered July 4 or earlier can still be grace deleted for free."

I just got this email too about no more tasting with them, sucks big time! I didn't do many refunds there but used Dynadot for names that I wasn't sure if the translations were correct or not, so I could get a refund if they were wrong. And I've still got quite a bit of prepaid funds left with them :td:

 

[cache]

it they do not allow tasting then they will lose a lot of customers.

 

[dmi]

On their forum:

Ok, we have added grace deletions back to our system. Now there is a $0.20 fee. Thank you for the feedback.

They have put it back... Link.

 

[Charley]

It's back again for a fee.

Ok, we have added grace deletions back to our system. Now there is a $0.20 fee. Thank you for the feedback.

 

[soggyindo]

while we're sort of on-topic (dynadot keeping your money)...

i bought a few of .asia names recently (don't ask!). dynadot said they were available. it took me a while to realize they were actually reserved names, so no domains came through. but of course dynadot was happy to keep my money as credit. pretty sloppy - they should be able to check IMO.

anyway, happy about this 20c deal - kind of.

 

[dgridley]

Speaking of which, I hate that many places keep your refunds as credit and don't refund back to your CC or PayPal.