aspnetguy Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 I couldn't believe this when I read it. http://www.domainnamenews.com/featured/dom...s-searches/1359They are registering every domain that is searched on thier whois to force customers to buy from them. Very low tactics!I will never give them any of my business and surely never use their whois search. I used to think NS was a very respectable company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Yeah I saw that as well, I wont be ever using them again for anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synook Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 I read the article, but I don't quite get why NS don't have to pay for the domains they register... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspnetguy Posted January 10, 2008 Author Share Posted January 10, 2008 they do but when you register a domain you have a 5 day grace period (called domain tasting). If you cancel the domain within those 5 days you get a full refund. NS is releasing the domains they register within the 5 day period so they essentially are not having to pay for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synook Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Ah... hmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolguy Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Go daddy has been accused of this too even after their founder wrote a lengthy article about it herehttp://www.bobparsons.com/DomainKiting.htmlIf you want to find out more just look up "godaddy domain stealing" in google, or "network solutions domain stealing."Don't register with DirectNIC either. If you choose to change hosts they will hold your domain name hostage for a ransom of $250. It happened to me personally.To find out more about domain kiting go herehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_kitingFor a list of the Domain Kiting hall of shame go herehttp://texturbation.com/blog/?p=194One commonly used trick is to add a whois search bar on a website that logs all of the names entered so they can generate a list of names that have interest and tent them later.All of the fake domain camping sites return statistics to see how many times they have been visited and where the visitors came from. This is a way to value how excessively a domain camping host can charge resell the name. Some domain names have been sold for 6 figures. If you are even remotely thinking about registering a domain name start wearing a helmet made out of tin foil... j/k But if you want to see if a name is available only do a whois lookup at http://registrar.verisign-grs.com/whois/ and I don't even completely trust them either.The best thing to do is make a list, use verisign to check whois, and register the name you want immediately after you've found it.Unfortunately the internet is a place where big fish and small fish mix and the big fish have more money, resources, and a team of sniveling little bastards dedicated to screwing you for the company's benefit. Chances are... they have more dirty little tricks than you could ever imagine so be careful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 I always use whois.sc for my lookups. If you just want to look up details about a domain (not registration, DNS details) you can just go to a command prompt in Windows and use the nslookup tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspnetguy Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 I have only ever dealt with Yahoo and Dynadot when registering names. Yahoo was a pain i the neck to transfer a domain from (only ever had 1 with them) I have registered everyother domain I own with Dynadot and have been very happy. I usually use bustaname.com to search for available domains and who.is whne looking up DNS info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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