Promo offers cheap domains but they aren’t as inexpensive as they look.
Network Solutions sent out a Cyber Monday special that looks tempting: Up to 5 .com, .net, .biz, .info or .org domains for only 50 cents each.
The devil is in the very fine print:
Domains transferred out prior to one year renewal will be subject to a $20 fee per domain
In other words, the special offer is for 50 cents for the first year of a two-year registration, so it’s not really a 50 cent registration. At $35 for the second year, the special is two years of domain registration for $17.75 per year or one for $20.50. That’s not so good when you look at it that way.
It’s similar to the Cyber Monday deal at Network Solutions last year.
No, No ,Nooooooooo . My god as soon as I see the name “Network Solutions” I freeze. They NEVER send auth codes like MOST other Registrars, they make you jump through hoops etc etc. Spam all time. No siree, they should be in the Museum as a relic a Company that was good and went bad.
Agreed 100%
Anyone thinking about doing business with Network Solutions may be interested in first reading this Consumer Affairs site to inform their actions. Network Solutions receives an average rating of only one star based on well over a hundred reviews:
https://www.consumeraffairs.com/internet/network_solutions.htm
Simple solution :
Register only sell-and-run domains on Netsol for $1 (or so). Domains you wont renew, domains which you otherwise wont purchase for 8-10 USD.
In case you successfully sell a domain out of your $0.50 purchases, $20 transfer fees is not bad since you can pay this fees “after” you got a successful sale.
Like dropshipping business, where you buy your stock “after” you got a prepaid order.
And for domains worth holding and renewing chose a good registrar with low $8 annual fees.
Also the earlier $1 promo of N.S. did not had a transfer fees string attached.
And for those who think 5 domain registration is not much, there are people who made it scaleble with multiple accounts and have their own success stories of monstrous ROI flips.