Domain Registry of America – Scam?
Apparently this is nothing new as there are lots of other posts about it. So, I have been receiving letters from Domain Registry of America notifying me that certain domains I own are expiring. Sounds like a thoughtful, service-oriented company doesn’t it? That might be true, except, I don’t have any domains registered with Domain Registry of America.
However, these letters imply that I might, and therefore if I sign here and send a check there, my domains won’t expire. What is really going on is they are trying to get me to transfer my domain registration to them.. without being directly explicit about it.
In my opinion, this is nothing more than a trick played on the ignorant. There may be nothing illegal about such tactics, but then again there is nothing illegal about relieving yourself on the kitchen floor, but that doesn’t make it right. I believe this to be an unethical tactic to trick unsuspecting people into transferring their domains to this registrar. It is a marketing tactic which plays on the ignorance of the public, and that says a lot about a company who engages in such practices… doesn’t it?
You be the judge. Google search “ Domain Registry of America” – nothing but negative. Why would anyone sign up with them unless they were tricked? I guess it’s their business model.
