Domain Tasting - Where to do it ?

[gdtechindia]

Hi Everyone.

I read news about ICANN allowing Domain Tasting again and there is lot of interest in this process from Domainers.

Can someone list some websites where domain tasting is free of cost.

I guess Resellerclub is offering it with a fee of $ 1.

And for moderators, If the thread belongs to another forum, kindly shift it.

Thanks

[Daniel Domainer]

What would be the incentive for a registrar to offer free tasting? You would be using their technology, cred, infrastructure and they make zero dollars when you "return" the name in 5 days? One dollar seems nominal; it might cut down on the volume of names you taste but would compel you to only taste names you feel have good potential.

[revolution1]

Rick Shwartz published a great article about domain tasting on his blog a few days ago.

[gdtechindia]

Originally Posted by Daniel Domainer

What would be the incentive for a registrar to offer free tasting? You would be using their technology, cred, infrastructure and they make zero dollars when you "return" the name in 5 days? One dollar seems nominal; it might cut down on the volume of names you taste but would compel you to only taste names you feel have good potential.

I agree to you on this, but i even saw free domain tasting offer on a website of a DNforum member.
But the problem is that if you like the domain, you have to pay a higher price($9.99), compared to what one will pay with Directi.

But at the same time, that website provides free domain tasting

So, i was looking for some company which offers it for free, but also has lower prices if one plans to register

[Domagon]

1 dollar or even 5 cents is way too much for domain tasting unless one already has substantially narrowed down the list of domains to taste ...

In which case, it may simply make more sense to register them normally at a deep discount registrar.

Tasting, in the view of folks in the know, economically only makes sense for registrars ... they can domain taste for nearly $0 (there's still a cost in the aspect they need to tie up a lot of cash in the process; servers, accounting, etc) and thus can taste hundreds of thousands or even many millions in a short period of time to find those very few worth keeping...

Even large, experienced domainers would be hard pressed to taste so many so fast and be able to accurately choose those worth keeping while being sure to release the undersired ones before being charged for them; registrars that allow tasting likely default tasted domains to "delete", but some probably don't leaving registrants at huge risk of registering a lot more domains than they had budgeted for.

Domain tasting is getting a lot of press lately due to all the controversy - but in reality, it's a non-issue because registrars doing domain tasting are still paying in the tied-up cash, cost of infrastructure, accounting, etc ...

And more to the point, most of the domains worth tasting have been tasted, many likely more than once, leaving so little left as to make domain tasting not even worthwhile in the very near future, if not already.

Verisign has some sharp folks in their ranks - they allowed free tasting knowing the big tasters typically will register a decent size number of them, and also will make .com appear even more sought; makes their sales reports look better.

Now that the bulk of the domains worth keeping via tasting have been registered, Verisign knows the days of bulk tasting are numbered ... and thus likely will soon institute a nomimal fee for excessive tasting...

Ignorant domainers that get caught up in the hype of tasting will be the ones left bearing much of those costs because the big tasters know the cream of the crop is basically gone and will have left for greener pastures leaving the scraps for newbie tasters to pick over.

In my view, domain tasting is a non-issue in the whole scope of things compared to far more serious issues, such as registrant ownership rights, pricing, etc ... and also domain tasting is basically sorting itself out anyways; much of what's worth keeping is gone.

My suggestion to domainers seeking to taste is ... don't do it unless you are prepared to lose a fortune ... even at 1 cent each, domain tasting is likely not profitable...

There are much better ways to earn money in domaining, such as scanning the "drops" ... some decent ones still slip though the auctions; sell for less than what they're truly worth.

I've digressed somewhat, but it seems that increasingly more domainers are falling for the "tasting" hype without a clear understanding of the economics involved with tasting nor the fact that much of what's left isn't even worth tasting let alone registering.

Ron

[muris]

DynaDot $0.00
Moniker $0.25

and

GD $0.00 (but you have to call them the and request the refund – not an automatic feature)

[garfield1985]

moniker charges $1 which is still decent...

[PalmBeach]

Pool.com has a tasty program

[Hal]

Originally Posted by Domagon

There are much better ways to earn money in domaining, such as scanning the "drops" ... some decent ones still slip though the auctions; sell for less than what they're truly worth.

