If you use NameCheap or enom read this......
 

I made a post yesterday about a NameCheap registered domain being withdrawn, they gave no notification and no reason.

It turns out that NameCheap is just an Enom reseller..... and I received this a few hours ago.

"We received several spam complaints concerning this domain name. In accordance with our zero tolerance spam policy, the domain has been disabled and will remain so as to prevent further abuse. We are not in position to re-enable the domain, thus empowering the offender to continue the abusive behavior. Our goal is to be 100% spam free, and strides are being taken in order to attain this goal. We feel that our new policy will benefit all eNom customers, as well as all internet users.

Regards,

eNom, Inc."

I do some spam but not email spam and not with THIS domain.

I have received NO notification about a change in policy from Enom or NameCheap, has anyone else? Let me know if you have.

THis is the same game that GoDaddy have been playing and all of you need to watch this carefully.

I have asked them to send copies of the alledged email spam with headers and am waiting to hear, I will let you know.

Oh uh. Time to change registrars for a lot of people.

you just found that out.
Most all domain registers are enom resellers unless they have the ICANN approved logo on their site

Man that sucks.

I won't be using them anymore.

I've heard a lot of great things about:
http://www.natnames.com/
http://www.directnic.com/

Neither re-sell ENOM

Can the Domain pimps give any advice about this?
DomBuyer? Taboo?

Where do you recommend purchasing domains for adult use?

Can't your competitors just e-mail your registrar and say you've been spamming when you HAVE NOT? Just to destroy you and your site for a few days/week? For a 100k/day TGP that would be suicide

I always assumed they are ICANN approved.

It seems to me they are acting as Judge, Jury and Executioner in this and are not looking at any facts.

Want to fuck someone over? Just send a spam complaint to Enom and they are gone!

Also if they change policy shouldnt current customers be informed?

Both NameCheap and RegisterFly resell for eNom on most levels. NameCheap was also dealing with OpenSRS as well, registerfly is a direct registrar of .TV I believe.

Regardless; I like both eNom (direct) and Moniker, myself.

These idiots are getting more pathetic by the day. They'll shut your domain after one complain, without even bodering to investigate? Is that all it takes?
Fuckers !!!

called them?

Not yet

Im waiting to see the email and headers..... I will give it a few hours

I will call NameCheap as well, I have a feeling that they will get pissed off with this new Enom policy.... They have a good rep and have built the business on word of mouth to a large extent, and wont want to fuck it up now

enom is not doing this for ethical reasons. they couldn't care less as long they make their money. it's pressure from above.

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Care to explain who's pressuring eNom?

Interesting. I believe it is not the place of a domain registrar to enforce any kind of spam or abuse policy, except in extreme cases of illegal activity such as CP, etc...

Namecheap and godaddy are both on my "Registrars to avoid list".

I thought that Namecheap was above this shit. FUCK!

my suggestion is register dot com :thumbsup

same here

wow that's shitty

I may be able to help you out.

What's your ICQ number?

yeah, this shit is fucked up....

http://www.enom.com/terms/agreement.asp

Having a policy where anyone with a grudge can lodge a spam
complaint and have your site shut-down is ridiculous! :Oh crap

I wouldn't use anyone but domainnamesystems for two good reasons

1. as I just mentioned in another 'hijacked domain' thread, they have one of only 10 people in the world that are certified computer security forensics working for them.

2. the ceo is an ex pornster and knows how important domain security is to business.

Interesting....

I'll research them before using them.

Their homepage is very bad.

this is correct..

Moniker.com will take care of you
 

Hey Folks,

I was forwarded this thread by a few Moniker Customers that saw it. As many of your know, Moniker is one of the only registrars dedicated to the Adult and high competition industry as well as mainstream. We attend the majority of the Adult shows and focus on the very highest security, service at the best value in terms of price. We take care of WRS, PeCash, TeN, UltSearch, Netster, TRFCN, and many others.

Do yourselves a favor and do not have your valuable inventories with resellers or you will get screwed. They do not control terms and conditions and your names can be shut down without notice and even removed. Namescheap, Registerfly, domainnamesystems, are all resellers. Godaddy has been shutting down names without notice as well because they are trying to clean up before they go public - quite ironic if you saw their superbowl ad.

