Network Solutions - Holding Domain Ideas for Ransom
By Eric Blackwell on Jan 10, 2008 in Blogging, Search Engine Optimization
So you are thinking about building a website or two. You go to Network Solutions and look up some domain names. But then you look around and decide to register them elsewhere and they are not available? WHAT!!!!????
Network Solutions (as reported in several places on the web–Like Here. ) is temporarily buying those domain names and FORCING you to buy them FROM them at 3 X the money! Talk about anti-competitive.
If indeed it is true and it seems to be since they themselves have called it a “security measure”…It is time to BOYCOTT them. The answer is simple. Search for your domains elsewhere. Any other registrar is fine.
In my opinion, Network Solutions’ move is LOW CLASS and we need to vote with our feet. Security measure my eye….this is a revenue grab plain and simple. They say it is to stop “Domain Tasting”. Ye, tasting IS a problem. No, I don’t participate in domain tasting. And No. This isn’t the solution.
This is simply a way for this overpriced company to charge unsuspecting searchers who are looking for possible domains much more money.
Just my opinion.
Eric
6 Comment(s)
By Malok on Jan 10, 2008 | Reply
Wow, that is cheesy.
If they want to offer it as an OPTION to customers to prevent anyone else from getting the domain that they may want, thats one thing - but registering it unbeknownst to them is completely weak.
By Eric Bramlett on Jan 11, 2008 | Reply
That’s a little lower than cheesy - that seems fraudulent. I’ve actually wondered if there are any registrars out there that are low enough to do something like this.
By mike on Jan 26, 2008 | Reply
does anyone want to sue them who fell for this fraud and bought a domain there? please email me at suensnow@airpost.net
By David Abernathy on Jun 5, 2008 | Reply
This is just one step from being evil. If this is true (*&^&^%.
I agree time to stick with Godaddy and Enom. Probably a host of others that are cheaper
By Curtis Reddehase on Jun 8, 2008 | Reply
This is not the first time I have come across this. One night I went to a registrar not to be named. I looked up several great domains to see if they werer available. After sleeping on them I woke up the next day to buy them only to have a premium fee now attached to each of them. One night a few bucks per name the next day several hundred per name.
By Susan Z on Jun 23, 2008 | Reply
Ugh…yet another scam. It certainly does seem fraudulent.