Never ever search for a domain name at Network Solutions!
This week NSI openly admitted to “front running” domain names. Basically, whenever you search for a domain name at Network Solutions, they’ll register the domain in their name for four days thereby locking you from purchasing it anywhere else. Rumors have existed for years of front running by private individuals on a very small scale who hold the names for profit. Front running causing great pains to business owners and web developers who search for domain names and then find them taken the next day. In order to combat front running, NSI decided that they should get in the game too.
They implemented this “service” under the guise of protecting us from front running by register/locking the domain for us. But anyone can go back to NSI and purchase the domain, the only thing they’re preventing is the domain being registered by another registrar. This is simply an anti-competitive move and a very slippery slope for the domain industry. Other registrars will be forced to do the same thing if the practice is not stopped and pretty soon 4 days will turn into 30 days and the entire industry will become completely locked down.
Hopefully you don’t purchase your domains from NSI anyway, but if you do, please stop now and whatever you do, don’t search for domains at NSI. For the full scoop and additional updates, visit Domain Name News. If you’re looking for a good registrar, I highly recommend NameCheap. Note: I’m slightly bias as I designed the previous version of NameCheap’s website.
Desirea Herrera:
I saw this the other day. Shocking truly shocking for Network Solutions who used to be the only registrar.
brandonrichards:
I knew there was a reason I didn’t use them.. I prefer Godaddy at the moment.
Alicia Harper:
Yes this is big news and has created a problem for one of my clients’ domains. Usually we register the .com, .ca, .net and .org extensions. With a new program that we launched, we usually secure the domains and then trademark the name. This time we were only able to register the .ca,.org and .net extensions. Well turns out someone check the availability with Network Solutions but only the .com. So I was unable to register it. Except in my case they didn’t just register it for the 3 days grace peroid but they have kept it. This created a problem for us and at this time we are hoping with all this in the news they will be forced to give up the domain.
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Gary:
Might I suggest a counter strategy. Search for nonsense domain names at NSI that you have no intention of ever registering in the hopes that they expend their own treasure by front registering these.
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