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The '''AGP''' or '''Add Grace Period''' refers to the specific number of days after a domain is registered "in which the operation may be reversed;" frequently, this is the first 5 days after registration.<ref name="agp">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/agp-policy-2008-12-17-en Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)</ref> During this brief period, the registrar can receive credit from the registry operator for any deleted domains while the registrant can receive a refund.<ref name="agp"/>

==Purpose==
The original purpose of the AGP was to correct registration errors without penalizing registrants and registrars, and it is included in some but not all [[RA| registry agreements]].<ref name="agp"/>
Abuses of the AGP include such behaviors as [[Domain Kiting]], where someone registers and monetizes names in order to make money during the first few days and then returns the name for a refund, and [[Domain Tasting]], where domains are registered in bulk and then the vast majority are returned while the registrant keeps only the names with the most traffic.

==AGP Limits Policy==
In order to mitigate these abusive uses of the AGP, in 2008 ICANN enacted the [[AGP Limits Policy]].<ref name="agp"/> This policy dramatically reduced the instances of both domain kiting and domain tasting.<ref name="update">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2009-08-12-en Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)</ref> In just under a year, the AGP Limits Policy lead to a 99.7% decline in AGP deletions.<ref name="update"/>
==Additional Resources==
*Read the [https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/agp-status-report-2009-08-12-en ICANN's End of Domain Tasting Report]
*See [https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/agp-policy-2008-12-17-en ICANN's AGP Limits Policy Page], which includes additional information about the AGP

==Related Articles==
*[[Add Grace Period Limits Policy|AGP Limits Policy]]
*[[Domain Tasting]]
*[[Domain Kiting]]
==References==
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