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Network Solutions has a mission: to help you create the online presence that gets you where you deserve to be. It starts with a domain that shows the world exactly who you are. We also help you design your website and keep it secure—all with the power of AI to make it even easier. It's how you'll bring your vision to life and make a game-changing impact.


networksolutions.com
Founded in 1997
Jacksonville, FL, United States
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NetworkSolutions Reviews Summary

The company's reputation is marked by a stark divide in customer experiences. On one hand, some clients commend the quality of specific services, particularly in web design and SEO assistance, highlighting instances of exceptional customer support. However, a significant number of reviews reveal persistent issues, including slow response times, inadequate technical support, and billing disputes, which contribute to a growing sense of frustration among long-term users. Overall, while there are positive interactions, the prevailing sentiment underscores a troubling decline in service quality and reliability, prompting many customers to seek alternatives.

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Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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FILE LAWSUITS EVERYONE
August 31, 2021

THEY DONT CARE
I SAY LETS ALL FILE A FEDERAL CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT
AND EVERYONE FILE THEIR INDIVIDUAL LAWSUITS AND THEN FILE COMPLAINTS WITH YOUR ATTORNEY GENERAL AND FTC

Date of experience: August 31, 2021
Web A. NetworkSolutions Rep
over a year old

Hi Travis,
We will be providing the same response here as we did to you on Social Media. We do apologize for the issues you are having. Our teams have been actively engaged with you to resolve your billing issues. We encourage you to continue to work with our billing support teams to resolve the issues with your website. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.

Tennessee
1 review
1 helpful vote
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After hosting with web.com since 2014 we've had numerous issues with their email services. The most recent, the only notice we received our credit card on file was expired was one phone call that were not able to answer. I spoke to representative yesterday and provided a new card number for our account. I was told our email servers would be restored within 24 hours. We are a company so our emails or vital but no biggie. Today after they were not restored I spoke with 3 different people until I found someone who would help. They informed me the rep from yesterday tried to process the card on an account that was not ours. I provided a new card to get our accounts fixed and 35 minutes into our conversation I was hung up on with no confirmation. I had to call again for 20 minutes to have a separate rep tell me the card should process in another 24 hours. Now I will wait again to see if they will actually fix this issue. From a business stand point this is awful quality service, reps, and notifications.

Date of experience: June 24, 2021
Web A. NetworkSolutions Rep
over a year old

Hi Ashely, we are disappointed to read your review and certainly agree the level of support you were provided does not align with our company standards or expectations. We would like the opportunity to review your recent experience and make sure this is fully resolved. Unfortunately, there is not enough detail here to lead us to a direct account. If you have a moment please email [email protected] with Sitejabber Review in the subject line along with some account details. We look forward to hearing from you.

Philippines
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Webad. Scam
May 28, 2021

Lack of setting system, they want a call that suck your load, they hosted your expired domain, then sell.

Date of experience: May 27, 2021
Web A. NetworkSolutions Rep
over a year old

Hi, we are disappointed to read your review and would like the opportunity to explore it further. Unfortunately, the information provided here is not enough for us to locate an account and we would like further clarification so we may fully understand the scope of your concern. When you have a moment please email [email protected] with some account identifiers, your concern, and Sitejabber Review in the subject line. We hope this message finds you well and we look forward to hearing from you.

District of Columbia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Intentional Lack of Accountability
May 20, 2021

I have spent three days / many hours (and counting) trying to resolve an expired domain issue. I received no domain renewal notices, notification of my expired credit card, or opportunity to access my account (now deleted) to provide new credit card information. I am in a seemingly endless chain of being assigned to new teams who will respond in "1 to 2 business days" who don't actual take action or reply. Web.com seems to be intentionally set up to frustrate you to the point of giving up, with a borderline immoral lack of accountabilty.

Date of experience: May 20, 2021
Web A. NetworkSolutions Rep
over a year old

Hi Matt, we are disappointed to read your review and would like the opportunity to assist. Unfortunately, there are not enough details here to lead us to the correct account. If you could please email [email protected] with Sitejabber in the subject line and include some account details such as the domain in question, ticket(s) number, or email address associated with the account. We would be happy to facilitate support and review your experience. We look forward to hearing from you.

Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Good professionals
May 19, 2021

Here you can always find good deals. I often work with different projects and sometimes need the help of professional online product designers.

Date of experience: May 19, 2021
Web A. NetworkSolutions Rep
over a year old

Hi Madison, thank you so much for your kind words. We are always happy to help with any project you may have regarding your professional online needs. We look forward to providing you more great support, services, products, and options as your needs expand. We hope you have a great day and this message finds you well!

GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Hi all, pls be careful before giving your card details to network solutions. They keep charing 4 no service provided

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Date of experience: April 5, 2021
Illinois
1 review
2 helpful votes
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We have been with register.com for 20 years and web.com bought them out. We are so disappointed. They had a system glitch and deleted all past emails. The customer service is terrible. They are not interested in helping you. I would never choose this company, you will be disappointed.

Date of experience: March 30, 2021
Web A. NetworkSolutions Rep
over a year old

Hi Pastor Elleson, we are disappointed to read your review. We see that you are working with support regarding the chargeback that occurred on the account resulting in the disruption of service. We do see that they have provided options. We understand that the options presented may not have been to your liking but we would ask you to work with the support that has been provided. We also see you have copied and pasted the same review on another site and we will be providing a similar response. We hope this message finds you well.

Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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WHAT A WASTE OF TIME
March 18, 2021

Now I have to say I have been a customer of Network Solutions for 2 Decades, (Now Web.com), last week I tried to Migrate a Wordpress site, (From another host) Normally this is a fairly "Straight-forward" move. On the old site Run a Backup from the cPanel. Then Run a restore and VIOLA! However with this now Bloated and unresponsive web host its nearly IMPOSSIBLE> For starters the tech support (Farmed out foreign Techs) are hard to understand, but WORST OFF they completely do NOT understand the issue let alone address it. These Web.Com staff members are only capable of reading off a card. And heavens forbid they loose their place? You need to suffer from step 1 all over again. MY REVIEW: Avoid this company at ALL cost. I am now in the process of moving my 22 Domains to another platform. I'm sure they will come back with some BS excuse, but its been a long time coming. I should have DUMPED THEM years ago. A lot of hype for the Money. NO VALUE when it counts! GOODBYE POOR HOSTING SERVICE. You lost me and anyone I can tell Starting here.

Date of experience: March 18, 2021
New York
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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No one I contacted made me aware of the 18 page master agreement. I would not have gone with them if I did. Automatic renewals with no notice! That was my experience.

I foolishly called to transfer my host of 25 years that was no longer hosting. Told web.com would not host my old site but will host a site they designed. They also said they do not charge by the month but do. Finally got my site up but not showing on search engines. Paid for 6 months SEO was all I wanted. The charge showed on my credit card again a day after 6 months. I disputed it but to no avail because I was not aware of it recycling. It's a long story. Closed my account a couple of days ago. Trying to determine what my bill is to get rid of them since I lost my credit card. They still bill on my lost credit card. If I was aware of the agreement I would never have gone with them. Too smart too late and too old too soon. In fairness to them their telephone response is excellent, normally 5 minutes or so.
The help person I spoke to deleted my account and said I would not be billed from that day going forward. I was told that before but saw another bill on my old credit card I do not have. Help people have to be tied in with billing for us to understand what it is we owe or will be reimbursed for once our account is closed.

I believe web.com is much improved from a year ago but am still at a loss to what I owe and how to handle it from today, March 14,2021. In the past I reached out to the CEO, Sharon Rowlands to sort out problems but feel she has larger problems to deal with. As of today, if we can agree to an amount I would like to send a check to web.com rather go through my credit card company.

I'm an 84 year old father/grand father in poor health and just want to end this.

Date of experience: March 14, 2021
Web A. NetworkSolutions Rep
over a year old

Hi Roland, unfortunately here you didn't provide any account details for us to be able to further assist or provide insight on. We would be happy to facilitate support to you if you are still in need of assistance. Please send an email to [email protected] with "SiteJabber Review" in the subject line. We look forward to hearing from you however if this has been handled by support we hope this message finds you well.

Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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BE CAREFUL HERE. I called into their technical support and landed inside their call center; which was riddled with very bad behavior. Keep in mind, their staff will have access to your entire website, emails etc; and as I suspected; they are also willing to vandalize your website; which they did, after i got into an argument with one of them on the phone for not taking my call seriously. My website was vandalized; email system shut down. I called web.com twice and asked what happen to the employee who did it; and they said they will 'take action against the employee'; i filed a dispute on bbb; and now web.com is saying the employee did nothing wrong and that my email that got shut down, and vandalism was a 'technical' issue; really? So, the employee remains, and web.com is even protecting them. Very very disappointing to see that.

