Domain Tasting

A the moment, it seems not a day goes by without a new Domain-Tasting-killer scheme appearing. This time it's .BIZ registry Neustar and .INFO registry Afilias taking aim at everybody's current fave villain.

Accredited ICANN registrars were told this week that both registries have submitted what is called a "funnel request" in Icanneese jargon: the registry submits an official request to change part of its contract with ICANN. In this case, Neustar and Afilias have both made the same request to modify the Add Grace Period.

They propose to introduce a rate limit for the number of AGP deletions – that's names deleted within 5 days of their registration – a registrar could do for free. "This limit would be determined each month, with a maximum of 50 per month or 10% of that registrar's net new monthly domain name registrations, whichever is greater," as its written in the proposal Neustar and Afilias sent to ICANN.