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Looking up domains with Network Solutions? Prepare to get shafted.
Domaining News Source: http://www.billhartzer.com
Published: Jan 09, 2008 - 12:26 pm
Story Found By: Burgo 1495 Days ago
Category: Domaining
"A friend tipped me off to a Domain State thread that warns you not to look up a domain name at Network Solutions. If you go to the Networks Solutions site and look up a domain name to see if it’s registered then Network Solutions, within seconds, will buy the domain name, causing you to have to go buy it from them."
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from incrediblehelp 1495 Days ago #
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I dont care how NS sphinns it, it is craps for the end user that wants to buy a domain.  How long do they hold it for?

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from ruchirkc 1494 Days ago #
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That’s why you should only look up domain on well known places...

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from scottclark 1494 Days ago #
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GNSO just released a report showing that ICANN policy may be changing on kiting.  http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-07jan08.htmIt essentially says, if 90%+ of your domains are refunded, you need to pay a nickle each time you get a refund.FIVE CENTS.  90%.  Jeez.

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from Rynert 1494 Days ago #
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areyoucrooks.comWithin 2 minutes they proved the point....

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from crimsongirl 1494 Days ago #
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Interesting.  I knew this was a possibility, but I thought Network Solutions would be one of the good guys, which is why I always look up possible names at NS and then buy them at GoDaddy.  (I figured GoDaddy would be more likely to pull this type of stunt.)As recently as last week I did this.  Looked up a bunch of domains for possible registration at Network Solutions, decided which one I wanted and then later that day registered the domain at GoDaddy.  No problems.

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from tobyism 1494 Days ago #
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This exact thing happened to me just yesterday. Starting a new company and we looked up the domain on NS, assuming they wouldn’t poach like I’ve heard urban legends about GoDaddy doing. Said it was available so I went to GoDaddy to get it for cheap and told me it was taken.  Went back to NS, available.  A little baffling at first.  They still had several hours and we finally bought it from them at their inflated prices just to get it before someone else did. Wish this was posted a little earlier :)

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from Chris1 1494 Days ago #
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Wow, this should definitely be illegal.

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from seoman 1494 Days ago #
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Spam.  Bill filled this one up with half-truths to increase awareness of his blog.Seriously, anyone else think that whois graphic looks suspscious (cutting it off right above the expiry line)?  Pretty shady blogging. I replicated this and noticed the domain expires the same day it was registered.  What’s more, I couldn’t get them to temporarily register domains unless I clicked "add domain to order" AFTER checking the whois info.Great linkbait, but Hartzer is purposedly misleading the community with this junk post.

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from incrediblehelp 1494 Days ago #
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seoman NS could have made changes to how the previous front running worked. The shit storm that this brought up for NS has probably led to quick changes (and firings) on their part.

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from johnandrews 1494 Days ago #
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This was covered yesterday in another Sphinn here http://sphinn.com/story/22032.

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from Burgo 1494 Days ago #
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Hey John, the link caught a "."... that link again: http://sphinn.com/story/22032I thought I was worth sphinning the original source as well :)

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from g1smd 1491 Days ago #
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See also:http://sphinn.com/story/22817http://sphinn.com/story/22491http://sphinn.com/story/22421http://sphinn.com/story/22374http://sphinn.com/story/22089http://sphinn.com/story/22032http://sphinn.com/story/21994http://sphinn.com/story/21976

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