Date of experience: March 8, 2021
Web A. NetworkSolutions Rep
over a year old

Hi Justin, we see you have copied and pasted your concern in several places and our response will be the same in all areas as well. We can confirm that you initially reached the support team regarding an email spam issue. We verified that a suspension was placed on the email address, but later removed. We can also confirm that the email, domain, and/or website were not vandalized or compromised. For reference, an email suspension can be placed on an account if an email address is detected for sending too much spam or for any suspected account security concerns. Our response reiterates that of our team working with you currently through the BBB. We apologize for any frustration and hope this message finds you well.

California
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Poorly Designed Website and Customer Service
February 27, 2021

Horrible company. I've been getting charged monthly but they are no longer sending me invoices, and it is very difficult to get in contact with the company. I've tried to handle this but my password wasn't working and they did not send me the reset though they said they did (I checked the spam and such), so I contacted the company. They sent an email to reset, and it is ridiculous. Reseting your password requires a drivers license with an address that matches a utility bill you also have to submit, which is very difficult because the DMV doesn't issue new IDs when you change your address, they only do when your license expires. You ALSO need a notarized statement, all three are required just to get access. Their customer service is terrible, you can't find an email to contact them anywhere. Everything takes you to a sign in page or a "brilliant" help page that tells you to sign in to contact customer service. The phone number is endless automated options, and the chat says there's nobody available. I'm usually a patient person but they have been charging me for a service I don't use and it is very difficult to contact them.

Date of experience: February 27, 2021
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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They sold me an advertising on social media, said it was not a contract and could cancel at anytime.
The price was £395 per month, which is steep for a small business like mine. This was early nov 2020, once the ad went live, I wasnt too impressed and emailed the sales lady and web.com to cancel once the. Month had ended.
They have taken 3 x payments £395 and a £480 initial payment in Nov.
I have emailed all the email address I can find and tried calling several times. But with no luck.
They are using my card details to take the money.

Dont take any extra advertising off them. Am furious.

Date of experience: February 19, 2021
Web A. NetworkSolutions Rep
over a year old

Hi Julie, we are disappointed to read your review. Unfortunately, there are not enough details for us to locate your account. We would like the opportunity to investigate further and facilitate any support you may need. Please email [email protected] with Sitejabber Review in the subject line. Include your account details so we may locate the one you are referencing and if you have a moment any screenshots of the emails that you sent so we may follow up on those as well. We look forward to hearing from you and hope this message finds you well.

South Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Terrible service
February 15, 2021

Friday I was told that my website was held up in the collections department, I called collections today, collections said that it was the tec departments issue, collections sent me to website design, website design has issued a new service ticket and is sending it to another department.
This day 14 in trying to get my website up and running, I have paid web.com for 5 years to host my site.

Date of experience: February 15, 2021
Web A. NetworkSolutions Rep
over a year old

Hi Will, we are disappointed to read about your experience. We do see that you left a similar review on Trustpilot and we will be providing the same response. We did see that the initial issue with your website was due to a billing issue with a chargeback. Once that was resolved when trying to launch the site support recognized an issue they need to expedite to our engineers for review. We see that they have been sending emails keeping you updated that they are working on your concern. Currently, we see your website is online however if you are still having concerns that need to be addressed we are happy to facilitate support to you. Please email [email protected] with Sitejabber Review in the subject line. We hope this message finds you well.

New Jersey
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Scam company
December 24, 2020

I have never dealt with a worse company. DO NOT give them your credit card - they charged me a yearly fee on a monthly basis. When I finally caught it, the costumer service transferred me, hung up on me, had no supervisors available - anything to avoid handling the issue. Ultimately I was only refunded a portion (they kept the taxes) and I had to get refunded through the fraud department at my bank. They then charged me AGAIN for a "marketing fee" I never asked for. Of course I canceled my service, but because I paid for the year they wouldn't take my credit card off file. They are thrives and not to mention their website building is mediocre at best anyway. Save yourself the grief and go with any other company.

Date of experience: December 24, 2020
Web A. NetworkSolutions Rep
over a year old

Hi Dana, this response will be repetitive since the review is the same as you left on another site we have responded to. We are disappointed to read your review. We are reviewing your experience so we may learn how we can do better and provide coaching opportunities. We have reached out to the team to facilitate support to you and answer any questions. We see that they were unable to make direct contact. Support has left a voicemail and sent an email with direct contact information. Please follow up with the team so they may address any concerns or questions you may still have. We hope this message finds you well.

