{"id":4079,"date":"2014-07-02T15:37:04","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T19:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=4079"},"modified":"2014-07-02T15:44:04","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T19:44:04","slug":"xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\/","title":{"rendered":"XYZ \/ Network Solutions: Cut the bullshit already!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In case you were wondering whether the infamous <strong>XYZ promotion<\/strong> by Network Solutions has stopped or not, I can assure you it&#8217;s <strong>still going full force.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With more than <a href=\"http:\/\/ntldstats.com\/registrar\/2-Network-Solutions-LLC\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>200,000 .XYZ domain names<\/strong><\/a> under the management of Network Solutions, it&#8217;s mathematically certain that these are all automatic registrations via an XYZ \/ NetSol agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Having just received my &#8220;complimentary XYZ domain&#8221; notice for a dot .com domain I transferred away from Network Solutions <a href=\"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/domains\/moniker-exodus-update\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>as documented in a recent post<\/strong><\/a>, I can honestly say both companies need to <strong>cut the bullshit already!<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;m no longer a Network Solutions customer<\/li>\n<li>I never asked for an XYZ domain<\/li>\n<li>I don&#8217;t have to click on any links in order NOT to receive a domain that I did not register<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is an open letter and official notification to the XYZ Registry and Network Solutions, that if that XYZ domain ends up in my account per their quoted date, I will file reports with the BBB and consumer protection agencies for deceptive advertising and abuse of contractual agreement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I never authorized Network Solutions to stuff domains to my account under any circumstances.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4080 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/xyz.gif\" alt=\"xyz\" width=\"599\" height=\"777\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you were wondering whether the infamous XYZ promotion by Network Solutions has stopped or not, I can assure you it&#8217;s still going full force. With more than 200,000 .XYZ domain names under the management of Network Solutions, it&#8217;s mathematically certain that these are all automatic registrations via an XYZ \/ NetSol agreement. Having [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-domains","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>XYZ \/ Network Solutions: Cut the bullshit already! - Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"XYZ \/ Network Solutions: Cut the bullshit already! - Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In case you were wondering whether the infamous XYZ promotion by Network Solutions has stopped or not, I can assure you it&#8217;s still going full force. With more than 200,000 .XYZ domain names under the management of Network Solutions, it&#8217;s mathematically certain that these are all automatic registrations via an XYZ \/ NetSol agreement. Having [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-07-02T19:37:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-07-02T19:44:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/xyz.gif\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Theo Develegas\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Theo Develegas\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Theo Develegas\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9c9625f061a0e603a87f5bf0f6f781fe\"},\"headline\":\"XYZ \\\/ Network Solutions: Cut the bullshit already!\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-07-02T19:37:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-07-02T19:44:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":197,\"commentCount\":13,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/07\\\/xyz.gif\",\"articleSection\":[\"Domains\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\\\/\",\"name\":\"XYZ \\\/ Network Solutions: Cut the bullshit already! - Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/07\\\/xyz.gif\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-07-02T19:37:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-07-02T19:44:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9c9625f061a0e603a87f5bf0f6f781fe\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/07\\\/xyz.gif\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/07\\\/xyz.gif\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"XYZ \\\/ Network Solutions: Cut the bullshit already!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9c9625f061a0e603a87f5bf0f6f781fe\",\"name\":\"Theo Develegas\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6794630c371bee89f2b833c1f4b777d9ba75767b217c8fce2cfd6e6d7d90960d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6794630c371bee89f2b833c1f4b777d9ba75767b217c8fce2cfd6e6d7d90960d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6794630c371bee89f2b833c1f4b777d9ba75767b217c8fce2cfd6e6d7d90960d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Theo Develegas\"},\"description\":\"Theo Develegas - News and opinions on domain name investing, brand development, design, and the occasional rant or two about life's challenges. Founder of Acroplex LLC.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/acroplex\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"XYZ \/ Network Solutions: Cut the bullshit already! - Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"XYZ \/ Network Solutions: Cut the bullshit already! - Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas","og_description":"In case you were wondering whether the infamous XYZ promotion by Network Solutions has stopped or not, I can assure you it&#8217;s still going full force. With more than 200,000 .XYZ domain names under the management of Network Solutions, it&#8217;s mathematically certain that these are all automatic registrations via an XYZ \/ NetSol agreement. Having [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\/","og_site_name":"Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas","article_published_time":"2014-07-02T19:37:04+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-07-02T19:44:04+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/xyz.gif","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Theo Develegas","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Theo Develegas","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\/"},"author":{"name":"Theo Develegas","@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9c9625f061a0e603a87f5bf0f6f781fe"},"headline":"XYZ \/ Network Solutions: Cut the bullshit already!","datePublished":"2014-07-02T19:37:04+00:00","dateModified":"2014-07-02T19:44:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\/"},"wordCount":197,"commentCount":13,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/xyz.gif","articleSection":["Domains"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\/","url":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\/","name":"XYZ \/ Network Solutions: Cut the bullshit already! - Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/xyz.gif","datePublished":"2014-07-02T19:37:04+00:00","dateModified":"2014-07-02T19:44:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9c9625f061a0e603a87f5bf0f6f781fe"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/xyz.gif","contentUrl":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/xyz.gif"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/xyz-network-solutions-cut-bullshit-already\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"XYZ \/ Network Solutions: Cut the bullshit already!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/","name":"Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9c9625f061a0e603a87f5bf0f6f781fe","name":"Theo Develegas","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6794630c371bee89f2b833c1f4b777d9ba75767b217c8fce2cfd6e6d7d90960d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6794630c371bee89f2b833c1f4b777d9ba75767b217c8fce2cfd6e6d7d90960d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6794630c371bee89f2b833c1f4b777d9ba75767b217c8fce2cfd6e6d7d90960d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Theo Develegas"},"description":"Theo Develegas - News and opinions on domain name investing, brand development, design, and the occasional rant or two about life's challenges. Founder of Acroplex LLC.","sameAs":["https:\/\/acro.net","https:\/\/x.com\/acroplex"],"url":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4079\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}