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Re: Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850

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I prefer their other method of registering domains that you checked for whether or not they were available. They would then charge a premium to get that domain.

FMI - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_front_running

Any information more recent than 2008?

Re: Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850

#82
post #14

I have an account with Network Solutions that they will not let me cancel without calling their sales team. I do not have an active credit card on file with them nor do I have any domains or hosting services. They send me e-mails every month trying to bill me for something that I haven't signed up for with language indicating that I'm about to "lose" my services (that don't exist) if I don't pay. They're terrible. It…

If you send them an email demanding your account be canceled, CC companies will usually let you use that to dispute further charges until your account is actually canceled.

Maybe if they get enough chargebacks at up to $100 a pop they'll stop trying these things.

Re: Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850

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post #68
post #52

Here I collected prices for domains (only what I'm interested in). If you did that too, I'd be glad to see your spreadsheet. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Amel5Zz4w7aLdFl...

Look at http://www.crazydomains.co.uk/ , they only charge £2.67 per domain name, the cheapest I have seen.

have you used them? looks suspect.

Re: Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850

#84
post #26

Network Solutions has been doing other unethical things for years. I used to search for available domains using Network Solutions to only find that the domain instantly had become inaccessible to purchase. I later found out they were buying the domain people were searching for , for a period of 5 days so that you wont be able to purchase it from anyone else. very shady

It was called front-running, and they still do it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Solutions#Controversy_o...

So why doesn't someone just programatically search for a bunch of garbage domains from them?

Re: Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850

#85
post #43

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In the event a customer is actually charged for said service, it absolutely is. I have a feeling the attention they're about to garner will correct that prior to ever occurring.

Even if they don't succeed, it seems like an attempted theft.

More like fraud.

Re: Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850

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namecheap is also great IMHO

gandi.net is great

Seconded. They are a bit more expensive, but to me it's worth it. On the negative side their control panel is subpar, but there are tutorials to side-step that.

Re: Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850

#87
post #15

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Here they are: http://www.web.com/aboutus/leadership.aspx They have a Chief People Officer.

After quickly glancing over their credentials, it seems like the underlying problem is that the key leadership is entirely business people while the people with actual training in CS or engineering handle smaller responsibilities like "Online Marketing". In today's world of developer-friendly SaaS, they're doomed.

You don't need CS degree to understand that charging somebody automatically $1850 for something they didn't even ask is not the best idea. I won't be surprised if eventually NetSol will find itself on a receiving end of a very expensive class action suit. OTOH, by that time those C-types would have probably moved on to the next opportunity.

Re: Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850

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I have an account with Network Solutions that they will not let me cancel without calling their sales team. I do not have an active credit card on file with them nor do I have any domains or hosting services. They send me e-mails every month trying to bill me for something that I haven't signed up for with language indicating that I'm about to "lose" my services (that don't exist) if I don't pay. They're terrible. It…

Linkedin

CEO appears not to have a linkedin page (really?) CFO: www.linkedin.com/pub/kevin-carney/a/494/713 CPO: www.linkedin.com/pub/roseann-duran/0/66a/971

... it goes on https://www.web.com/aboutus/leadership.aspx

they're publicly traded: http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=WWWW Would be interesting if Yahoo ran this on their finance news site.

Re: Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850

#89
post #45

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Hardly necessary if "I do not have an active credit card on file with them"...

Sure, until they decide you have an overdue balance and send it to collections. (Not suggesting they do this... but if they think you owe them money, they certainly could)

This would be my fear/concern. It's happened between me and another company before.
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