Tag Archives: Network Solutions

Tue 23rd November 2010
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Zuccarini Case Against NameJet, NetSol, et al Moved to Virginia - Court transfers lawsuit to Virginia. In a move that may have been expected by some observers, John Zuccarini’s lawsuit against NameJet, Network Solutions, eNom, and VeriSign has been transferred to the Eastern District of Virginia. The case stems from some of John Zuccarini’s domain names that were transferred to a receiver after a cybersquatting judgment against him. The receiver let some of the domain names expire and they were subsequently auctioned off on ... read more ...
Mon 9th August 2010
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Demand Media S-1 Discloses Details of NameJet Deals with Tucows, Others - IPO filing discloses financial deals for expired domain names. Demand Media’s S-1 filing last Friday revealed a bit about the company’s expired domain deals, although it doesn’t refer to its partners directly by name. NameJet has deals with Network Solutions (with whom it co-owns NameJet) and Tucows. It probably has deals with other companies as well. Here’s one of the statements (dollars are in thousands): On February 9, 2009, the Company entered into an ... read more ...
Fri 4th June 2010
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Woops! Court Appointed Receiver Lets Zuccarini Domains Expire, Auctioned Off on NameJet - Domains that were part of legal judgment are accidentally auctioned off. Congratulations Michael Berkens, you’ve just uncovered a big mess by accident. On May 25, Berkens wrote about the auctioning off of GovermentGrants.com on NameJet for $53,022. The story also mentions other expired domains that sold on NameJet at the same time, such as USGoverment.com for $4,950, GovermentGrant.com for $3,950, GovermentAuction.com for $2,750, and GovermentAuctions.com $2,500. But ... read more ...
Tue 2nd February 2010
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How Network Solutions Notifies Customers about Expiring Domain Names - Registrar explains its expiration notification policy. A lot of times domain name registrars get the blame when their customers forget to renew domain names. “I didn’t get the notice” is a common line. Of course, you can easily say the opposite. Really, how many emails does GoDaddy need to send me about my expiring domain names? It may seem like they trip all over themselves to get you to renew domain names. And that’s exactly the point. In the wake South ... read more ...
Tue 26th January 2010
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South African Airways Blames Service Providers for Domain Expiration - SAA plays the blame game. South African Airways (SAA) is blaming service providers for letting its domain name expire, causing a web site outtage. When the domain name expired, Network Solutions followed its standard practice of changing the DNS and sending visitors to a landing page. In a note from SAA acting CEO Chris Smyth on the company’s web site, Smyth writes: …This outage was not as a result of any oversight by SAA or its personnel, nor was this due to ... read more ...
Tue 22nd September 2009
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As New Domain Registrations Fall, Domain Registrars Get Desperate - Domain registrars seek new profit opportunities. Yesterday’s news that new domain name registrations are down sharply and the total base of domains registered is stagnant is bad news for domain name registrars. For years, registrars have been able to count on new registrations to fuel growth. Although the margin on new registrations is small, registrars earn money by cross selling other products to registrants. So the typical margin on a domain may be only $2, ... read more ...
Tue 1st September 2009
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Network Solutions Displays Customers’ Whois Queries to a Public - Domain registrar displays customers’ whois lookups for all to see. Here’s an interesting new “feature” on Network Solutions’ web site: a list of domain name whois searches performed by customers in the past day. That’s right. Do a whois lookup on Network Solutions and you can tip your hat to thousands of onlookers. Think of all of the fun things you could do with this information: …Figure out domains people are looking to buy and beat them to it …Find ... read more ...
Sat 25th July 2009
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Network Solutions E-Commerce Servers Hacked - 573,000 credit and debit accounts compromised. Network Solutions’ web servers have been hacked, resulting in 573,000 compromised credit and debit accounts, writes Brian Krebs of Washington Post. The exposed data isn’t that of domain registration customers, but instead financial accounts of people who purchased something from a web site hosted with Network Solutions e-commerce package. In other words, it’s mostly customers of mom-and-pop stores on the web. Network ... read more ...
