Thanks to Jay Westerdahl for bringing this to my attention. The brainchild of Anthony Peppler and Sania Faucher, CarryOn.com is a 501c3 non-profit charity that allows domain owners to donate their adult domain names in lieu of monetizing them, letting them drop, expire or cancelling them.
Owners of domain names are occasionally in a bad position when they want to cleanse their portfolios of “dirty” names. With domain tasting being so popular, pretty much any dropped/cancelled/expired domain name is picked up by someone and monetized. Since domain owners are indefinitely listed on the virtual ownership paperwork, they are forever linked to every domain name they’ve owned. CarryOn.com allows domain owners to donate their domain names without having to worry about them falling into the wrong hands. Domain owners may also be eligible for a tax deduction.
This type of service could also be beneficial to owners of domain names with trademarks in them. However, I believe this would be too risky for any charity, as the charity could become liable should the trademark owner seek financial compensation under the ACPA. Additionally, the former domain owner would technically remain liable for owning it at one time.
