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BobbyDouglas
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Network Solutions Scam - 1/25/2008 13:58:15
I am surprised that this has not been posted yet, a search for it here came up empty.
Avoid Network Solutions!
A lot of web designers here will perform a whois on a new domain name to see if it is available for the client to register it. If you do the whois through Network Solutions, you may be required to purchase the domain through that company.
Network Solutions has the ability (and enforces it) to place the domain on *HOLD* status if the domain is not registered (this is called Domain Tasting). This forces you or your client to purchase the domain through Network Solutions.
Once the domain is on hold, it will show up as being registered if you try to register it somewhere else, thus forcing you to pay the price Network Solutions sets.
I have heard that NetSol may also put some of these domains up for auction if they think the name has any actual value.
Network Solutions says they do this because they want to hold the domain for the original person who did the whois, hoping that they would be back to purchase it. It is something to "help" the person who did the whois. What it actually does, is allows ANYONE to register the domain (even if it wasn't the original person who did the whois), but the registration has to be done through Network Solutions.
Read more about Domain Registrar Network Solutions Front Running On Whois Searches
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RE: Network Solutions Scam - 1/25/2008 14:51:56
I saw this elsewhere but thought that it was just another one of the NetSol bad practices , if you search on here you will find a lot of posts about that outfit and that most people were giving them a wide berth already.
Anyhow here's another report about this issue - http://tinyurl.com/2bglbm
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So, Network Solutions profits from innocent buyers as well as thieving domain tasters. In the short run.
Network Solutions isn't breaking the rules with its nasty little trick. ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has yet to ban the practice. But one thing's for sure. If Network Solutions keeps this up, its regular customers will quit coming back.
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RE: Network Solutions Scam - 1/28/2008 10:39:29
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I have searched for a number of stupid domain names on their whois, mostly derogatory versions of Network Solutions - let them chase their tail.
Unfortunately it probably doesn't affect even 1 single human being; probably completely automated. But I like it. See, if we avoid NetSol, we may deflate their numbers and someone might say "well this only affects a small percentage of domains". So if we all did this, we could make these numbers a lot larger hence more noticeable.
Then again, it may be just a big waste of time but I'll do my part and go request a few dozen stupid domains and variations.
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RE: Network Solutions Scam - 1/29/2008 4:03:05
i use www.instantdomainsearch.com for domains- live updating search as you type.
never had a probelm there with the domain being reserved when i came back an hour later to buy it.
I usually use godaddy for registration- although i know some people have their issues with them, i am pretty satisfied. (I also always use a coupon for registrations and renewals! never pay full price! :))
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RE: Network Solutions Scam - 1/31/2008 12:38:24
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ICANN wants to destroy domain tasters at the expense of poor typists.
Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers said that it will consider charging its annual fee for internet domain names as soon as names are registered.
From ICANN's perspective, this would effectively eliminate so-called "domain tasters,...We can't help but wonder if Network Solutions will actually vote to approve ICANN's proposal. But your guess is as good as ours. Network Solutions won't speak to us. As usual.
In any event, let's hope the ICANN proposal passes. And let's hope Networks Solutions keeps its word."
Will NetSol vote for this?
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BobbyDouglas
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RE: Network Solutions Scam - 1/31/2008 13:09:02
Great find! Let's hope they can settle on it before NetSol has a chance to change their code to no longer do it anymore.
Doesn't sound like they are going to put an end to domain tasting though. NetSol won't be able to do it in the masses anymore, but that won't stop them from looking at some domains, and checking to see if they want to hold it for 20 cents, or end up buying it themselves.
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What goes around comes around...! :) - 3/8/2008 21:36:22
It looks like NetworkSolutions (and maybe ICANN, too) will have to pay a heavy price for their racketeering (that is simply what they are doing), one high-profile law-firm has already filed a class-action law suit against them:
http://www.domainnamenews.com/featured/class-action-suit-against-network-solutions-and-icann-underway/1450
http://prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-25-2008/0004761959&EDATE=
I can only hope they will BLEED(!!!) for this one... it's unbelievable!
I was affected by this scam as well and have documented everything in detail (how the name I searched for on WHOIS was hijacked by them, how I could not register it through my regular registrar, how these names were offered publicly for sale on their site, and how I had no other choice but to buy through their website if I did not want to risk losing those domains).
I will contact NS and give them the choice to refund the price difference I would have had to pay with my registrar, or join the lawsuit against them as a witness.
I can only hope this will serve as a warning to other registrars... (everyone: please stay away from NetworkSolutions, such business practices need to be punished, and the most effective way of punishing a business is not to buy from them... if you have account(s) with NS, transfer them elsewhere, you will save a bundle of money, too!)
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