April 26, 2008
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TechBlog.org continues to receive many emails to the effect that Network Solutions still is
engaged in "Domain Fronting", a questionable business practice of registering a domain that
was researched for its availability on its website.
TechBlog.org has already reported on this issue a number of times, the last one in
January 2008.
Network Solutions' questionable business practices have been largely reported in the press and
continue to be, so today we did a little testing of our own to validate many of our readers'
observations.
About an hour ago I went to the Network Solutions website and tried to register the domain
NetworkSolutionsSucksEvenMoreToday.com and it told me it was available. Immediately after that
I went to domain registrars Go Daddy (www.godaddy.com) and then to 1 & 1 (www.1and1.com) and
to my big surprise, the domain was supposedly registered by no one else but Network Solutions
themselves.
Take a close look at one print screen I saved from the Go Daddy site:
Just like it did the last time we checked in January, Network Solutions still "robs" your domain
under your feet by claiming it's already registered if you try to get it at Go Daddy or 1&1! But
if you go back to NetSol's site, you can still register it, for $35 a year, instead of the $6.95
that 1&1 charges, and about $9.20 in the case of Go Daddy.
Yes, this SUCKS big time all right!
I find it truly appalling that a public company and domain registrar the size of Network Solutions
gets away with such ill-intended and dishonest business practices.
If you've had a similar experience lately, we would like to hear about it. Rest assured, your
name won't be published and will be kept confidential.
This needs to stop!
John McTavish,
Editor,
Tech Blog.org
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