by Hugop » 24 Aug 2015, 03:47
The only place where I refuse to get a domain is of course freenom. Purchasing a domain is free, renewing the domain is free and no advertistment included. So where is the catch?
The first time I checked Freenom and its slow website was 1-3years ago, I tryed to purchase my first .ga domain there. For some reason, it was not working and I had to contact them. 4months later they replied me and registered+verified the account for me. I was happy at that time, the domains there are free and they are working hard to keep them alive - that is what I though. I tested it on my website but it was very slow. I contacted them again and they said that the hosting service has slow servers or the website had bad scripts. I was running with the hosting plan 4more websites and they all were fine + my .ga website had only a .html file with ~10lines to display "Test".
And now the shocking part: 3months later I wasn't the owner of the domain anymore and someone had already a website with unique logo using my domain. Note that I used it to redirrect it to another website using their redirrecting system because I want a fast running one. It had 0-20hits/week. Their response, which toke them long, was "You have not used your domain for 6months". I have not registered the domain 6months ago to start with and they stole and sold my domain to a stranger.