Wed 20th May 2009
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Battle Erupts Between Domain Registries and Registrars - Existing registries fight registrars over registry-registrar separation. Registries: In this corner we have three registry providers, Public Interest Registry, Afilias, and NeuStar. They provide the backend and management of domain names such as .org, .biz, and .info, that are sold to customers by registrars. Registrars: In this corner we have domain name registrars hoping to profit from the release of new top level domain names. Issue: Until now, there have been ... read more ...
Tue 19th May 2009
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Afternic’s Instant Transfer Enables Registrar Integration - New Premium promotion option utilizes instant transfer technology. Over the weekend Afternic rolled out a number of changes, including a new “Premium” promotion level. I caught up with NameMedia Senior Vice President and General Manager Peter Lamson, as well as members of the product and customer service teams, to learn more about this new level of promotion. (NameMedia owns Afternic.) Premium promotion improves on the existing “Enhanced” promotion level. ... read more ...
Wed 29th April 2009
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Network Solutions Settles Class Action from Frontrunning Practice - Company to provide cash and coupons to class. Network Solutions has settled a class action lawsuit stemming from its controversial practice of reserving domain names queried on its web site. The settlement provides coupons or cash depending on what type of customer you are. If you searched for a domain name at Network Solutions while it used its reservation practice and subsequently registered it during the same session, you will receive a $6 coupon per domain toward ... read more ...
Tue 30th December 2008
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Top 10 Domain Name Wire Stories of 2008 - As the year crawls to a close, here’s a look back at the most viewed stories of 2008. Good riddance. That’s what most people are saying to 2008. After losing half their retirement savings, seeing the value of their homes plummet, and fearing for their futures, most people want to forget 2008 ever happened. But the domain name world survived. Here are the top 10 stories on Domain Name Wire for the year ranked by number of views. 1. Standard Tactics, LLC: How ... read more ...
Fri 5th December 2008
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CheckFree.com Theft Should Lead to Added Registrar Security - CheckFree.com theft is a reminder of how easy it is to divert a domain name’s destination. Visitors to bill pay site CheckFree.com early Tuesday morning were diverted to a Ukraine site that tried to install malware on visitors’ computers. It wasn’t a high tech hack. It turns out someone got a hold of CheckFree.com’s username and password at domain registrar Network Solutions. They logged in and changed the nameservers for the domain name. It was really ... read more ...
Thu 20th November 2008
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New Aftermarket Launches with Odd Name and Business Model - No, TLDOffers.com won’t sell you top level domains. I’ve written before about new domain name aftermarkets and asked if there was room for anything to compete against the incumbents. Few people think it’s possible. Today I saw a press release for a new market called TLDoffers.com. The name threw me for a loop, especially after reading the home page of the web site: “A top level domain (TLD), sometimes referred to as a top level domain name or TLDN. Basically, ... read more ...
Thu 9th October 2008
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Moniker: Kentucky Cannot Have Our Customers’ Domains - Moniker assures its clients that their domain names are safe. In case there were any doubts (and I heard some), Moniker customers can rest assured that the company is fighting to keep your domains from ill-advised state governors. Speaking specifically about the situation with the Kentucky governor, Moniker founder and president Monte Cahn released the following statement to Domain Name Wire today: Moniker strives to protect the rights of domainers. While it has ... read more ...
 
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Official GoDaddy Statement on Kentucky Domains Case - What is GoDaddy doing with gambling domains? Here’s the official word. There have been a number of rumors swirling around about whether GoDaddy has handed over domains that Kentucky wants to seize as it cracks down on illegal gambling. A number of online gambling news sources have reported that GoDaddy capitulated and turned over the domains, but a look at the whois shows the domains are still in the original owners’ names. (Compare this to the domain names ... read more ...
Wed 8th October 2008
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Network Solutions Fights for Domain Owners in Kentucky - Some good news came out of the Kentucky domain hearings yesterday. Internet Commerce Association, which defends the rights of domain owners, sent Executive Director Michael Collins to Kentucky for the “Domaingate” hearings. You can read his synopsis on the ICA’s web site. The most interesting news is that Network Solutions appeared to be the only registrar to send representatives to fight the illegal and unprecedented transfer of domain names to the Commonwealth ... read more ...
