Is domainnetworks.com a Scam? Domain Networks Bill Review

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an anonymous userhttps://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/users/#an-anonymous-user · Answer 1 · July 15, 2023

July 15, 2023….received yet another invoice from this company. They have been sending a fake “invoice” annually for the past three years. Why are they still being allowed to scam people/businesses? Is there no organization willing to sit this place down….it seems that some branch of the government should be looking into this scam…..they must have a massive mail dump going trough the USPS system consistently! Oh I forgot, they are too busy “spying” on middle class America and it’s churches, instead of crime families!

an anonymous userhttps://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/users/#an-anonymous-user · Answer 2 · February 7, 2023

Feb. 7, 2023 at 8:20 PM by an anonymous user from: Santa Monica, California, United States

Its a scam! Go to your doamin provider and extend/renew there.

an anonymous userhttps://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/users/#an-anonymous-user · Answer 3 · November 8, 2022

Why do our states and federal government allow this kind of company to operate? J

an anonymous userhttps://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/users/#an-anonymous-user · Answer 4 · October 4, 2022

Oct. 4, 2022 at 12:11 PM by an anonymous user from: DeKalb, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

they look very legit but is total scam.

an anonymous userhttps://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/users/#an-anonymous-user · Answer 5 · September 28, 2022

Yes this is totally a scam that I fell for the first time. I was busy and not tracking that well and out of anxiety about loosing my site address. There paperwork looked correct but I was registered already with a different company.They rely on that reflex panic to get you to pay up. Sent an invoice to me again. First time shame on you, second shame on me so no thanks. You cant get money back form them once you have paid. I don't understand how they are allowed to stay in business.

an anonymous userhttps://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/users/#an-anonymous-user · Answer 6 · September 25, 2022

Totally a scam, don't send any money. They send several fake "Invoices" per year, total scam.

an anonymous userhttps://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/users/#an-anonymous-user · Answer 7 · September 18, 2022

I found out from a friend driving to my house 15 hrs away, he tried to get directions.

This was when I found out when he tried to Google maps and my place is registered “cowboy web hosting” I have no idea how this happened!

I’m trying to look into my Social Security and they will not give me any information because they say I’m running a business!

All I got was a voicemail as well. I’m gonna be one squeaky wheel. Any suggestions from anyone else? Please and thank you

an anonymous userhttps://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/users/#an-anonymous-user · Answer 8 · September 8, 2022

I don't believe that Domain Networks is an outright fraudulent operation, but they are definitely a scam in that they heavily promote their directory listing service as something that will help local businesses improve their marketing for their products or services, which they can not or do not actually do. And, they claim they will do so for an insane annual amount, generally $289 in the several invoice-looking letters I receive from them periodically. I have several business domains that I maintain, and the actual domain registration fees are paid through the web hosting providers I use for typically $25 to $35 annually. They do actually include your business in their "listing services" but that listing is worthless. No one looking for a local business will likely never see your listing for several reasons. First, no one looking for a local business would even know this "company" even existed to help them find the business they are looking for. Anyone would normally go to Google, Yahoo Search, Bing Search, etc., and search there to find the same, if not more information, about any business or business category you can imagine. Second, searching with any of the common search engines is so much easier than searching through Domain Networks listings. All domain networks is doing is sort of publishing a private version of the old telephone book Yellow Pages, and their only listed businesses will be those dumb enough to fall for their scam.

The Yellow Pages, as well as all the search engines mentioned above, all list businesses in whatever area you are searching, and not just the ones who have bought a listing on Domain Networks.

Bottom line - Domain Networks is clearly not claiming to be a domain registration company, and their so-called listing service is definitely a scam since it is promoting services that have none of the benefits they claim to provide to those who purchase a listing. They are simply trying to sell a listing service for an insane price to businesses who already are listed by all search engines at no cost at all, and they don't even do as good a job as the free search engines do.

I also do not believe they intend to keep promoting their scam since their own domainnetworks.com domain is currently (September 2022) for sale.

an anonymous userhttps://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/users/#an-anonymous-user · Answer 9 · September 7, 2022

In my opinion this is a fraud. I called them, only voice mail, only PO Box, they wanted me to send them $289 to renew my GoDaddy.com domain name that is $39.78 for 2 years. Confirmed with GoDaddy who informed me they were looking into this issue. Anyone can search and pick up domain names. Report them to the attorney generals office from the state they do business in, though they may changes offices, addresses, states each year.