Comments on: Watch for Domain Scammers like ZipDomains

By: Julieanne

Julieanne — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:10:38 +0000

Me too! First attempt was to sell me the .com for $997, how amusing! Then Zip offered to me for $99. I found your post after Googling ‘Zip Domains’. I discovered that my .com was available through my usual host for £9, so THANK YOU very much, you made my day!

By: PhoneBoy

PhoneBoy — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:05:03 +0000

They are trying to get me to buy the domain through them using scare tactics. Fortunately, I know how things work and just bought it through my normal registrar.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:02:17 +0000

Interesting that they’re spamming you. What is the content of the mail exactly? Are they trying to get you to buy the domain you already own or is it something else entirely?

By: Gene Fields

Gene Fields — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:53:01 +0000

Same here. They sent me an email, so, I checked it out and purchased for 1000% less than what they wanted. Now, they are sending me spoof emails to an average of 100/minute. Right now I am at 2,376 and still going. I contacted the hosting company to see what can be done…looking forward to fun times.

Retrieving DNS records for ns2.pldihosting.net…

DNS servers
ns2.pldihosting.net [64.250.192.92]
ns3.pldihosting.net [64.250.192.37]

Answer records
ns2.pldihosting.net 1 MX
preference: 0
exchange: ns2.pldihosting.net
14400s
ns2.pldihosting.net 1 SOA
server: ns3.pldihosting.net
email: sysop@pldi.net
serial: 2009011601
refresh: 86400
retry: 7200
expire: 3600000
minimum ttl: 86400
86400s
ns2.pldihosting.net 1 NS ns3.pldihosting.net 86400s
ns2.pldihosting.net 1 NS ns2.pldihosting.net 86400s
ns2.pldihosting.net 1 A 64.250.192.92 14400s

Authority records

Additional records
ns2.pldihosting.net 1 A 64.250.192.92 14400s
ns3.pldihosting.net 1 A 64.250.192.37 14400s

By: Leo

Leo — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:23:00 +0000

Same thing happened to me. I was able to buy the domain for $9.99 through GoDaddy. Thanks Zip, btw, for letting me know!

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:26:31 +0000

I had pretty much the exact same experience with these clowns. These guys and the people who send me snail mail telling me that I should renew my domains through them with a cleverly masked registrar transfer agreement should all be stoned. Stoned in the bad way, not the good way.

By: Jeff Mills

Jeff Mills — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:32:20 +0000

Same thing happened to me for a domain name that I wanted.

First offer was for $199, then couple days later… for $99.

So I googled the company name. found your blog post, called up Godaddy and was able to buy it regular price for $9.99.

Thanks for helping me save a big bundle on a domain name that I always wanted.

Great post!

Jeff Mills
http://canadamarketingsummit.com

By: Blippitt

Blippitt — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

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