Stop The Refund Policy ICANN

[.X.]

How convient is it for domain name tasters to simply reg and drop a name, because it doesn't produce traffic, It is very simple, because they get a refund of names they don't decide to keep, personally, i think it stinks, Why a refund? They are just tasting the name to see if gets any traffic, The refund policy is pure crap, and delays drops, I don't think domain names where made for test driving-LOL.....So say...the big drop catchers register up all the daily drops, which they usually do, they keep the names that produce traffic and ect, and then they get a nice refund for all the domain names they want to keep, In turn putting the names they did keep on auction, and make you pay a minimum fee just to begin bidding on names they picked up for reg fee, Is that not catering to the big drop guys? And with the auctions, alot of times a bidding war takes place, making them millions of dollars a year, It really stinks imo.

 

[ApeXX]

The corporations will always do what they can to put the "little man" down. Sadly this is a situation none of us have control over. :td:

 

[Spade]

The refund was designed for the regular domain buyer, who mispells a domain name and doesnt realize it at first...

Unfortunately tasters have exploited this and perhaps it is time for ICANN to consider a cap or atleast tame this abusive practice.

Justin

 

[mirrorcube]

X, you make a good arguement, although its nice to have an option to return unwanted names, but I agree there should be some kind of cap rule as Justin has mentioned.

 

[Dan]

There's nothing stopping you from tasting...

 

[domaincollector]

I have "tasted".

I love it and wish I could take advantage of it more.
GO MONIKER!
</confession>

Jeff
domaincollector

 

[Domainate.com]

Screw any refund policy...don't grant one period. Even if you manage to typo a name when registering it, it's $7! Live with it! I just think as long as there's any kind of refund policy, even if it's just partial, there will be ways for people with money to abuse it and get richer and people without money to suffer from it.

 

[BeZazz]

Screw any refund policy...don't grant one period. Even if you manage to typo a name when registering it, it's $7! Live with it! I just think as long as there's any kind of refund policy, even if it's just partial, there will be ways for people with money to abuse it and get richer and people without money to suffer from it.

i agree with all of that

 

[.X.]

There's nothing stopping you from tasting...

Actually there is, The big drop catchers, you know who they are, register almost the complete drop list daily, taste them, then you can find them available in a couple to few days, why would i want to taste a domain, that has already been tasted? And they are able to refunded thousands of dollars a day, for domains they do no want, They aren't spending hardley anything, reg fee for names they auction off at a min of amount of dollars, They are making millions, and spending very little, just reg fee per domain name.

 

[VURG]

$7 is a very small loss compared to the common $XXXX+ marketing loss by the previous owners of the domain. Good topic!

 

[AdoptableDomains]

Most people who make a mistake only do so on one or a few domains. If they limited refunds to say 10 per day per registrant, it would put up a fairly good roadblock to the large tasters.

Vigilante approach - If a hacker group would create a program to send some false traffic to all new registered domains for about the first 5 days, the tasters wouldn't be able to determine which to keep or drop and would spend all their money keeping domains worth nothing

 

[shockie]

getting rid of the refunds :tu: imo

 

[Dave_Z]

Last I checked, one of ICANN's committees has already prepared a report on
this subject. Time will tell what'll happen next.

IMHO it won't completely stop all those who are into "domain tasting" even if
some kind of fee is finally imposed, especially those who have "perfected" this
practice.