I've always had Register.com in my list of forbidden registrars, that includes NetSol.com for both lousy and unaffordable unless you're a Fortune 500 co or plain dumb. Some are way expensive but better registrars (Enom is, for example) One test should be: How many domains in your lifespan as a domainer have you bought regged with Register.com ? ZERO in my case, and even when I've sold no one has asked their new domain be moved to Register..... NetSol just a couple on either side, I felt like pointing out how dumb they were, unless you're a true noob there's no excuse for using those.....not long ago Register had a promo for a free domain, normally I'd see what the catch is but I didn't even bother since a yr later I would've had to move it out. And now I see what happens when you want to move a name out or your buyer wants it out of there. They sound like EuroScum (aka EuroDNS) the scum of the earth for registrars anywhere in the world by a mile, they actually ARE real thieves, and they will eventually steal from you too
That's also the problem with drops and domain-catching services, but normally the worst I've heard was for Pool, I assume this one was thru SnapNames which catches Register's drops. Well, Snap Names, I rest my case lol..... combine it with a dead registrar like Register and that's a DOA combo, you should not be that surprised. Even NameJet presents problems once you've caught the domain, Pool loves auction locks (can't even move names to another account for a while even within the same registrar), senseless registrar locks, shady resellers no one ever heard of, which may not even have a website (I'll find that one and a snapshot of that in case it doesn't exist anymore, I'll post it here just to show you this does happen, no website, just a still page telling you to email X address if you want somethin ...LMFAO, oh my...), others don't let you move a name out after you find out about them or when you sell
... You wanna get rich thru drop-catching ? there's a lot of heat you gotta take, my skin wasn't as thick as I thought when it came to SN, NJ, Pool. The registrar/reseller whom you're assigned to after you catch the drop is almost always likely to be the nightmare, bigger than giants NJ or SN themselves, btw Pool does not even deserve to be on that list. Remind me, they catch NameScout's drops (a small Canadian reseller where pushes are only done thru email....) but who else's ....? lol... Not allowing Auto-Renew to be off is a popular practice, some have an unlock mechanism that won't work, defective EPPs are sent, or they're just not sent, and the registrants (us) are always talked down to as the ignorant ones. But sometimes it's hard or impossible to discern whom you'll actually end up dealing with after you get the drop, or even after you just buy a name, the WhoIs is sometimes wrong, make sure the name you're after is worth it.... (once I bought a small gem, the WhoIs said Moniker but it turned out to be at Domainsite, ever heard of 'em....? lol ...and the Sedo asshole opened an acct for me at DS after being told TWICE in writing not to ...my mini-gem had to stay at DS 2 whole mos....)
And while you're at this (eliminating having anything to do with NetSol, Register and EuroTrash if you can help it), include 1nd1.com as well, there you have a clinically and legally insane registrar, both, and I've seen my share of crazy ones, just try 'em.....
