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[mozd3v]

Does anyone know anything about RegistryRocket.com - their system etc?

Their site www.registryrocket.com doesn't really have any information on it - of any significance.

... thanks.

[Sesran]

I would not deal with a company that can not give you any information at all. There is nothing there, just look up domain and buy it. I wonder how many people actually put their Credit Card number in there.

[MattF]

The site is owned by enom.com I believe, even though it states $19.95 for visitors I believe this is the interface (web one for those that don't use the integrated system) that enom tell resellers to use where they get their $8.95/yr price.

[Chicken]

Matt's close. Yes registryrocket is owned by enom and resellers who don't use the integrated system can use registryrocket temporarily to get domains registered. Usually the URL is www.registryrocket.com/somehorridlylongcodelink, but annoyingly, they do have a way for people to register domains if they just cut out all the referal code. If you register without the referal code it is $19.95 through enom.

[freehtml]

anyone had actually using this reseller before?

[RackNine]

I usually don't follow these links, but this is funny. As per the top part of registryrocket's website:

Welcome to Error! * Do Not Continue! * Go back to previous website and try again!* Do not continue!*
Domain Services

-Matt

[DesElms]

Originally posted by RackNine
I usually don't follow these links, but this is funny. As per the top part of registryrocket's website:

quote:
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Welcome to Error! * Do Not Continue! * Go back to previous website and try again!* Do not continue!* Domain Services
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Geez... take it easy, folks! As Chicken correctly pointed out, Registry Rocket is just the brandable, generic eNom registration, transfer and management interface that resellers can use if they don't download and customize the eNom API. The salient benefit is that an eNom reseller can create a Registry Rocket interface, set pricing, specify a few other particulars via checking a few boxes, and then have a working domain registration site up and running in about two minutes (minus the time it takes to create a version of one's logo that's properly sized and has the right background color, and which can be uploaded to eNom so it will appear properly, of course). And another benefit being that when one uses Registry Rocket, eNom does the credit card processing for the reseller.

The URL http://www.registryrocket.com was never intended to be accessed by anyone without the, as Chicken correctly stated it, "horridly long code link" after it, as in:

registryrocket.com/default.asp?ec=[horridly long code here]

The code (usually a "horridly long" string of alphanumeric characters) identifies the reseller's account to Registry Rocket and allows for the reseller's logo and pricing to appear in the appropriate places. And also for the sale to get credited, and properly placed in, to the eNom reseller account where it belongs.

Most eNom resellers do not just put that page up as their registration web site. They usually have some sort of main page(s) and then just link to the Registry Rocket page or put it in a frame or put it in a javascripted pop-up window. When presented like that, and with the reseller's logo at the top, you probably would trust it and go ahead and enter your credit card, etc. -- that is, if you trusted the reseller otherwise.

Still, it's true that it's not cool, as others in this thread clearly imply. eNom probably should have written the code such that when "/default.asp?ec=[insert code here]" does not appear after "registryrocket.com," then perhaps a default page that simply explains that it's a special purpose site, which cannot be accessed in the manner in which the visitor has accessed it, should appear. I'll direct the folks at eNom to this thread and we'll see if they'll add it to their to-do list.

[intrin]

The site www.registryrocket.com is running Microsoft-IIS/5.0 on Windows 2000. www.netcraft.com

[Chicken]

Originally posted by DesElms
The URL http://www.registryrocket.com was never intended to be accessed by anyone without the, as Chicken correctly stated it, "horridly long code link" after it, as in:

I dunno Gregg. At some point enom changed the actual page at http://www.registryrocket.com to that warning message, however it wasn't always there (tells me that they did expect people to go there, in fact I had a client go there and register a domain because they messaged up the link).

Also, instead of that rather bizarre warning, which looks freaky and might spook people about the whole thing, a page with a simple message about the lack of code, or a blank index page would do the trick if you ask me...

[roly]

Originally posted by intrin
The site www.registryrocket.com is running Microsoft-IIS/5.0 on Windows 2000. www.netcraft.com

why is that good?

[DesElms]

Originally posted by Chicken

I dunno Gregg. At some point enom changed the actual page at http://www.registryrocket.com to that warning message, however it wasn't always there

What was there before? I mean... if a person just typed-in http://www.registryrocket.com before, what page did they used to see? I can't remember.

Originally posted by Chicken

(tells me that they did expect people to go there, in fact I had a client go there and register a domain because they messaged up the link).

Hmm. Interesting. So you're saying that eNom deliberately wanted that page there so it could pick up a few "accidental" registrations?

Originally posted by Chicken

Also, instead of that rather bizarre warning, which looks freaky and might spook people about the whole thing, a page with a simple message about the lack of code, or a blank index page would do the trick if you ask me...

Agreed. That would be better, I think.

I told eNom about this thread and they acknowledged it. I'm sure they're reading it. Hopefully they'll do something, one way or the other.

[Chicken]

I had a typo in the last one (typos bug me), should have been, "in fact I had a client go there and register a domain because they messed up the link.." -but you figured it out, just wanted to note that.

Ok, what was there before was a page that you could just register domains, looked the same, no warning, I think at the top it said registry rocket, but can't recall. Price for .com's was $19.99 as it is there. You can actually use the current non-ID'ed link and it works fine. They just have:

Error! * Do Not Continue! * Go back to previous website and try again!* Do not continue!*

...to freak people out, but it all works, so you can't price domains higher than $19.99 (which is high, but maybe someone wants to charge more).

I can only presume by lack of a blank page that they pick up 'accidental' registrations and that thus, it isn't all that 'accidental'. They got one of my clients, and I don't use the link often, but I have.

[DesElms]

Do what I did...

http://register.domainlightning.com

eNom URL forwarding to a full-framed page of my creation. That way I control the precise Registry Rocket link the customer goes to.

NOTE: The reason for the full-frame page on my site as opposed to just doing a framed URL forwarding from the eNom control panel is partly because when you do the latter the top margin in the eNom on-the-fly frame page code is 0 and it makes the top of the tan Registry Rocket page sit too high in the browser window. By creating the frame page myself I can control that particular aesthetic element.

[TGH]

Hiya,

I'm a former customer of Aletia Hosting and that's the service they use as well. I registered a domain name through Registry Rocket (a link Aletia sent me) for 8.95.

I haven't had any major problems but ever since I registered a domain, I've always seen those error messages at the top like RackNine mentioned. I've registered my other domains at godaddy.com and haven't had any trouble - actually much easier to navigate as well.

[wwww]

There is a special link on the Aletia control panel where you get to another startsite and the domains cost less than 10 bucks...once I have tried to register a domain there but all I got were error messages...pretty crappy stuff