Speedy Domain Registration And Protecting Your Domain Names
Several of my domains were registered through SpeedyDomainRegistration.com, a reseller. As two were about to expire, I renewed them and paid through PayPal. I subsequently received notice from DotRegistrar.com that the domains were being canceled because of nonpayment.
When I provided the PayPal receipt to DotRegistrar, they explained that Speedy had been doing this for months, collecting fees, not passing on funds to DotRegistrar, and that DotRegistrar was unable to contact Speedy. A scam?
As you can see at this link, it is apparently a common problem for those who used Speedy for domain registrations.
Here’s what I did.
1. Attempted to e-mail Speedy. All e-mail bounced back as undeliverable. Left a voice mail message at the contact number. No response.
2. Faxed the info for all my domains registered through Speedy to DotRegistrar together with a copy of my ID to prove ownership.
3. Renewed the domains directly through DotRegistrar at www.MyDomain.com.
4. Disputed the PayPal payment to Speedy based on fraud.
According to WHOIS, Speedy’s domain is registered to:
Tom Sonsuwan
269 N Slate St
Gilbert, AZ 85234
Tel: 866.515.8191
Fortunately, most of my domains were registered elsewhere and DotRegistar was helpful in fixing the problem.
If you’re in a similar situation consider following the steps that I did.
If you’re considering using Speedy for domain registration, at least you know the risks.
About the Author
With an advanced international law degree from Georgetown University and more than 15 years of real world legal experience, Attorney Mike Young is President of the Internet Ethics Council and creator of Website Legal Forms Generator software. He helps entrepreneurs protect and grow their businesses online.
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Thanks for sharing your experience, Mike. What you described is a problem seemingly not too many people, unfortunately, are willing to admit or even talk about for some reason.
Nowadays it’s going to be harder to tell whether to keep your domain name with an actual domain registrar or a reseller for one. When things like this happen, it ultimately depends on how much the actual registrar is willing to help.
Meanwhile, I honestly suggest you move your domain names to an actual registrar. Between a registrar and a reseller, you’ll get more “umph” with the former and you can cut down the so-called “middleman” (the reseller).
I’ll trackback to this when I blog about this soon. Take care.
Thanks, Dave, for your comment. Unfortunately, I took the unsolicited advice of a ‘reputable’ JV broker to use Speedy for domain registration without doing due diligence on the company. Lesson learned.
You should consider putting together a list of actual registrars and ranking them for cost, reliability, and customer service.
I had the same problem as with Mike. The funny thing is I had used speedy for years with no problem. I looked just for kicks, and the site is no longer there. I wonder if something happened to the owner. Perhaps he is in jail, or worse, died.
It seems odd to me that it would go so long with good service with no problems for so long and poof, problems.