domain tasting

Registering many domains, checking for a few days how much traffic or ad income each one gets, and deleting the weak ones for a credit before the add grace period (glossary)add grace period A few days after registration when a registrar can delete a domain and get a credit from the registry. Full definition of add grace period ends. It was common in the 2000s. ICANN (glossary)ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers The nonprofit that coordinates the global DNS and gTLD policy. Full definition of ICANN's AGP Limits Policy (glossary)AGP Limits Policy Add Grace Period Limits Policy ICANN rule that caps credited deletions in the add grace period to stop domain tasting. Full definition of AGP Limits Policy and fees on excess deletions (glossary)deletion Removing a domain registration from the registry, which starts the path to its release. Full definition of deletion largely ended it in gTLDs (glossary)gTLD generic top-level domain A top-level domain not tied to a country, run under ICANN contracts. Full definition of gTLD.