{"id":5131,"date":"2016-07-12T22:41:29","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T02:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=5131"},"modified":"2016-07-12T22:55:03","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T02:55:03","slug":"ghost-domains-after-enom-hands-over-registrars-to-network-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/ghost-domains-after-enom-hands-over-registrars-to-network-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghost domains after eNom hands over registrars to Network Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Late last month I pointed out how <a href=\"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/cant-get-away-from-network-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Network Solutions acquired a group of drop-catching registrars<\/strong><\/a> owned by eNom.<\/p>\n<p>The list of ICANN-accredited registrars were used by SnapNames to allocate resources to, in order to catch domains.<\/p>\n<p>Today, July 12th, SnapNames utilized Network Solutions as the official registrar for domains caught on my behalf.<\/p>\n<p>SnapNames and Network Solutions are both properties of Web.com.<\/p>\n<p>Although I&#8217;m not sure what happens behind the scenes, the end result was rather comic, and here&#8217;s why.<\/p>\n<p>Network Solutions sent out emails for recent transactions, notifying the owners that their domains, that were caught by the former eNom registrars, were now to be found at NetworkSolutions.com.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We&#8221;ve placed your newly acquired domain name in a new account at Network Solutions. To begin managing your new domain, please find your username and password information below.<\/p>\n<p>Please take a few minutes to update your account with payment information and auto-renewal settings to ensure that your domains renew as intended on their expiration date.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, thank you for choosing SnapNames\u00ae. We are committed to providing the best solutions, services, and support to help you succeed online.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t bother to check what <strong>ghost domain<\/strong> is in that Network Solutions account, for a simple reason: I&#8217;ve already pushed the domain to my primary eNom account, within hours of it being caught via SnapNames.<\/p>\n<p>How is this possible?<\/p>\n<p>While transfers of domains between registrars are not allowed within the first 60 days of registration, there are <strong>no such limits<\/strong> when pushing the domain from a sub-registrar (eNomNZ.com, in my case) to the primary eNom registrar.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, it&#8217;s interesting to see what kind of verification was performed by Network Solutions, prior to sending out that informative email.<\/p>\n<p>Such mergers can be confusing and entertaining at the same time! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late last month I pointed out how Network Solutions acquired a group of drop-catching registrars owned by eNom. 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