I've digressed somewhat, but it seems that increasingly more domainers are falling for the "tasting" hype without a clear understanding of the economics involved with tasting nor the fact that much of what's left isn't even worth tasting let alone registering.

Ron

Some very sound points there.

Another problem is that the tasters attempt to taste everything that drops. Although they are no match for the likes of Snapnames and Pool, there are still plenty of dropped names that don't go to the auctions and still have traffic. Most of these domains seem to be grabbed by tasters who don't even need to look at the domains because their risk is zero.

[DNWizardX9]

Originally Posted by garfield1985

moniker charges $1 which is still decent...

.25 if you ask for dnf pricing

[Doc Com]

Originally Posted by muris

DynaDot $0.00
Moniker $0.25

and

GD $0.00 (but you have to call them the and request the refund – not an automatic feature)

Ditto to all of these sites.

Moniker you have 4 days (96 hours).
GoDaddy 5 days.

You need a place to park it to taste. Instantly populated landers are at places like NameDrive. PPC sucks but good for measuring traffic and potential.

Forget Sedo. If you load the domain for inclusion on a Thursday you'll be lucky to have it live by the following Tuesday.

Originally Posted by Domagon

There are much better ways to earn money in domaining, such as scanning the "drops" ... some decent ones still slip though the auctions; sell for less than what they're truly worth.

I've digressed somewhat, but it seems that increasingly more domainers are falling for the "tasting" hype without a clear understanding of the economics involved with tasting nor the fact that much of what's left isn't even worth tasting let alone registering.

Ron

Drops? Drops typically are dropping for a reason...non performance. But even with "performing" drops, it is still hard to rationalize stats indicating a domain name regged in 2006 has a PR7 and 3900 backlinks.

So I even taste the drops. I look at year regged, alexa links and pop, PR to an extent, OVT is somewhat worthless, Google links, search pop, and many other factors. I tend to look for many things, and not just dot com.

I may reg and taste 20 domains at a time, perhaps ultimately keep one. I use moniker to reg, $6.95 .com, $5.49 .net and others. Cost to throw one back is $0.25.

The returns can be enormous. Catching a drop that has no valid stats or history can be the costly mistake. I won't pay $60.00 to catch a drop that will do nothing. Those you can't toss back.

TDNAM stats? false and inflated and hyped and pumped up to make a sale. How do I know? Deadbeats that I have dropped end up on there with such BS numbers.

I do not pay for drops or drop lists and I do not pay for my lists that I peruse. If I back order, I use my own reseller account and the cost is $11.95 per domain.. Even then, I can taste it for 5 days. But typically when I place a backorder, I am intent on keeping that particular domain for any number of reasons.

On the other hand, once the tasting proves successful, it can be and often is a stellar performer earning far more than reg fee in short time. I'll take a domain capable of earning a few bucks a day from the start any day of the week.

Not to mention catching some that immediately receive offers from other domainers and companies.

To each his/her own but I have a system that has worked very well for me and has proven to be profitable far exceeding any fees for tasting or reg fees.

[dcristo]

With GD is it just a matter of clicking on Cancel Domain within 5 days?

[Lord Brar]

Originally Posted by dcristo

With GD is it just a matter of clicking on Cancel Domain within 5 days?

AFAIK -- if you do it via their control panel, you don't get a refund. To get a real refund, you need to give them a call. That ain't really plausible if you want to taste a LOT of domains.

And yes, moniker gave me 25 cents a pop when I asked for it. Bari is an amazing rep, I must add. =)

[Doc Com]

Originally Posted by dcristo

With GD is it just a matter of clicking on Cancel Domain within 5 days?

A call or email will do. Usually you will get a confirmation email back.

[mindgenies]

Check out the tasting program by dotcomgenie!
- 3 cents per domain


*For moderators - this thread demands the list of webistes which offer tasting services...and I am just making a recommendation!

Either close the entire thread and remove all posts which are talking of other sevices ...or let mine stay!

[dnol]

I provide Zero domain tasting fee plan,but you need to prepaid $1000 at least.
if you are interested,PM me.

[patroiz]

GoDaddy gives a full refund to Paypal account if you paid by paypal

[Lord Brar]

Originally Posted by patroiz

GoDaddy gives a full refund to Paypal account if you paid by paypal

But you have to give them a phone call.... Tell me if they allow you to do that in bulk.

[patroiz]

No just contact them by support, atleast I did that!

[dnol]

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