a few weeks back, I made a reference comparing the cost of registering a domain with GoDaddy vs Network Solutions. To make sure I was quoting correct numbers, I ran a quick check on a gibberish domain at Netsol just so I could take a peek at their yearly rates (the gibberish domain was ‘FLUMSIOISDASDDS.COM’).
During that process, I was actually logged into my Netsol account (something I didn’t realize until later)..
fast forward about a week.
My phone rings with an odd phone number and area code. I answer, and on the other line is a Netsol representative. “Hello Sir, this is X from Network Solutions. We noticed you had search for,” then he starts to stumble cause he couldn’t quite pronounce the domain I searched for, “floom-sio-sdaads.com, and we wanted to let you know that the domain was still available for registration.”
I kindly said thanks, but no thanks, and left it at that..
fast forward about another week..
this morning I got an email from Netsol regarding FLUMSIOISDASDDS.COM.
The domain name(s) you recently searched for
is still available! Register it today for only $19.00/year*. That’s 45% OFF of the annual purchase price!
sheesh louise.. I wonder if this would have happened 100 times if I had searched for 100 domains that day..
So be aware my friends.. if you use Netsol in any capacity, be sure to log out when running analysis..
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At those rates, you’d think that they would be able to go out and buy custom photography for their websites. That image of the woman is exact the same as I use on one of my sites (used behind my name here). Cheap skates!