Are big domain name registrars often front running your search data?

Though ICANN believe there is no domain name front running I still occasionally read such a story on community forums.

Up tol 2008, domain name “tasting” allowed registrars to register large quantities of domain names, and see if they could produce significant adds revenue, but drop the ones that were not making profit.

In 2009, 99.7 percent of domain name tasting was abandoned when ICANN announced they had made large-scale domain name tasting financially unviable. Though however, it still enabled for a small number of domain names to be tasted, which can lead to the unscrupulous practice of DNFR.

One solution is to use your computer’s terminal access that connects directly to registry databases, rather than using a web interface through your computer’s browser. By doing that, you bypass the “middleman” registrar.

However for me personally the solution was to find a smaller but trustworthy registrar that will offer services which are adequate for my needs.

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