Domain Holding for 4 Days My sister-in-law was looking into some domain names for their new business and was on the website domaindirect.com. She found three domains names that she wanted to register and called me to get my Registrar’s website address because I let them buy domains at my cost. She tried to register one of the domains and was having some issues which said the domain was already taken. She had looked up the Whois; and apparently clicked some link to buy it now, and was sent to Network Solutions to register one domain for 5 years at around $100.00. My sister-in-law called me to ask some questions before she paid for the one domain. I told her to hold up and not pay Network Solutions – that was too high. I logged into my own Registrar website and proceeded to register the domains for her. I was unable to register any of the three domains because they were all taken. I thought this was strange because all of the domains were just available, then within an hour not available. I looked up the Whois and on all of the domains said Network Solutions was the owner with the registration date showing today. I called Network Solutions and had them to look up the three domains my sister-in-law was attempting to buy and asked why they were showing Network Solutions as the owner and registered today just after my sister-in-law searched them on domaindirect.com. The lady at Network Solutions said she would be happy to release them. I asked why they attempted to hijack these domains. She said that on their website and some other website they are associated with they put a 4 day hold on the domain name to assure you won’t lose it. I have heard of this happening some years back but wasn’t aware it was still going on. The lady released the domains and I was able to assist my sister-in-law with purchasing them under my Registrar. I believe this is wrong and unethical.
Proof please? Or is this one of those "I heard it from my friend's frien'ds friend's friend's friend's friend" thing? The subject here is Network Solutions holding a searched-for domain name for up to 4 days before releasing it, which Go Daddy doesn't do. Since NetSol has been sued since then, it's highly unlikely Go Daddy or any other U.S. registrar will do that anytime soon. People can argue this is unethical, evil, etc. But if you believe NetSol is lying if it comes to their reasons for doing so, then some of you might be interested in knowing that others like Go Daddy reported the exact same thing happening to them in an ICANN meeting in Marrakech, Morocco years ago. Or...do people simply don't care except believing this is evil?
everybody should flood network solutions with a bunch of crappy domain names and not register them! for instance: networksolutionslkasdhflashdlfkdsf.com cralkdslkjhgsaldkhfgstupidnetworksolutions.com networksolutionsisabigloserdumbass.com lfksadhfsdhfdhfdhhdhdhhd.net dflhasdljfhaslkdfhksjdahfsdhfsdhflsadhflhsadflkhsdflkhdsf.org and pooponnetworksolutions.asia
It's not only Network Solutions who is doing this, I have noticed the same thing a couple of times, best to do is wait for a week and then try again using a reliable registrar. They can only hold (hijack) your domain for a limited time.
And if you think they hadn't thought of that, then ready yourself to be sorely disappointed. If it's any sort of consolation, though, they're currently sued for this practice. I've asked this who knows how many times and haven't gotten an answer, but can someone kindly explain to me how one can hijack from another what the latter doesn't own to begin with? Or do people find that conveniently easier to believe, even though it's unfounded? BTW, this has been discussed before: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=642295 Although understandable, delusion is sometimes amazing. Oh well, it happens. Three options, though, are to wait up to 4 days, contact them, or stop using their search service altogether. Other registrars so far aren't doing what NSI is doing, but do LMK if you're able to verify one other doing exactly this.
Yeah, this was big news a few months ago. They tried to spin it as a good thing, but it forces you to go through them or wait the 4-5 days for them to get released.
Old news. When you search for domains, you might want to try Dynadot. This is what they said in their forums: I believe them. Never had any problem with that.