Domain tAsting

[steitieh]

Hey guys,

I've been reading around and landed on a page talking about domain Tasting, and they say that people are allowed to buy a domain, test it, and if they dont like it, they can return it for a full refund.

Is that true?

and if so, with which regitrar is this allowed? also, is it ethical?

Thanks,
Rami

 

[Devil Dog]

Not a full refund. There will be a nominal fee. Moniker allows this. There are a few others. But I don't see it as unethical unless you abuse the system like some folks are doing.

It was implemented in case you registered a name wrong, ie: I regged augratinpotatoes.com thinking it was the correct spelling, but come to realize it wasn't so I deleted it and only had to pay like $1.00 I think? I'd rather that, than losing the $8.50 and having to stare at that name for the next year

 

[nts]

It's true. Moniker allows it. I can't remember their policy right off hand, but I think they refund everything but a small fee the ICANN fee of 24 cents if you test and cancel a domain.

Whether or not it's ethical though depends on your perspective.

 

[JRBHosting]

Just a small correction, its 25 cents. However, it only applies for certain domain TLDs (I can confirm .COM at Moniker, not sure about the rest).

Jason

 

[Rockefeller]

Dynadot issues you a full refund, no icann fee or anything like that. Try it out, deletion is now automatic within the control panel.

 

[JRBHosting]

GoDaddy will give you a full refund, as well.

Jason

 

[AlienGG]

If I wanna do that with GoDaddy, do I just click Cancel Domain (or Delete Domain, sth like that) in the control panel?

 

[GAMEFINEST]

I like dynadot except they just credit your dynadot account and not your cc..

 

[VirtualT]

I like dynadot except they just credit your dynadot account and not your cc..

do any?

 

[BLazeD]

I get charged $1 per domain to delete them at Moniker - is this not right?

 

[Duckinla]

GoDaddy will give you a full refund, as well.

Jason

When did Godaddy start to allow deletions? Bob Parsons has railed against tasting in his blogs.

Moniker charges 25 cents and calls it an ICANN fee. There is no ICANN fee though for deletions. It's really just a processing fee. The money stays with Moniker.

 

[petrosc]

I get charged $1 per domain to delete them at Moniker - is this not right?

$0.25

When did Godaddy start to allow deletions? Bob Parsons has railed against tasting in his blogs.

Actually he railed against other registrars engaging in that practice. They do it for free that's the problem(unlike us)....that allows them to massively taste thousands of domains at a time. I don't think there is anything wrong with any of us tasting any number of domains, as long as we pay our fees to do that.

Hey guys,

I've been reading around and landed on a page talking about domain Tasting, and they say that people are allowed to buy a domain, test it, and if they dont like it, they can return it for a full refund.

Is that true?

and if so, with which regitrar is this allowed? also, is it ethical?

Thanks,
Rami

Rami,

Go to your moniker account, register any name you want and then when you want to delete it just go to "My domains", select it, press the "Delete" button and follow the instructions.

You have 4 days to delete a name and get a refund. Moniker keeps $0.25 as processing fees and that is their profit for allowing you to taste names.

The fee is not for ICANN, as Duck noted above, ICANN does not charge any fee for deleting a name. A registrar makes a deposit of $6 to Verisign for each domain registered and he receives FULL refund if he deletes the name within the grace period(for registrars 5 days) so for them it's totally free.

 

[BLazeD]

Hmm, well I just got charged $9 for deleting 9 domains

 

[DomainMagnate]

What's the timeframe when you can delete it?

 

[petrosc]

Hmm, well I just got charged $9 for deleting 9 domains

That's weird... do you have the special DNF pricing? Maybe the $0.25 is charged only to special DNF accounts?

 

[BLazeD]

Yup I've got the DNF pricing

 

[petrosc]

What's the timeframe when you can delete it?

4 days

Yup I've got the DNF pricing

that is really strange, you might want to call them to take care of that

 

[italiandragon]

then Dynadot offers the best....?

 

[leo]

So anyone has tasted at godaddy? do you just have to delete the domain from the account?

 

[JRBHosting]

I called them to confirm, and I suggest that you do the same with GoDaddy.

Jason