-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 So basically they are charging $1800 for 'Registrar Lock'?
Opt-in or Opt-out, it's still way expensive... - - ferg On 1/22/2014 3:49 PM, Jay Farrell wrote: > Updated: > > http://domainnamewire.com/2014/01/22/web-com-weblock-program-will-be-opt-in-not-opt-out/ > > --quote-- In an interview with Domain Name Wire today, Web.com COO > Jason Teichman said the program will actually be opt-in, and no one > will be charged for the service unless they agree to add it. > > “Candidly, we did not do a good job in wording that [email],” > Teichman said. “Every one of those customers is getting a call. > It’s not our intention to enroll anyone in a program they don’t > want.” > > Web.com plans to offer the service to its top 1% of customers > according to domain traffic, value of brands, etc. That’s about > 30,000 customers in all. It started by notify just 49 customers “so > we can crawl our way into it,” Teichman said. > > --end quote-- > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Jay Hennigan <[email protected]> > wrote: >> On 1/22/14 10:03 AM, Jay Ashworth wrote: >>> Brent Simmons is not given to ridiculous overreaction, nor is >>> Lauren. >>> >>> If you have domains registered with NetSol's registrar, it >>> seems you should probably do your diligence on this yourself: >>> >>> http://inessential.com/2014/01/21/network_solutions_auto-enroll_1_850 >> >> >>> Holy cow! At first I figured a typo and it was supposed to be $18.50. >> >> There are less ridiculous ways to go out of business. Simply >> announce that you don't want to be a registrar any more and turn >> out the lights. >> >> I'd love to be a fly on the wall for the phone call from their >> credit card processor regarding chargeback percentage about three >> weeks after this hits. Popcorn required for sure. >> >> -- Jay Hennigan - CCIE #7880 - Network Engineering - >> [email protected] Impulse Internet Service - >> http://www.impulse.net/ Your local telephone and internet company >> - 805 884-6323 - WB6RDV >> > > > - -- Paul Ferguson PGP Public Key ID: 0x54DC85B2 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iF4EAREIAAYFAlLgXVYACgkQKJasdVTchbJ+HgD9Eou5ccLrDmdOHztAfn4flu+t ZlL688jNqv84ZqgmreYBAMULZOgQUbepSBRraF24hZPu9+egb+bx1y5d9gc6ev3q =T1mq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
