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I have a service through http://www.enom.com/hosting/dn... which seems to work fine for me.

Domain Name: TEACHBOOK.COM
Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.enom.com
Referral URL: http://www.enom.com/
Name Server: NS1.M446.SGDED.COM
Name Server: NS2.M446.SGDED.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 12-mar-2010
Creation Date: 29-jan-2007
Expiration Date: 29-jan-2011

The only difference is that it's O1 (the letter 'O'), not 01

Seems to me that, to add insult to injury, the typo-squatter picked the better domain name to begin with...

Domain Name: 1E400.NET
      Registrar: ENOM, INC.
      Whois Server: whois.enom.com
      Referral URL: http://www.enom.com/
      Name Server: NS1.NONEXISTE.NET
      Name Server: NS2.NONEXISTE.NET
      Status: clientTransferProhibited
      Updated Date: 08-feb-2010
      Creation Date: 08-feb-2010
      Expiration Date: 08-feb-2011

It just has a picture of a very nice rainbow, over some island city.

nslookup www.savethenetbooks.com

Name: ghs.l.google.com
Address: 72.14.235.121
Aliases: www.savethenetbooks.com
                    ghs.google.com

whois from http://centralops.net/co/ gives

      Domain Name: SAVETHENETBOOKS.COM
      Registrar: ENOM, INC.
      Whois Server: whois.enom.com
      Referral URL: http://www.enom.com/
      Name Server: NS15.ZONEEDIT.COM
      Name Server: NS17.ZONEEDIT.COM
      Status: clientTransferProhibited
      Updated Date: 16-feb-2009
      Creation Date: 16-feb-2009
      Expiration Date: 16-feb-2010

I guess Intel or Dell own it.

http://www.enom.com/

"Highrollerslounge.com" is currently registered to "Commonwealth of Kentucky Justice Cabinet" and not currently resolving. The registrar was eNom, a favorite registrar of bottom-feeders. Enom is behind "Club Drop", with dozens of dummy registrars to pick up expiring domain names; they're a bulk registrar. Since Enom deals with many slimeballs, their policy is "If we are sued or threatened with lawsuit in connection with Service(s) provided to you, we may turn to you to indemnify us and to hold us harmless from the claims and expenses (including attorney's fees and court costs). Under such circumstances, you agree that you will, upon demand, obtain a performance bond with a reputable bonding company or, if you are unable to obtain a performance bond, that you will deposit money with us to pay for our reasonably anticipated expenses in relation to the matter for the coming year." So, unsurprisingly, that domain was transferred to Kentucky.

On the other hand, "Bugsyclub.com" is still connected to a gambling site. Their registrar is "Fabulous.com PTY LTD." "One of the leading domain monetization programs". "Fabulous.com" tries to be anonymous on their web site, but they're incorporated in Brisbane, Australia, and hosted in Santa Clara, CA. They used to be "Domain Intellect Pty Ltd", in Melbourne.

"sportsbook.com", once a major gambling site run from the UK, now a lesser site run out of Malta, is still up, and registered with Network Solutions. Sportsbook had some previous problems with the state of New Jersey over similar issues.

I've been hosting my domains with Enom since over 10 years now, and am very happy with the level of service they provide. Their control panels let you do most anything you need including setting TXT records, and there's an API they provide so you can programmatically make changes too. Very slick.

"What we need is a list of known good registrars..."

Any recommendations?

eNom.com is the real provider for many domain name resellers. For example, NameCheap is one of many who buy from eNom.com.

eNom.com has been competing with its re-sellers with eNomCentral.com. Note that eNom.com is now apparently doing what GoDaddy does. In my opinion, GoDaddy.com tries to get more money by confusing people who have little technical knowledge.

Some of the negative stories about GoDaddy on Slashdot:

GoDaddy Holds Domains Hostage
GoDaddy Caves To Irish Legal Threat
MySpace and GoDaddy Shut Down Security Site
GoDaddy Serves Blank Pages to Safari & Opera
GoDaddy Bobbles DST Changeover?
GoDaddy.com Dumps Linux for Microsoft
Go Daddy Usurps Network Solutions
Alternative Registrars to GoDaddy?

Other reasons not to buy from GoDaddy: NoDaddy.

