:-( 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!?

MotherFuckers!:mad:

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/6646/a2nk9.gif

wow... this actually explains a couple of things. Fuckers.

edit double post

I haven't seen them do what netsol is doing, but they're definitely in the domain kiting business. Have seen it on a number of occasions.

Network Solution are idiots. Sad to see them stoop this low. Their business must really be bad. Someone needs to tell them, this isn't 1997 anymore. You can't charge $35/year for a domain registration and expect to run a successful registrar.

http://gfy-can-suck-my-loaded-hairy-balls.com/

even though there is a parked page there now, netsol says it is still available
however, other registrars say it's taken

so it looks like they are 'reserving' lookups purely for them, so you hav to order through them to get it

scamming shits