Network Solutions Wants ICANN To End Front Running

[Dave_Z]

Yup, the same company that created controversy over their protection thing
(and got sued for it) issued a press release on the subject:

http://newsroom.networksolutions.co...-fee-to-end-domain-tasting-and-front-running/

Network Solutions has long called for a fee-based solution to eliminate the related abuses of domain name “tasting” and “front running.”

On June 26, 2008, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Board of Directors will consider adoption of its FY09 Budget.

Obviously one can question their motives for doing so, which is fine anyway.
But if their goal is to at least create awareness of this, especially since ICANN
is holding a meeting on this soon, then...I guess they're succeeding.

Naturally it's been discussed about in other places:

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/06/20/fees-proposed-to-embitter-domain-tasting

http://domainnamewire.com/2008/06/20/network-solutions-well-stop-reserving-if-icann-adds-fee/

http://www.circleid.com/posts/2455

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/20/network-solutions-suddenly-opposed-to-domain-hijacking/

While it's conveniently easier to maybe criticize Network Solutions on this, it
might be arguably more important to compel ICANN to do that. I don't have an
active link, but there's word from the .Org Registry that their adding a fee has
considerably cut down tasting of .org domain names. (thus the rationale that
ICANN ought to make its $0.20 fee nonrefundable as well...)

Who knows? If ICANN finally gets around to doing that, coupled with it getting
the desired results, Network Solutions will indeed stop that practice, and we
might be better able to finally register the domain names we search.

Of course, that won't completely eliminate the problem, especially if you keep
on expecting the available domain name you found but didn't take on the spot
that time will stay that way when you finally get around to it. But if this thing
will work, well...anything helps.

 

[Michael]

Is this like when RJ Reynolds makes commercials on the dangers of smoking?

 

[raredn.com]

How ironic

Front running is going to be over in a few months anyway isn't it?

 

[yilduz]

What's front running?

 

[raredn.com]

What's front running?

Companies tasting domain names that people want to register but did not faster enough and then dropping them before 5 days has ended if they did not have click value or other value. All free of charge

 

[GreenGambler]

How ironic

Front running is going to be over in a few months anyway isn't it?

I hope so, along with tasteing. I never cared much for either of those practices.

 

[Dave_Z]

Front running is going to be over in a few months anyway isn't it?

One can hope.

 

[Name Trader]

There shouldn't be any refunds. Full stop.