With an extensive history that goes back to 1979, Network Solutions has played a significant role with the Internet’s growth and evolution. Being a part of the Web.com group of companies, Network Solutions continuously work to help small businesses become a huge success in the online world. With easy and effective hosting products and services, Network Solutions has become a leading name in the hosting and online marketing industries.
Network Solutions does not offer any uptime guarantees as stated in their Service Agreement.
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Network Solutions provide a very basic custom control panel for their users. Tools that come with their control panel include domain tools, FTP, email, script installs, stats and a site builder.
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Our account was set for auto renewal, but it was not automatically renewed. We needed to go in manually and used the same card as the one that was noted in our account. However, we were charged 3 reinstatement fees that Network Solutions refused to reimburse us. We are looking to change our services to another provider.
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Only a few plans by Network Solutions come with unlimited emails but a number of plans do have unlimited bandwidth.
Network Solutions offer an uptime guarantee of 99.99% and offers service credits for clients who experience downtime in service.
Network Solutions supports both Windows and Linux hosting.
Network Solutions faced two high profile security issues that negatively impacted its reliability as a web hosting solutions provider. In 2009, over 570,000 clients who had made purchases through Network Solutions’ ecommerce hosting service were affected by a security breach. The following year, parked domains where discovered to be serving malware to visitors. The malware went undetected by Network Solutions and Google and was only unearthed when security firm Armorize reported it.
WordPress is fully supported. Users will find all the necessary tools and requirements to start building a WordPress site.
Network Solutions accepts payments via major credit cards and PayPal.
Only a few packages come with a free domain offering.
Network Solutions has a Do-It-Myself site builder, a free application that helps non-experienced users to create website from scratch. The application comes with professionally designed templates as well.
Network Solutions provide a very basic custom control panel for their users. Tools that come with their control panel include domain tools, FTP, email, script installs, stats and a site builder.
Yes. Network Solutions has a dedicated eCommerce package that includes built-in marketing tools, online product catalog, online store, and more. SSL certificates can be purchased for enhanced security.
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PROS: I'm not even sure there are. The use of pages on the account were ok, but nothing outstanding compared to other companies. The problems lie somewhere else with these guys.
CONS: I had been a client of Network Solutions for more than 23 years. They were not hosting my website (thank God!) but my domain name was registered with them. The problem was that the company that had originally registered the domain with them in my name was not around anymore. They had put my name as part of the tech team, but not as primary contact. Nonetheless, I was still the owner of the domain name and I was the person paying the bills. Recently, because I realized their registration fees were actually much higher than other companies (seriously, how could they possibly justify that?), I was thinking of transferring my domain name to another company. When I went to turn off the automatic payment renewal in my account, I realized that, EVEN AS THE PAYING OWNER OF THE DOMAIN NAME, I COULD NOT CONTROL THAT OPTION, AND I COULD NOT DO ANYTHING AT ALL ON MY OWN DOMAIN NAME. I contacted them. They explained that I had to be the primary contact in order to do that, and that I had to fill a form and provide specific documents to transfer the primary contact from the former company to my name. I then explained that the former company didn’t exist anymore and I was the only person handling everything, therefore, no one would be able to provide signatures or documents on behalf of the other company. OMG. It was like opening a can of worms. I spent the past SEVERAL MONTHS being bounced from office to office, explaining my situation again and again, exchanging email after email, being told different stories, that the issue was simple and almost resolved, then it was not, then that the docs I sent were not the right ones, then that I needed to get some of them notarized —which I did— all this to finally have them tell me that the documents were missing the “clause of indemnisation” which I had no idea what it was. All this to simply transfer a name, even as my account CLEARLY SHOWED THAT I WAS THE OWNER AND THE FINANCIAL SOURCE OF THE DOMAIN NAME. After all this time and money wasted for absolutely no result, I was so frustrated with these guys that I had enough. I could see this game was going nowhere. I had to ABANDON MY DOMAIN NAME. After 23 years. I replaced it with another one, registered with another company. Network Solutions bureaucracy is absolutely APPALLING, and their fees are absurd. Talking to these guys, day after day, was like talking to robots, who, as polite as they are, are just cogs in a big machine that is simply incapable of handling simple issues. This company is from the past, seriously. I will never, ever do business with them again.
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Our account was set for auto renewal, but it was not automatically renewed. We needed to go in manually and used the same card as the one that was noted in our account. However, we were charged 3 reinstatement fees that Network Solutions refused to reimburse us. We are looking to change our services to another provider.
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