In any case, just email me at [email protected] and we will assist you with your domains. We provide legal notices, filter complaints, provide warnings prior to taking actions, totally protect from domain theft, and provide ICANN compliant whois privacy services.

Let me know how we can help.

[email protected]

another reason for me to get ICANN-accredited and set up my own registrar.

:disgust

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im sure spamhaus is the one applying the pressure. "Drop the domains or end up on our blacklist". Thats what godaddy claimed before revoking 40 domains from me.

Monkier how are you guys with email spam compliants will you shut down my domain?

Class Act Monte

We are one of the largest registrars on the face of the earth, and exceed your numbers (yours are public, mine aren't)

While we are not Icann accredited directly, and I make no bones about it, we are one of the largest with Tucows. When was the last time Tucows did anything without notification? We stay with them for a variety of reasons, least of which is we have some clout in the matter.

We use them for the stability of our clients. They ARE a public company, and I know the CEO personally, as well as the entire staff which we have both grown together over the years. We have a great rapport together, and our business models mesh nicely. Their policies are such that they will not pretend to police the internet (other than correctness of registrant information), and in many cases we have special arrangements with them. We handle the spam complaints directly (and yes, have been SpamHaus blacklisted because of it). I will not begin to police the internet, and will not allow our suppliers to begin that practice either. We have been with them since they began (so we have been around as long as them).

eNom has always been crap from day one. I have a long list of reasons, which I won't go into it here, except to say, you may remember DROA (another eNom reseller at one point).

and Monte, our client roster (whose privacy I respect and won't post publicly), is among the who's who in the adult world, and there is a reason they are with us, and not you. I'll let them come forth directly if they so chose. They know why they deal with us, fast courteous responsive service from 2 locations (US and Canada), and I wont post their names on message boards to further my financial cause.

and finally we do have some accreditations, we just chose not to brown nose to Icann directly, for the most part I still view them as an illegal entity. MOST accredited registrars have less than 50,000 names in their portfolios, and you certainly are not among the big boys. Hell many resellers, even DirectNic which has been around almost as long as us, kicks the shit out of your numbers.(lol.. there's a plug for you Mike).

It would appear though that we have one thing in common, my email inbox was filled by our clients showing me this thread.


and yes, my main web page is crap, the goodies are inside :)

and thank you Vicki for that post. Yes, our Director of Technology is one of the VERY FEW CERTIFIED computer forensic (NCSF) specialists in the world. Its not widely advertised, but I guess it is now...lol

http://www.domainnamesystems.com
Since 1999

:)

Monte vs Gord

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

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hey goRd

I just saw your postcount you NOOB roflmao

*I can't believe you actually posted on the BOARD!* lol
sabout time I say

Fuck i just transfered important domains from godaddy to namecheap yesterday :mad:

Anyone else got their shit yanked because of complaints?

Just an FYI, shutting down domains for spam is an internal policy not an ICANN policy.

Enom has some new management in place so that could be where this is coming from.

In most cases the only time we as domain registrars are required to do anything with shutting down a domain is if it has invalid WHOIS information. Technically, I don't have to shut down phising sites or anything. Unless I get a request from some government agency.

If I receive a spam complaint, my policy is simple, I check my own email to see if I have received a spam advertising that same domain. If so, I put the domain on hold, end of story. I receive close to about 4000 emails a day, with about 90% of them being spam. So I have a nice inventory of spam to check against.

So the only "pressure from above" that I can think of that Enom would be getting is from their new management or their bandwidth provider (if they are hosting DNS).

Just my 2.5 cents.

Donny
directNIC.com

One registrar trash talking another doesn't look very good.

lmao taboo


no contest

I have tons of domains with them, and have never had a problem. Well worth the price! :thumbsup

I swear by Directnic, been with them for 4 years now without a single problem. Its well worth the extra $

Vicki .. stop messing with me ..lol

Taboo .. lol

Donny ..

you are absolutely correct in your assertion. Its an internal policy, period. Icann makes no demands of its registrars to police content, or the use of a domain name. Thats for the FTC and other agencies.


Hey, its post #2 .. lol

what does "ON HOLD" mean to you? are there ways for owner to dispute? reclaim? re-instate? transfer out? is their a 30-day notification window?

someone somewhere said - I'm not that rich to buy cheap things.

proved to be tru in this case