NetSol opts domain customers into $1800 Security program?

Wed Jan 22 23:49:10 UTC 2014

Updated:

http://domainnamewire.com/2014/01/22/web-com-weblock-program-will-be-opt-in-not-opt-out/

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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.

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On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Jay Hennigan <jay at west.net> 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.
>
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