Peter’s Blog

Those within the domain industry will be aware of the increasing fraud and domain thefts taking place in recent times.

Fraud and theft have of course always been a problem within the industry but it seems in recent times the matter has multiplied. (more…)

Yesterday I was doing my usual run on forums. Looking about to see what I could find that was interesting.

I have a particular interest in PHP coding and came across a user who had made a 3,4 and 5 digit domain name generator. I had a quick look to see how well he had done but found there was a problem. (more…)

4 days shy of my 4th anniversary on Namepros I have finally achieved my 3,000th post.

Hopefully Namepros will continue being a great and friendly forum and hope that the next 4 years is just as good.

Many people seek advice on forums. It can be easy to find the answers that you require by doing this But there is 1 problem, how can you rely on advice from strangers? Especially when you have no idea of their credentials.

I am a regular on a domain forum called Namepros and 1 thing I notice is that everyone is willing to give their $0.02. (more…)

Not too long ago Layered Technologies were hacked. Unfortunately it looks like it is contagious as now Fasthosts (1 of UK’s biggest hosts) has called in the police. (more…)

Some time ago I was browsing Namepros (as I do on a daily basis) and came across a post which was mentioning about the usual fraudulent sales on eBay.

People regularly sell IDN’s on eBay but try and dress them up as premium names with a distinct rarity. (more…)

I have decided to cover domain tasting as my first post. It is a subject I feel very strongly about and would like to tell you why.

So what is domain tasting. Domain tasting is the practice of registering domain names and parking them, if they do not achieve $x amount of revenue within the first 5 days the domain is dropped and returned to the registry. For domain tasters to make a profit they have to make roughly $0.10 in the first five days on the domain name (going on a domain price of $6.95 per domain). If the domain does not make this money then the domain tasterswill drop the domain name and return it to the registry. The domain tasters either have an agreement with the registrar to ensure that they do not incur any fees or they use a registrar that will allow you to drop a domain without any questions (a registrar is not charged for a domain that has been dropped within the first 5 days).
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