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04-18-2014, 05:25 PM #1Newbie
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Name.com sucks, Anyone can recommend me a new domain registration company?
I cannot access my Name.com account, I have 100+ domains,
They want to check my personal IDs..
I do not think they have right to check my ID
Please recommend me a new domain registration company.
Thanks
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04-18-2014, 05:28 PM #2WHT Addict
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04-18-2014, 05:28 PM #3Newbie
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04-18-2014, 05:29 PM #4WHT Addict
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04-18-2014, 05:39 PM #6Newbie
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thanks, Just signed up an namecheap account
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04-18-2014, 05:47 PM #7Web Hosting Master
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Yeah they suck because they are trying to protect their users. Damn them for caring about your security. Idiots they are >:|
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04-18-2014, 06:39 PM #8Newbie
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04-18-2014, 06:46 PM #9Web Hosting Evangelist
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Try Namecheap ? They have great support.
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04-18-2014, 08:31 PM #10Web Hosting Master
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Your account being locked keeps you from doing anything to those domain names. Unfortunately, that account will stay locked unless you...well...give a copy of your ID to Name.com.
Is that Name.com account a new one? If yes, then that likely triggered Name.com's flags for...possible fraud.
Depending on how you signed up (i.e. VPN or proxy), that might create the same issue at NameCheap or whoever registrar at some point.
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04-18-2014, 08:33 PM #11Newbie
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04-18-2014, 09:05 PM #12Web Hosting Master
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Then I guess how you recently accessed your account caused this issue you posted. For example: if you registered that account in 2009 in Canada and recently accessed it in maybe Turkey, then that might cause Name.com to lock your account against possible fraud.
(Alas, only Name.com can specifically tell you why -- which they probably won't.)
Even if you use a new registrar, you won't be able to transfer your domain names to them from Name.com as long as your account stays locked. You'll have to, alas, work with them to remove that lock.
Personally, I found them reasonable based on discussions with them on a few things and my past registrar work. I've been using them since then.
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04-18-2014, 09:23 PM #13Junior Guru Wannabe
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I had to send them a photocopy of my Passport to get an account unlocked! All domains moved into enom etc
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04-19-2014, 09:02 AM #14Web Hosting Master
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I don't get it. This is the equivalent of a child laying on the ground in a store and throwing a temper tantrum over something ridiculous. Name.com is protecting your account. They're not asking you to snail mail them a vial of blood. Anyone with a smartphone, scanner, ipod, camera, fax ect can make a copy of their ID and send it in.
Had your account been taken you'd just be making a thread bashing them for not protecting accounts. You've been a customer for five years and walking over something like this...pathetic really.█ █ █
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04-19-2014, 11:09 AM #15Web Hosting Master
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04-19-2014, 11:17 AM #16Web Hosting Master
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If somebody has your account, they have all the information in your account. Most people don't even put a real telephone number on their account. Even if they did, yeah call the number. The person confirms the info is correct. That solves nothing. Maybe the hacker changed the number on file. Maybe the hacker didn't change the number on file and they do get ahold of you. You confirm all the info on the account. How do they know you are still the account owner?
You can blank out most info on a ID and send it in. It still has less information than a facebook profile. If the server is breached; your name, address, telephone and date of birth is all on file.
If you fax it in, they destroy it. The same is done for digital copies. I know I know *nothing* digital is ever really completely destroyed; but still.█ █ █
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04-20-2014, 03:13 PM #17New Member
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04-20-2014, 07:20 PM #18Web Hosting Master
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Name.com is one of the greatest domain providers out there and yes they have the right to ask for your ID.
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04-21-2014, 03:35 AM #19Newbie
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they are cheap domain providerLast edited by Postbox; 04-21-2014 at 07:43 AM.
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04-21-2014, 04:00 AM #20Web Hosting Master
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I've used NameCheap for years and they are by far the best for domain registrations.
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04-21-2014, 06:32 AM #21Junior Guru
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04-28-2014, 12:10 AM #23Junior Guru Wannabe
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04-28-2014, 12:15 AM #24Junior Guru Wannabe
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With all due respect to the OP and what he posted, I've never ONCE come across a case where the domain name registrar wants to see a copy of valid ID's - most of the time they either send you an email at your registered email address and/or send you a confirmation code of sorts on your registered mobile number - this is the first time I've heard of something like this happening.
I'm curious to know the exact circumstances here i.e. why is the registrar asking for your "ID" (in this case your passport)?
Personally, I probably wouldn't be comfortable giving out my passport details either (I sure wasn't when elance asked for those details - needless to say that didn't go down too well) on the Internet, but again, depends on the exact situation. . .
Anyway, I hope you get the issue resolved - and I highly suggest namecheap.com - excellent customer service, a simple, easy to use interface, decent functionality - can't expect more. . .
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04-28-2014, 05:51 PM #25Web Hosting Master
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Generally, a registrar will ask for an ID copy to validate against possible fraud. That especially happens if the person's log-in details (i.e. IP address from, say, Turkey) don't match that of the account (i.e. Canada).
(As mentioned earlier, a registrar might not say "fraud" because that gives the person the impression of being accused.)
Registrars such as Name.com, Go Daddy, and even NameCheap have been asking for ID of numerous people for years. If anything, they won't ask that just because.
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