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You could lose that domain name, if you don’t read this!

Hi,

If you follow other RSS feeds, not just Internet Marketing or Internet Business related feeds you may have spotted an article about a new type of activity that is being conducted by the BIG daddy of all registrars (no, not GoDaddy) but by Network Solutions.

It goes like this:

1. Search for a domain on Network Solutions website.
2. Network Solutions “registers” the domain in their name (but you don’t know this).
3. Try to register that domain somewhere else
4. You CAN’T because Network Solutions owns it (temporarily).
5. You’re screwed.

You see there is a loophole in the way domain names are registered.  They do release the domain within 4-5 days, but it does put some undue stress on the registerant and the S

This practice is known as DOMAIN NAME FRONT RUNNING or DNFR.

You see the problem here is that, you may not get the chance to snap that name up once it is released. 

Here are two links (from WikiPedia) that talk about Network Solutions new process, and about DNFR:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Solutions
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_front_running
• http://blog.domaintools.com/2008/01/network-solutions-steals-domain-ideas-confirmed/ - blog that explains, with images, the scope of the issue and dangers of this practice.  Here is a quote from the sites blog entry:”However Network Solutions has now exposed those domains to Domain Tasters that will snipe those domain up milliseconds after Network Solutions deletes them”

Regards,

Mohamed

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