>The record for this club's domain name expired on October 3. I thought this
>would be great, because we could register it from scratch with the new
>registrar. Only problem -- NetSol still has the name in the database and
>refuses to release it. I've gone around in circles with their customer
>service (who remind me of characters out of the Dilbert comic strip), and
>their bottom line is this:
>
>* We can't transfer the domain name unless the record is current, meaning we
>have to renew with them first (which is what we were trying to avoid to
>begin with).
>* They won't release the domain name until they purge their database, which
>will be in 60-90 days.
Ah, they did a good job of beating around the bush. Don't expect to get
that domain back.
Network Solutions about a year or so ago started hoarding domain
names. Any domains that expire, they keep. The rumor is that they plan to
auction off all the expired domain names that they have. The other rumor
is that for $49 you can place a bet, and may be able to get an expired
domain name (they advertise for a service that supposedly will register the
name as soon as it is available for $49 -- but only Network Solutions will
decide when it is available -- so you may be out $49). There's a domain
name we want that expired almost a year ago, but can't get, because NS is
holding it.
They also blocked the Whois database so that web sites (such as ours) can
no longer get information from it. You are correct, they do make Microsoft
look quite innocent. I wonder how many dot-bomb's wouldn't have
dot-bomb'ed if they had a better name that NS was hoarding...
-Scott
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