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ICANN concluded that reenacting the non-refundable transaction fee would effectively end the practice of abusing the AGP. This solution was selected out of three proposed options, which are: ICANN could revise its registrar-level transaction fee (the current rate is US$0.20, which is subject to raise as the contracted rate is US$0.25) to cover all new registrations and discontinue the exemption for "tasted" domains, (2) registries could impose a "restocking" fee for disproportionate domain deletions, or (3) ICANN could establish a new "policy" effectively deleting the add grace period policy in the registry agreements. ICANN also specifically addressed the concern over NetworkSolutions' recent controversial practice of automatically registering domains searched for on their site, raising the price, and then returning during the grace period. NetworkSolutions defended the practice as a way to protect customers from frontrunners, but critics have had trouble deciphering the difference. ICANN had trouble with this, too. According to the minutes, though the Board decided that there was something (they didn't really say what) fundamentally different about WebPro Blog, our own David Utter expresses his doubt that it will fully solve the problem of domain tasting: "The problem with ICANN’s solution is it may be ineffective against well-financed domain tasters. A return fee may be the cost of doing business, one that simply becomes part of the accounting process without having an impact on the activity."
ICANN Takes On Domain Tasting
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