[rankbeginner]

Hello, and thanks in advance,

There's a domain name I want to buy; and a broker for the name is a company called name.net

http://www.name.net

I can't find out any information about this company. Is it good, bad, honest? ... I'd like to know some things, before I send some money to them.

Can anyone suggest a method for finding out more about the company?

Rank Beginner

[brendandonhu]

They are accredited by ICANN:
http://www.icann.org/registrars/accredited-list.html

I haven't found any reviews of them though. If you're registering a new domain name, you can do it through any of the registrars on that list.

[rankbeginner]

This is a domain name that they are a broker for: the only way to get it is to go through them -- I can't use any other Registrar.

I'm still cautious ... No company address; no phone number; no "web presence" -- except a link on ICANN website -- how can they be so invisiible?

Thanks for your response ... RB

[brendandonhu]

That is a bit odd, although the ICANN accreditation means they should be legitimate. You can always buy the domain they are brokering and then transfer it to another registrar.

[rankbeginner]

That's a good point. ... I could transfer it after the purchase.

But I'm still reluctant to send money to them. ... I think that companies that do business on the web should provide information about themselves, and contact information.

[AbvAvgUser]

Becoming an ICANN affiliated registrar needs a lot of money! They must have paid it. So I don't think they must be a run-by-night type of operators.

However, they have completely balnked out their whois information and their site doesn't inspire any confidence. IMO, its a risk. How important is the domain name to you? It all boils down to this.

[Assualt]

personally i woundlnt trust them go to www.godaddy.com the domains are only 2 bucks

[covert215]

I agree. Go with godaddy

[brendandonhu]

As the poster said, the domain is brokered by name.net. Can't just go to GoDaddy and register it for the normal fee.