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Name.com is surprisingly open about this spammy practice, and even highlights methods for circumventing it: http://www.name.com/blog/general/domains/2012/01/pr

by miles 14y ago

Name.com is surprisingly open about this spammy practice, and even highlights methods for circumventing it: http://www.name.com/blog/general/domains/2012/01/pro-tip-how-to-get-rid-of-that-pesky-parking-page/ http://www.name.com/blog/general/domains/2012/01/pro-tip-how... Of course, it would be better for them to simply charge a bit more and get rid of it altogether, especially since it breaks standards.

UnoriginalGuy 14y ago
I am boycotting Name.com so hard right now. Actually they just jumped ABOVE GoDaddy on my boycott list. At least GoDaddy said sorry and pretended. Still using NameCheap here.
- lhnn 14y ago
  name.com is very usable and otherwise handy; I don't like this policy, but I wouldn't wish GoDaddy on my worst enemy. (OK, maybe I would) EDIT: I really don't understand your thinking; I am the opposite. I respect name.com for being forward about it and not acting like a politician (treating me like a child).
  - UnoriginalGuy 14y ago
    > I really don't understand your thinking; I am the opposite. I respect name.com for being forward about it and not acting like a politician (treating me like a child). I respect them for sharing their reasons. I think it is professional. My issue is two fold: - This kind of activity "breaks the internet" on the purest sense possible. It is against spec' for a very good reason, IT IS STUPID. Going to a null domain should give you a null reply. It breaks software and it breaks user's expectations (e.g. if you hit that page because you typo-ed the domain you might assume the domain has gone out of business or been "hacked"). - Their work-around(s) are silly. They are essentially "then use someone else" or "register every single possible sub-domain." No opt-out. They might be very good at business and marketing but they fail on every technological ground you can fail. Someone who fails that badly at understanding the internet isn't someone I want running my DNS of all things...
    - sjs382 14y ago
      > - Their work-around(s) are silly. They are essentially "then use someone else" or "register every single possible sub-domain." No opt-out. "Use someone else" is the opt-out, whether you take it to mean "use another registrar" or use "other, non-gratis DNS services. Your other option is to use a wildcard, as I think you understand (though your "register every single possible sub-domain" is a bit misleading). This behavior sucks, but if it's something that bothers you, you're probably the type that should be using a better DNS provider, anyways. That said, I'm a happy customer of name.com.
      - rhizome 14y ago
        Using a different nameservice provider only treats the symptom. Name.com is still breaking the internet with this practice.

by miles 14y ago

UnoriginalGuy 14y ago

I am boycotting Name.com so hard right now. Actually they just jumped ABOVE GoDaddy on my boycott list. At least GoDaddy said sorry and pretended. Still using NameCheap here.

lhnn 14y ago
name.com is very usable and otherwise handy; I don't like this policy, but I wouldn't wish GoDaddy on my worst enemy. (OK, maybe I would) EDIT: I really don't understand your thinking; I am the opposite. I respect name.com for being forward about it and not acting like a politician (treating me like a child).
- UnoriginalGuy 14y ago
  > I really don't understand your thinking; I am the opposite. I respect name.com for being forward about it and not acting like a politician (treating me like a child). I respect them for sharing their reasons. I think it is professional. My issue is two fold: - This kind of activity "breaks the internet" on the purest sense possible. It is against spec' for a very good reason, IT IS STUPID. Going to a null domain should give you a null reply. It breaks software and it breaks user's expectations (e.g. if you hit that page because you typo-ed the domain you might assume the domain has gone out of business or been "hacked"). - Their work-around(s) are silly. They are essentially "then use someone else" or "register every single possible sub-domain." No opt-out. They might be very good at business and marketing but they fail on every technological ground you can fail. Someone who fails that badly at understanding the internet isn't someone I want running my DNS of all things...
  - sjs382 14y ago
    > - Their work-around(s) are silly. They are essentially "then use someone else" or "register every single possible sub-domain." No opt-out. "Use someone else" is the opt-out, whether you take it to mean "use another registrar" or use "other, non-gratis DNS services. Your other option is to use a wildcard, as I think you understand (though your "register every single possible sub-domain" is a bit misleading). This behavior sucks, but if it's something that bothers you, you're probably the type that should be using a better DNS provider, anyways. That said, I'm a happy customer of name.com.
    - rhizome 14y ago
      Using a different nameservice provider only treats the symptom. Name.com is still breaking the internet with this practice.