they will hold it for 5 days and then toss it back into the pool.

the more interesting question is does network solutions pay the $0.25 ICANN fee for that tasting? If so, wouldn't take long for skript kiddies to load up NS LOL


Fight the small fish!

No way do they pay it. The regular searches alone would cost a bundle and cost cutting corps would see these charges as somethign to get rid of.

i just did, that's a lot of fun

Just got word that there is no ICANN fee for tasting.. the $0.20 (not $0.25) is a proposal to supposedly curb the domain tasting.

lots of chatter going on here:
http://www.domainstate.com/showthrea...threadid=85864

Fight the bad taste in the mouth!

and of course the domain is available as a parked site as soon as they snatched it from you:

case in point, i searched for this domain this morning, and blam:
http://www.thisdomainshouldbeavailable123.com


Fight the auto-park!

that's exactly why i register with ICANN ACCREDITED WEBAIR.COM!!!

a name you can trust!

..and try out domain tasting with webair:
https://www.webair.com/form_domain.htm

new site: https://www.domainpal.com/


Domain and Tasting Rates

Tasting: $0.20/domain

Registration: $7.95/domain

not bad.. domain tasting for everyone!

LOL


Fight the cake!

The website is up: http://networksolutionsisrunbycrooks.com/


LOL

Fight the parking without making-out!

looks like you used some keyword that GFY blocked out, so i looked up:
netsolisrunbyhahahahahahas.com at NS for ya.. website shouldl be up shortly.

:1orglaugh

Fight the hahhahahahahha!

ps. that was wierd... the 'n' word was blanked out with hahahahahah when i had replied.

Yeah, the word is banned but URLs are not blocked based on words.

they have been doing this for YEARS.....i haven't used net sol in maybe 6-7 years once i realized what was going on

Ahah... the crooks are at it again :winkwink:

This latest ploy may be new, but operating like scum is not unfamiliar to NS. The history and backroom antics there is just awesome - tho that's obviously a tiny fraction which is known about.

Couple of years back an LE agency friend was "playing games" with NS - purchasing domains, causing queries then asking questions etc etc. The feedback from that game was too damned funny - even to the level of sending clients to public call box numbers for "support" *lol*

It was more than obvious things were not as things supposed to be :)

This is why I only use Moniker.

Never had ANY problems at all.

:thumbsup

Finally there is something on which GreyWolf and I agree!!

NSI is a bunch of crooks.

:upsidedow

shysters

as long as the new boss stays the same as the old boss ;)

http://www.circleid.com/posts/81310_...ns_overseenet/

Oversee.net, a leading technology-driven online marketing solutions company, and Moniker®, one of the fastest-growing providers of domain name registration, domain asset management, and monetization services, announced today that Oversee has acquired Moniker.



Fight the M&A!

No shock. Godaddy has been doing this since like 2000.

fucked up company that's fo sho..........luckily I don't use them......but seriously.....most companies do this kinda shit under the table so no surprise there...

The "shock" is that while some registries were suspected of doing such things, there was never any clear proof.

Network Solutions is quite brazzen as its easy to confirm now what they are doing.

Fight the open book!

Oh really?

A buddy called me the other day, he searched a name and boom right after the cock smokers at NetSol bought it.

How the hell can they get away with this?

i think baddog's point, is where is the proof that GoDaddy was doing such things?

Its like many suspect programs of shaving since 2000, but there is not as clear proof as there is with Network Solutions domain "protection" scheme.

Fight the magnifying glass!

Friends don't let friends use Network Solutions for domain lookups/purchases.

why would anyone want to pay such a high price at NS?????


Fight the designated internet driver!

Alot of registrars do it ..

haha, I was just entering gfycansuckmyloadedhairyballs.com into the system to see if tomorrow it was taken,

and gfycansuckmyloadedhairyballs.co.uk it says is already taken

wtf!

this is the longest thread i ever made. How come i'm not gettign a flood of congratulations messages via icq??? :(

wow, so it happens right away? I knew registrars/whois places were doing stuff like this, but I always thought they wait a few days before registering the domain... wtf?

yes, happens in under a minute if the domain has dictionary keywords. Put in garbage and it doesn't register it.

Guess the domain scams and schemes are getting bolder.

After you "search" for a domain at NS, open it up in a browser in a few minutes.. they have it running as a parked page.


Fight the fast lane!

LOL @ you moniker fools. They've been selling domain tasting services for over a year.

:-( man I don't like this at all. This totally bastardizes the registration process even more.

It really takes less than 1 minute for them to register the domain.
Had to do the test as well.

Registrant:
This Domain is available at NetworkSolutions.com
13681 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 300
HERNDON, VA 20171
US

Domain Name: NETWORK-SOLUTIONS-STOLE-MY-DOMAIN-NAME.COM

http://whois.domaintools.com/network...omain-name.com

I cought godaddy doing the same with some of my strange searches few hours after I check.

yup the free registration thing has been exploited faster than it was a documented feature.. but can't really blame NS on this one.... doesnt matter if you register it there or another registrar, NS still gets $6.50 a domain
regardless who registers it.

i would never of guessed that =/

yes, but i think you missed the point of the hijaacking of the searched domain... you can ONLY get the domain from them for $34.95/yr

You can't go anywhere else to get it cheaper, because they have it locked for 5 days.

so the obvious solution is don't use NS for your lookups....


Fight the monopoly!

Why noone is using "whois" from the command line is beyond me.... far faster and guaranteed not to be stolen :2 cents:

:thumbsup

iwanttofuckjoshjennings.com

Now owned by Network Solutions.

LMFAO!

They've fucked me a few times... now I use http://www.pcnames.com/

Lookup a bunch of domains with trademarks and report them to various companies.

I had looked up this domain http://stealthisdomainfromme.com/ this morning, and sure enough, it got registered and then a parked page was there.. full promo of NS.

Now, it has an 'under construction' page. There used to be a link at the bottom where they were trying to throw off an trademark issues, but i guess with all the attention, their attorneys probably warned them to not put up any "parked" pages other than the "This Site Is Under Construction and Coming Soon."


Fight the hard hats!

Pimpin' :pimp

XO

LOL they must feel like assholes right now. Maybe they should buy networksolutionsfeellikeassholes.com

they do now :1orglaugh


ICANN Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC.
Created: 2008-01-09
Expires: 2009-01-09
Registrar Status: clientHold


Fight the wasting of gravel from all these parked domains!

This isn't surprising. I knew a guy from Houston who allegedly had an inside source at Network Solutions back in the late 90s. The way their little scam worked allegedly was that every two and three letter domain name that existed would get registered to a front company and then resold for top dollar. When the grace period ended (something like 60 or 90 days) then the insider would re-register the domains for the front company again.

Then there was the time NetSol wanted to circumvent any mistyped URL request on the internet and, instead of presenting a DNS error, they would show a netsol page advertising themselves. They're always looking for ways to make a buck. You think they made coin when they were charged $100 for a fucking two year domain registration back in 1994? Hells yes they did.

100 stolen domains

fuck the scammers! this MUST BE ILLEGAL!

Damn cock suckers.

What the hell!?