Do you realize (and the FP even says as much) that this involves a NON-AMERICAN company denied access to its own name because of a dick-waving contest that Kennedy lost (by default) almost 40 years ago?

A "NON-AMERICAN" company which happens to have its domain names registered with an American company based in Bellevue, Washington. This means that (just like any other foreign company with offices in the US) the non-american company falls under the restrictions just like any other american-based business. Not too hard to understand, right?

...As opposed to the geographically ignorant (unless we've "brought democracy" to Spain in the past few hours and I missed the announcement...)?

Reading comprehension might serve you better in the future. I suggest you re-read the actual article, rather than just spew uninformed comments for no reason.

I suggest that everyone check to see from whom your domain name provider buys your domains. eNom.com is the real provider for NameCheap, one of many who buy from eNom.com.

eNom has been competing with its re-sellers with eNomCentral.com. Note that eNom is doing what GoDaddy does. In my opinion, GoDaddy tries to get more money by confusing people who have little technical knowledge.

I moved all my domains away from GoDaddy for many reasons, not just those reasons given in a Slashdot story, to NameCheap.

I don't know any domain name reseller that is inexpensive, reliable, and honest.

http://www.enom.com/tlds/default.asp

Domain Name: 09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0.COM
      Registrar: ENOM, INC.
      Whois Server: whois.enom.com
      Referral URL: http://www.enom.com/
      Name Server: NS515.HOSTGATOR.COM
      Name Server: NS516.HOSTGATOR.COM
      Status: clientTransferProhibited
      Updated Date: 30-apr-2007
      Creation Date: 29-apr-2007
      Expiration Date: 29-apr-2008

>>> Last update of whois database: Tue, 01 May 2007 20:24:25 UTC

This Account Has Been Suspended
Please contact the billing/support department as soon as possible.

Can enom, and therefore enom resellers, be trusted? Did enom do anything incompetent or abusive? You seem to imply they did.

See this recent Slashdot story with recommended domain name registrars.

Both companies were kind enough to offer to transfer the domain for a fee.

Here are NameCheap.com's features. Anything missing from Enom.com's features? Is NameCheap.com really an Enom.com reseller?

Enom is not a direct seller of domain names?

Enom has "Pricing", rather than "prices": enom.com. "Become an eNom Reseller for as little as $195".

Sadly, certain registrars have a nasty habit of throwing domains into an "Extended Grace Period" which allows them to retain control of the domain after your registration has lapsed, supposedly to put a hold on domain sniping. Well, it means that a less than scrupulous registrar can put language into their registration contract allowing them to purchase the domain once it expires, at which point they either put it up for auction or load it with link-farms.

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I've been submitted spamvertised sites with bogus registration info for months, and there are some registrars that never correct info, despite numerous reports, obviously false data, and even following up with Registrar Problem Reports.

A good example would be THIS LISTING for brightpants.com, for which I submitted a report 2 months ago, including responding to their followup, and the info is still bogus.

You didn't "find" the website. You own the website. You've already said you own iconnectzone.com. A Whois on winvistasecrets.com and a whois on iconnectzone.com gives the same owner: Linlay Lee Kien On. Most of your comments spam these links. The Slashdot community doesn't give a shit about some Micro$oft-promoting website. So get lost.

You didn't "find" the website. You own the website. You've already said you own iconnectzone.com. A Whois on winvistasecrets.com and a whois on iconnectzone.com gives the same owner: Linlay Lee Kien On. Most of your comments spam these links. The Slashdot community doesn't give a shit about some Micro$oft-promoting website. So get lost.

The former webmaster was using frontpage to post stuff and doesn't have a valid control panel login ... The problem is a couple of uears ago, someone registered the domain for 5 years. The person who registered it is long gone, and I can't get ahold of them to change the DNS entries.

Sounds like a class act organization! What's your number in case I get rear-ended?

Transferring the domain should be as easy as initiating a transfer with another registrar (which will usually give tack a year on the existing expiration), assuming you have access to the admin contact in the WHOIS (If not, you'll probably have to contact the current registrar to get it changed to something valid). However, if you're currently hosting your DNS with said provider, you'll also have to transfer your DNS records (probably manually) to the new registrar or to different nameservers. Transerring to a different host should be as easy as signing up and pointing your DNS to their servers, asuming you still have control of your DNS and that hasn't been lost in the shuffle also.

