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Re: How to secure a domain name?

conniebensen — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:56:39 GMT

Hello, my name is Connie
at Network Solutions. The
discussion about holding domain names or domain "jacking" is called domain
tasting. As pointed out this is an industry wide issue, which was resolved
last June. ICANN implemented measure to end this once and for all. Network
Solutions has been advocating to ICANN to end this practice and
openly posted about this here:

http://solutionsarepower.com/2008/network-solutions-encourages-icann-to-end-front-running-for-good/

Re: How to secure a domain name?

socalbits — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:31:32 GMT

Godaddy is a good one, but whe it comes to hosting DNS and purchasing a website, i use Network Solutions.

FYI - DO NOT search for a domain at network solutions website unless you are ready to purchase it immediately. If not, they will register the domain and you will have to buy it from them at a higher price (in my experience).

I've also used google to purchase domains and works fairly well (my own site is through google apps).

Re: How to secure a domain name?

wfajardo — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:05:21 GMT

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Re: How to secure a domain name?

alvin101 — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:13:18 GMT

This is a rather old post, but I am jumping in anyway.

I have been at this business of websites and domain names for a while now.

I have recently acquired a domain name register reseller account and
can offer near wholesale prices for domain name registers, less then
$10.00 USD

I have a domain that I use to give free sub domains, you can get
started here for free, However this domain is only for selected
scripts, I specialize in php/mysql, (cms, erp, etc.)

If you are in need of something simple just get the host that gives you
the best deal, almost all hosts offer one or two free domain name
registers with a hosting plan, check http://www.top10webhosting.com/ If
you are ready to jump in with both feet, using third party software and
scripts, you will want a host with good customer support, when you have
a problem most tech support will simply tell you they don't support
third party software, and you are stuck with things that don't work, I
have been there. I have not found better tech support then
http://www.ixwebhosting.com offers.

If any of this is unclear please email me, I will do what I can to help.

Regards, Alvin

Re: How to secure a domain name?

websolutions — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:32:22 GMT

wait everyone,(silence) let the master speak!

Master speaking: You must visit www.livedomainsearch.com - this is the tool you will need to find the best registrar for your domain.

Re: How to secure a domain name?

webmasters — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:20:52 GMT

To learn the availability of a domain name you can use this link: http://www.domaintools.com and in the whois lookup text input field type in the desired domain name and click the search button. You will soon learn the availability of that domain name.

Purchase a domain name. WARNING Make sure when purchasing your domain name it is actually being purchased in your name and that you have full administrative control such as user name and password to the control panel that locks, unlock, transfer, re-register or point your domain name to another name server. At Siteprohosting.com we provide all the above domain tools.

I hope this helps.

-Webmaster
www.siteprohosting.com 1-858-605-0942 | 24/7 Telephone sales and support
http://www.siteprohosting.com

Re: How to secure a domain name?

LUCKIEST — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:46:34 GMT

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year.

Have a blast in 2008
LUCKIEST

Re: How to secure a domain name?

sliqua — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:52:06 GMT

I've yet to have a single issue getting anything done with Network Solutions, even after transferring over 100+ domains to my bulk account with them. Their pricing is quite fair at around 9/yr when you buy in bulk. However, they are a little expensive when just buying 1 domain directly from them for a year at $35/yr. However, you get what you pay for in every industry, and in ours- I feel that its money well spent, from a support aspect they are excellent as well.

When it comes to your comments about being an overpriced, rip-off registrar... I'm sure that ANY legitimate business could afford $35/yr and it is NOT too much money for the security that comes with having your domain registered from the source instead of a 3rd party.

I'm not going to debate this any longer. I've had my fair share of
issues with GoDaddy and just about every other large registrar under
the sun. Afterall, it's my job as a web host to deal with such problems
on a regular basis. I'm giving my professional opinion, based on my
experiences with all of the registrys, in order to assist folks in
making an educated business decision.

If you would like to debate this out further, you may contact me
directly. I could debate about this issue for days in a highly
technical manner. However, I think that it would be inappropriate to go
into the technical aspect on these forums, as it's for business and not
the tech community.

Re: How to secure a domain name?

moogrdotcom — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:52:26 GMT

If you get domain jacked at godaddy you will get domain jacked at network solutions. Domain Registration is easy to track and it takes consumer education to understand how to protect yourself and prevent it from happening to begin with. Network Solutions will NOT provide you more protection if your domain is hi-jacked and they're not worth the price they charge.

The only reason i recommended a free email is because the scenerio where you stated that if your domain is jacked you don't have access to your email. That is entirely not true if you stick to a 3rd party email service for your domain registration info.

Education is what will protect the consumer. Not some overpriced rip-off registrar.

infact if you google network solutions you will see just how evil they are in trying to ruin everything from domain registration to spammed dns entries.

Re: How to secure a domain name?

sliqua — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:33:20 GMT

I'm really glad that you commented about how ENOM's abuse department doesn't care. Because per the posts above about Google's domain registration service, Google DOES NOT run their own registry. They outsource domain registrations to ENOM.