Clarification from Network Solutions
I work at Network Solutions, and wanted to clarify a couple of points.
Tasters and Front Runners deal in registering and deleting millions of domains within the 5 day grace period while they test them to see if they would be profitable to keep. Network Solutions does not engage in this practice.
We have an opt-in reservation for our customers in order to help protect their interests against Tasters and Front Runners. Applying a non-refundable $.20 fee in the 5 day AGP will make the Tasters' monetizing efforts during the 5 day window unprofitable.
We made this statement as we feel next week’s ICANN conference is a critical moment for domain registration and issues of tasting, kiting and front running. We encourage your readers to write directly to ICANN and urge them to pass this provision too.
Thanks,
Shashi