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It is being reported by multiple independent and normally dependable sources that using Network Solutions' standard whois checking facility currently results in automatic registrations of the domains being searched for - on the basis that they are being reserved for registration at Network Solutions (presumably using the free 5-day window allowed for cancellation of erroneously registered domains, which has been widely criticized for being open to abuse and the widespread unintended use of which is known as domain 'tasting').
As non-discounted retail prices at Network Solutions are many times higher than at the cheapest mainstream registrars, some people have made the point that this is tantamount to holding a domain at ransom and/or demanding an extortionate price for certainty of registration of one's own domain ideas.
If this is of NetworkSolutions intentional doing (rather than say a programmer experimenting on their own) the danger is that other registrars will follow this example and the availability of good domains would shrink even further.
There are also potentially opportunities for abuse of the new system by third parties, which I would rather not go into but which do not require much imagination to come up with.
My bet is this will not be allowed to last for long, but for now let's say checking for domain availability at NetworkSolutions is perhaps not a good idea.
What's your take?
As non-discounted retail prices at Network Solutions are many times higher than at the cheapest mainstream registrars, some people have made the point that this is tantamount to holding a domain at ransom and/or demanding an extortionate price for certainty of registration of one's own domain ideas.
If this is of NetworkSolutions intentional doing (rather than say a programmer experimenting on their own) the danger is that other registrars will follow this example and the availability of good domains would shrink even further.
There are also potentially opportunities for abuse of the new system by third parties, which I would rather not go into but which do not require much imagination to come up with.
My bet is this will not be allowed to last for long, but for now let's say checking for domain availability at NetworkSolutions is perhaps not a good idea.
What's your take?