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Network Solutions is best known for being an affordable and reliable hosting service with dependable customer support. It’s a well-known shared, WordPress, and eCommerce hosting option, with more than 500 extensions for businesses to choose from. Network Solutions is also ICANN-certified, which means it follows incredibly strict standards to ensure domain protection. The software also lets users bundle their domain registration service with other key services including website and eCommerce hosting, as well as email tools.
Company | Web.com Group, Inc. |
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Year founded | 1999 |
Company size | 501-1000 employees |
Headquarters | Jacksonville, Florida, United States |
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Deployment | Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based |
Support | 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support |
Training | Documentation |
Languages | English |
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Easy to use (in the correct browser). Payment methods are simple and easy to align. Customer service is quick and reliable. It is afforadable solution for our needs.
Website does do not work well in Safari. Anytime you make a change in profile or service, you will get constant emails asking to verify or purchase additional "protections."
Network Solutions does offer all-in-one for web hosting, forwarding, etc. They help/sell web hosting for all versions of your internet domains (.org, .biz, etc.)
The price is the main like. I recommend it if you are going with very normal static webpages without php, mysql, etc. So pretty much use it for basic one page HTML or landing pages.
Networksolutions used to be great. But ever since web.com bought them, they have gone downhill. Their UI sucks. They had good uptime and customer service was great. Since Web.com took over, quality on all points has dropped while prices have remained the same or increased.
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Ease of use! I had never purchased a domain or a web hosting package prior to using Network Solutions and found that I figured out everything I needed to do without confusion. And reasonably priced!
Sales pitchy. I am a smart consumer. If I wanted the renewal protection, I would have purchased it one of the first times you emailed me about it. I certainly don't want it now on principle of your persistence. On the plus side, they do email frequently regarding renewal, so that protection is a bit redundant - thanks for letting me know that Network Solutions!
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The price point is great, and we've never had any issues with the platform. Their customer service has always been responsive to our needs.
I have heard that it is very challenging to switch hosts from Network Solutions to another platform but don't have a personal experience with that. The site layout is slightly confusing and sort of difficult to find the DNS settings.
It is a great option for web hosting. Again, very middle-of-the-road solution. It's not spectacular, but it does everything we need it to do.
I like the ability to manage site SSL and remote accessibly in one place. The site layout is also easy to navigate the sections.
The downside is, the site is not as easy with self service. Although they have tips and help along the way, you would need a dedicated IT person to follow through the required materials.
We solve our website hosting and web security SSL settings for remote access through Network Solutions. The fact that they offer many hosting and security features all in one site is beneficial.
Easy to use for purchasing domain names.
User interface is a bit more complicated than some competitors.
We have purchased and managed multiple domain names.
Fairly easy to navigate through the site. I don't get lost in there like i do with GoDaddy. Easy to manage multiple domains as an technical contact - not necessarily registrant.
They don't have the attractive prices like GoDaddy
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Easy enough interface, though it's not CPanel.
Great products, poor pricing. You pay a premium for everything even though their products and services are just industry standard. They send a ton of marketing emails. As bad as GoDaddy.
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The account area/admin area is a lot easier to use than my godaddy account. Their customer support was also a bit more responsive. Price-wise they weren't great. I just bought a domain through them a few years back to try them out and so far I really like it.
These seem to charge quite a bit for extras and addons.
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I like their partner program, which allows us to buy domains at cheaper prices to manage for our clients. They've also been very reliable. We've not had any instances of not being able to access our partner portal or slowness.
The UI in their partner portal. It's very cumbersome. As an example, to request a transfer authorization code, you can't just bring up a domain and request it. No -- that option is nowhere to be found when you bring up a domain. Instead, you have to go to Search > Advanced Search, search for the domain, and from the search results page select "Advanced DNS" from a drop down and click on "GO!" under "Manage Multiple Domains", then check the box next to the domain, select "Request Auth Code" under another drop-down, and click "Go". It makes no sense. But that's even how they say to do it in their documentation. It also has not changed a single bit that I can tell in the many years we've been using it. It's not at all mobile friendly, and even on desktop it doesn't take full advantage of the screen space. Registering a domain for a new customer is also a hassle, and all search forms are over-complicated. You have to select a radio button next to what you're searching by rather than just entering a value, and you can't search by more than one thing at once without using multiple forms.
We manage domains for a lot of our clients. Network Solutions allows us to get reasonable prices on those domains and manage DNS for them if desired.