Tag Archives: nameking

Thu 8th January 2009
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
NameKing Still King of Domain Tasting - Registrar NameKing still biggest domain taster, but numbers declining. Domain registrar NameKing.com is still the king of domain tasting. NameKing, a subsidiary of Oversee.net, continues to drop nearly 1 million .com domains during the add grace period each month. As I predicted, ICANN’s budget measure to stem domain tasting curtailed the practice but did not eliminate it. The graph below shows the number of .com domains NameKing dropped during the add grace period ... read more ...
Mon 22nd December 2008
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
3/31/09: Death of Domain Tasting (Or is it?) - Domain tasting is down, and will take another hit in March. But that may not be the end of it… Domain tasting — the practice of registering a domain to test for traffic and deleting it for a refund within a specified grace period — is down 84% since ICANN inacted a budget measure to make the scheme more expensive. But that was just a temporary fix. By March 31, 2009, all registrars will face even harsher penalties for engaging in the practice. But as I detail ... read more ...