Mon 30th June 2008
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ICANN Fee Rule Change Won’t End Domain Tasting, Frontrunning - ICANN’s recent rule change will have mixed results. ICANN recently moved a step further to changing how it handles refunds for domain names in conjunction with the registry. Currently, ICANN charges a 20 cent fee per domain name registered. However, this fee is refundable along with the entire price of the domain registration if the domain is “returned” to the registry within 5 days. With the new rules, the 20 cent fee won’t be refundable after a registrar ... read more ...
Wed 25th June 2008
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GoDaddy Group Registers 30 Millionth Domain Name - RulesofSaving.com, registered by a Connecticut man yesterday, pushes company over milestone. A tip of the hat to GoDaddy Group, which runs GoDaddy.com, Wild West Domains, and Blue Razor, for crossing the 30 million domains registered mark. This number appears to reflect the total number of domains currently registered. Given expirations, that means GoDaddy has registered a lot more domains than that over its lifetime. According to RegistrarStats.com, GoDaddy.com ... read more ...
Fri 20th June 2008
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Network Solutions: “We’ll Stop Reserving if ICANN Adds Fee” - Network Solutions says it will stop controversial practice if ICANN adopts fee next week. Next week the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) board will vote on its 2009 budget. The budget includes the much-talked-about provision to make the ICANN registration fee (currently 20 cents) non refundable once a registrar’s deletions during the five day grace period exceed 10% of new registrations during a month. Network Solutions says it will ... read more ...
Wed 7th May 2008
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Survey: SnapNames Still King of Expired Domain Names - Despite a turbulent year, SnapNames is still #1 for expired domains. 37% of respondents in Domain Name Wire’s third annual domain survey use SnapNames more often than other expired domain catching services. This is the third year in a row that SnapNames had led the charts, despite a very challenging year for the service. After being acquired by Oversee.net, SnapNames lost key registrars Network Solutions and eNom. The two registrars formed a competing drop catcher ... read more ...
Tue 29th April 2008
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GoDaddy Allows Transfers After Whois Changes - GoDaddy complies with ICANN advisory for transferring domain names. Last September I wrote that GoDaddy might have to end its controversial practice of denying transfers-out when a domain owner changes whois information in the preceding 60 days. A few weeks ago ICANN finalized the advisory that I wrote about, and it seems to target GoDaddy specifically. The advisory basically says that registrars can’t deny transfer requests due to changes in whois information, ... read more ...
Fri 14th March 2008
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Domain Names: What’s Hot, What’s Not - A look at current trends in domain names. What are the hottest trends in domain names right now? Where are things headed south? Here’s a quick look. —–What’s HOT—– Four character domains – I’m not sure why everyone is jumping on this bandwagon. But it’s never pretty when most of the sales are between domainers. Do yourself a favor: unless the four character domain you’re buying is an acronym for several organizations or is a word, leave it ... read more ...
Mon 25th February 2008
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Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Network Solutions, ICANN - Lawsuit stems from “customer protection measure”. My prediction has come true: Kabateck Brown Kellner, LLP has filed a class action lawsuit against Network Solutions for its practice of preemptively registering domains names searched for on its site. This issue was uncovered on the DomainState blog in January and set off a media firestorm. On the day the news broke, I wrote: “If Network Solutions doesn’t stop this practice immediately, they are guaranteed ... read more ...
Thu 7th February 2008
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How Did Pool Score Shoppers.com? A Glitch. - Pool sold Shoppers.com for over $166,000 this week, but the name should have been exclusive to NameJet. [Updated 10:24 CST] Pool.com landed a whale this week, catching Shoppers.com and selling it for $166,000 through its auction. Although the value of the domain is debatable, the bigger question is how Pool landed the domain since it was registered at Network Solutions, which has an exclusive relationship with NameJet for expired domains. One rumor was that the domain ... read more ...