If you want to simplify it all, you might consider transferring everything to a registrar that provides domain registration, DNS hosting, and web hosting (make sure they have PHP and your other requirements). Then you have one contact for support (make sure it's a reputable one though).

Ask for domains, DNS hosting, and web hosting in one package. Look/ask around to make sure they're not some fly-by-night POS. eNom offers domain registration, DNS hosting, and web hosting under one roof, and they've been around forever.

Or if you'd like even cheaper domains try EV1Servers at $6.49 (+tax), web.com for $6.95, Hostway for $6.95, or hell even eNom for $5.99. I've heard far too many nasty GoDaddy stories to go near that place with my domains.

My experience with blow-daddy has been crappy at best. About a year ago, I had several accounts with them and needed to get the domains transferred (.com mostly, but a couple of .org). It took the better part of ten days and a phone call and/or an e-mail just about every day to finally make it happen. I have had good luck with enom.com. I've only needed to contact them twice, and both times they admitted that they had a problem and quickly fixed it.

I regisetered my domain with eNom via one of their resellers - PolarDomains.
(Note that eNom does most of its business through resellers. While their advertised prices are quite high, the resellers offer the same packages for much lower prices, sometimes less than $9.

Here is a a list of services included in the base price. Plus, they recently added free Dynamic DNS services.

I regisetered my domain with eNom via one of their resellers - PolarDomains.
(Note that eNom does most of its business through resellers. While their advertised prices are quite high, the resellers offer the same packages for much lower prices, sometimes less than $9.

Here is a a list of services included in the base price. Plus, they recently added free Dynamic DNS services.

I regisetered my domain with eNom via one of their resellers - PolarDomains.
(Note that eNom does most of its business through resellers. While their advertised prices are quite high, the resellers offer the same packages for much lower prices, sometimes less than $9.

Here is a a list of services included in the base price. Plus, they recently added free Dynamic DNS services.

I have no idea why it took you 3 minutes. I just brought up their site and it took less then a second to load.

The answer to your questions was just one click away: Polar Domains is an enom reseller.
Enom is an ICANN accredited registrar and are certainly not a fly-by-night organization. They just happen to prefer to do business through resellers.

After you register a domain with a reseller (Polar Domains or other), you may deal directly with enom.

I have no idea why it took you 3 minutes. I just brought up their site and it took less then a second to load.

The answer to your questions was just one click away: Polar Domains is an enom reseller.
Enom is an ICANN accredited registrar and are certainly not a fly-by-night organization. They just happen to prefer to do business through resellers.

After you register a domain with a reseller (Polar Domains or other), you may deal directly with enom.

I recently had a browser related problem with my registrar, eNom.

They have a web based DNS manager, which is one of the main reasons I chose them. But when I tried to use it for the first time, it wouldn't work. Tech support said it was because they website has been designed for "IE 5 or Netscape 4.7 and above", although the part where you give them your credit card number works perfectly with any browser.

Now I'll have to wait one year before switching to another registrar! If only they had stated that I wouldn't be able to use their services, now I wouldn't have the problem.

The funny thing is that I use Mozilla 1.0, which is clearly "above" both IE 5 and Netscape 4.7.

I got my domain name from eNom through a reseller

So far I'm happy with my decision.

I'd say that VeriSign is the Microsoft of registrars, but that would be an insult to Microsoft. VeriSign has screwed up billing and renewal of various domains of mine four times in the past - after the last fiasco, in which they triple-charged me for a single two-year renewal their web site told me was not processed, and which they had already told me they couldn't do because my domain had (afterwards) been transferred to eNom, it took me three months and a letter to my bank disputing the charges to get my money back. I now use eNom for all my registrations. (Yes, I know there are cheaper choices...)

However, I get the last laugh.. When the domain involved in that triple-renewal came up for renewal this year, eNom told me that VeriSign's database had the domain as having been extended for six years - it didn't a year ago when I had the mess with them - so I was all set through 2008! I wrote them to explain what happened - they thanked me for being honest and said that it was more trouble than it was worth to "correct" the situation...

I use enom, personally, who I love, great service and spiffy front-end, but who charges over twice as much per. I know you're trying to not use slashdot to promote other companies (erm, but, well, ok, maybe) but do tell...