Domain Tasting Destroyed

January 26, 2008 by
Filed under: General 

If you are like me, you have the hardest times finding great names for your new blog or startup. It seems like every single good .com domain name has already been registered and is not for sale. The reason is because there are tons of companies who register literally millions of domain names and stick Google advertisements all over them, hoping people will accidentally visit them. For every accidental type-in visitor that clicks an ad, it helps pay for the domain name. Domain Tasting is a concept that allows people to register a domain for 5 days, and if they do not see any traffic or clicks, they can return the domain and get their full money back. So on a bulk scale, people register 1,000,000 domains and only 10,000 make $1/day. They return the rest and now they have 10,000 domains earning them ~$300,000/m. This also would get rid of nearly all of the risk because they could sell back the domains they didn’t want after 5 days of “tasting” them.

Well according to an exclusive leak, Google may stop allowing advertisements to be displayed on any domain that is still in the “domain tasting” period. In the article, it states that since fewer domains will be monetized, we will all be paid more for the clicks we do receive. Now that is always nice, but I think the key is that there will be literally millions less domain names taken, which means we might have a chance at grabbing the names we want! This could also lead to a backlash though, because some people will register a new domain name and not be able to make money on it for nearly a week.

It will be interesting to see if this confidential informant’s leaks are true, and what effect it will have on the industry.

Comments

7 Comments on Domain Tasting Destroyed

  1. Sudarshan on Sat, 26th Jan 2008 5:15 am

    2. If this is true then we have some interesting events ahead

  2. Sunglasses Auctions on Sat, 26th Jan 2008 4:03 pm

    3. Didnt even know about the domain tasting. thats just wrong,..who needs to test a domain besides the people who are buying it for what you mentioned.

  3. Seo on Sat, 26th Jan 2008 6:58 pm

    4. I am not sure if domain tasting will ever stop. the domain idustry is so big and soo profitable for the big ones… why should they stop now?

  4. Chris Schaffer on Mon, 28th Jan 2008 3:39 pm

    5. Oh noes! My domain r not making moneyz for 1 whole week!!!

    Seriously, those people should try start a real business where you can’t “taste” how your success will be. I’ll be glad when these practices begin getting cut back, even if it only starts a little at a time. After all, there are tons of marketing schemes that would need to put a required time on domains before the practice would not still be very profitable.

  5. Affiliate Confession on Wed, 30th Jan 2008 11:34 pm

    6. I don’t think not being able to monetize your domain with Adsense for a week isn’t that big of a deal. I don’t usually like to monetize blogs until I get a few readers, maybe for a month or so.

  6. Asia'h Epperson on Sun, 4th May 2008 3:05 pm

    7. After Network Solutions was recently rapped and Google following suit these practices are more or less history. It in interesting that it took this long for people to notice and do something about it.

  7. Portland Marketing on Mon, 28th Jul 2008 2:04 pm

    8. This is interesting. I never realized there was a five day return period. All Google would have to do is not approve anyone until there website is six days old.

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