I came across the wording of “domain name tasting” in an email I received the other day and at first, I thought there had to be some sort of typo. Maybe it was supposed to be “testing”. So I googled the search term of domain tasting and it was out there.

For those of you who have not heard of this terminology before, domain tasting is the practice of a domain name registrant using the five-day “grace period” (known as the Add Grace Period or AGP) at the beginning of the registration of an ICANN-regulated second-level domain to test the marketability of the domain. During this period, when a registration must be fully refunded by the domain name registry, a cost-benefit analysis is conducted by the registrant on the viability of deriving income from advertisements being placed on the domain’s website.

To me this comes across as getting to “test-drive” a domain name before deciding if it is going to be profitable for you.

I am no stranger when it comes to purchasing domain names. More then 5 years ago, I won my very first domain name of http://freeworkathomejobs.com in an online auction.Since that time, I have bought and sold many domain names. Recently I auctioned off a bunch of names that I had parked because I could not figure out what to do with them. This now leaves me with a workable number of domain names and sites that are active.

I do have like seven (7)  .info domains with websites, in addition to the majority of .com domains. Some of you may have .info or similar domains.

Over the past few weeks, I have been getting emails from a particular individual relevant to my .info domains. What this person is doing is purchasing the .com version of a particular .info domain I have and emailing me to see if I want to purchase it.

That is all fine and good but I do have an issue with a particular aspect of this sale.

Why on earth would I want to pay someone almost $700 for a newly registered domain name when I can wait a few days, and then purchase it myself for like $10.  That was the first email telling me that I could have this “most fantastic domain” for the low price of around $700.

The next day, I received a half-off email, so that brings the price down to almost $400. I had clicked on the link to check out what the price was.

Mind you, 5 days are running out.

Today I receive an email indicating that the person saw that I clicked on the link and I must be showing an interest in wanting the domain. So this person is asking me to now email an offer.

I will not email anything, because I can check in another day or so and the domain, if I want to buy it, will be available for around $10.

Just wanted to give people a heads up, because if you receive one of these type of emails, just know that you can wait a few days and most likely purchase it yourself.