Let this be a warning for you all! Stay away from NetworkSolutions.com
If you want a domainname, there are other options there. Do your research and keep in mind the following things to ask when you speak with their sales. This is based on the recent incident I had with networksolutions and I the 3rd artcle about Networksolutions.com, and they were not good. And this is the final blow..
If you have a domain hosted in NetworkSolutions.com transfer it asap or at least 2 weeks before it expires. NetworkSolutions.com releaseds the authentication code 3 days. Once you have the authentication codes it will take 7days someting to do the transfer, in which at this stage, expired domains will be on hold. AGAIN during the process of transfering networksolutions.com can declare the domain expired and wont continue to process the transfer.
Ask the company your will be buying the domainname from, ask them about the grace period they will give you until you can renew you domainname after a year, i have spoek with 2 domainname registrar and they have a catergory like the .com are ok and others do matter, so for the .com they allow even up to a month of grace period until you cant renew. BUT FOR NETWORKSOLUTIONS.COM there is no grace period. the day the domain expires, you are done.
Even when the transfer is on process, it is still considered live, meaning if it expires then it expires, it doesnt go to a phase of being transfer and is not subject to any expiration. Now for those that are in networksolutions for years, i would assume you got in because at that time they were popular like a godaddy now, so why you need to transfer? times have changed and tech has gone a long way since you got you domain from networksolutions, there are new and better registrars that offers a better price, like half the price. And most of all better service.
Imagine I get auto deducted 2 MONTHS ahead to renew the domain but not even a day for grace period. Just for awhile how that greed and unfair business practice is.
Is this a rant? NO, its putting things so you wont fall iinto this traps. Now, lets talk about some details you will get how web squatting and domain hostage means.
In networksolutions.com once your domain expires it will go to a phase they call for deletion, its automatic, and you can stop this by paying them $350 to renew. If you cant rewen it or pay the $350 for a couple of days then the domainanme will be sort of owned by NetworkSolutions and they can sell it at a premium. Hence the name Premium domains. $350 to renew the domain since you failted to renew it on time or because your transfer another registrar? NetworkSoltution will hostage your domainname for $350 ransome.
Now here is where the real deal is, if you cant pay $350 to renew the domain, they will automatically sell it at a premium for $3500, depends on the domain. NETWORKSOLUTIONS just added 1 more 0 there.
So, you would ask, were you able to give you domainname back? is $3500 worth it? $350 worth it? you would say it depends, and that is correct, we can get a new domainname and spend the moeny for marketing rather than giving it to NETWORKSOLUTIONS.com
Like what Networksolutions said in their website "i all begins with a domain". and I will end it up or close this article as a reply to Networksolutions.com "and it ended up with greed"
