{"id":5114,"date":"2016-06-28T19:31:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T23:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=5114"},"modified":"2016-06-28T20:19:07","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T00:19:07","slug":"cant-get-away-from-network-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/cant-get-away-from-network-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Can&#8217;t get away from Network Solutions!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/netsol.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Network Solutions<\/strong><\/a> might be the original domain registrar, but these days they maintain a different relationship with domain investors.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping one&#8217;s domains at one registrar versus another, is a matter of personal choice. NetSol is owned by <strong>Web.com<\/strong> along with Register.com.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t register domains at Network Solutions, and that&#8217;s because there are competitive options elsewhere. I also don&#8217;t appreciate the <a href=\"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/network-solutions-three-days-to-get-the-authorization-code\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>3 day charade<\/strong><\/a> of waiting for domain authorization keys to arrive, after one unlocks their domain for transfer.<\/p>\n<p>Yet somehow, I end up having domains at Network Solutions: <strong>NameJet<\/strong>, the domain auction marketplace, is a joint venture between <strong>Rightside<\/strong> and <strong>Web.com<\/strong>. And SnapNames is a Web.com property as well.<\/p>\n<p>Until recently, SnapNames acquisitions would end up at <strong>eNom<\/strong>, another Rightside property. I&#8217;ve no problem with eNom or its <strong>myriad<\/strong> ICANN-accredited registrars, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icann.org\/registrar-reports\/accredited-list.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>this official list.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It seems though that SnapNames is now <strong>moving its drop-catching services to Network Solutions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today, I received notification that one of my domains that is sitting nicely in my eNom account, will be transitioned to Network Solutions on July 11th.<\/p>\n<p>NetSol has effectively acquired the domain Registrar eNomNZ.com along with others. There is no other update at ICANN about this.<\/p>\n<p>I think that this type of domain musical chairs needs to stop.<\/p>\n<p>Drop catching services rely on system resources and connections to the Registry. 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