Domain Tasting & Google stop monetizing new domains

[David Tan]

Domain Tasting is when registrants uses a five day grace period to squeeze the money making potential of the domain name. They can opt to delete it before the grace period ends without paying anything. Some companies register MILLIONS of domains, monetize it during the 5 days and earn MILLIONS from it (free domains!). Some companies have been using these practices for years and as a result, driving alot of the ad revenue their way. Ever felt that somehow your adsense revenue received a huge drop? Maybe there was some major domain tasting going on that month.

Google might stop monetizing domains that are less than 5 days old. Seems they're afraid to be sued for forgery.

What do you guys think? Is it ok to 'domain taste' like that? Do you think it's legal? What are the repercussions to the industry?

[Vintage]

yes but don't they have to pay for hosting? if they're just registering the domain name, they might as well pay for it as it won't cost much anyway.

[David Tan]

no, no, no. Millions of domains would cost a bomb. But.... this might appeal to spammers who want to provide unique email account for each spam email.