Texas
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Useless since changed
December 10, 2020

I have had an account with them for years and have had nothing but trouble with their "technical support staff" - They spam your email, but cannot understand the basics of SMTP transfers. Recently, it took me 2 HOURS to get the person to understand that I needed help with tracing an email that I sent THROUGH their service that I was paying for (have "professional email"). They claimed that they could not provide me with ANY tracing information, including the hand-off date/time/IP of recipients system - claimed it was "secret"?! You know, every "Received" line in every Internet email. The're claiming, and I have evidence and proof, that SMTP transfers are secret and they cannot release any information related. One can only conclude that they're dropping emails from their customers and refusing to fess up. Early on, I had one of their "expert managers" tell me that an email address of "*******@subdomain.domain.com" was not ligitement. I guess every government email address is wrong. Also note that 3 out of my 4 calls to "technical support" where hangups. The last one I hung up after on hold for 40 minutes. When I called their new sales staff, they claimed that it was "normal" to be on hold that long. I should have known that once they got bought out, and the massive email changes they've gone through, they would go down the road of AOL. This is NOT a good nor professional hosting provider.

Date of experience: December 10, 2020
California
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Horrible experience
December 6, 2020

This is probably the top of the horrible experience in my 20+ years of IT career. I inherited over 30+ domains under register.com at my job and it took almost 6 months to complete the transfer-out process. I spent countless hours dealing with their customer service, averaging 30 - 1 hour wait at the phone listening to their stupid waiting music. I just don't see any reason for a sane person to subscribe to their services. As an individual consumer, there are cheaper options and WAY better customer service who care about your business. As a business consumer, their infrastructure is severely outdated with horrible customer support. Uninformed people will probably subscribe to their service due to their popular domain name (register.com) but please do your research before falling into the trap.

Date of experience: December 6, 2020
Canada
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Wait for 6 h or more to get someone. After you try to transfer you domain several times, they block you. They take your money, but don't try to move your domain... they will give you bogus codes and basically your domain is lost. I paid mine until 2030... and I've tried for 3 weeks to get a legit transfer code and they keep giving false codes that have "Parameter value range error" A bad company. Stay away...

Date of experience: December 4, 2020
Web A. NetworkSolutions Rep
over a year old

Hi Brian, we are disappointed to read your review. Unfortunately, there is not enough detail here to lead us to an account for us to comment or further assist if you should need it. Depending on your domain extension there are different processes we have to follow. If you are still needing assistance we would be happy to help we would just need some account details from you. Please send an email to [email protected] with "Sitejabber Review" in the subject line. We hope this message finds you well.

Arizona
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Fraud fraud fraud
December 2, 2020

I was scammed by this website. I "built a website". They require a credit card. Then never even agreed and get charged monthly. Go to different site!

Date of experience: December 2, 2020
Web A. NetworkSolutions Rep
over a year old

Hi Sara, we are disappointed to read your review. We do have several points during the process while choosing your package that shows the reoccurring fee every four weeks that happens after the initial price. We do apologize for any confusion that may have occurred and appreciate you taking the time to provide feedback on your experience. We will take this into consideration when reviewing the process. If you should need any further assistance please send an email to [email protected] with your account details and "Sitejabber Review" in the subject line. We hope this message finds you well.

Florida
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I would never use web.com again. I used their SEO Service and they said it would enhance my website's ranking. I gave them access to my website and then they said, "They didn't have access." So on a monthly basis, I was making changes, but by the 3rd month, it was the same changes made in the 1st & 2nd month. Then I tried to cancel the service and it took 3 support people and 1.25 hours of my time to do so. It was long wait times and I believe a ploy so people would get tired and hang-up. Run from this company!

Date of experience: November 16, 2020
Web A. NetworkSolutions Rep
over a year old

Hi Robert, we are disappointed to read your review. We would like the opportunity to review your experience further and to see how we can improve. If you have a moment and could provide some account details to [email protected] with "Sitejabber Review" in the subject line so we may locate the correct account. We look forward to hearing from you.

California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Our website did not work today. I called web.com and was told the account was deleted since our credit card was declined. We are paying web.com $14.95 for years. And the credit card is still good and also we left our bank account number to them ( the bank account was charged in Aug. 2020.)
Now they told me that the website has to be rebuilt after 3 months past due.
Is there anyone can help to solve the issue?
We paid web.com $29.95 started 2012, and reduced to $14.95 in 2016. Now we even did understand what the payment for after we spoke with the different department about two hours.

Date of experience: November 12, 2020
Web A. NetworkSolutions Rep
over a year old

Hi Julie, we are disappointed to read your review. We would like the opportunity to research your account further and facilitate any necessary support. Unfortunately, there are not enough details here for us to locate an account. Until we have reviewed the account we would not be able to comment on any claims above. If you have a moment and can provide some account details to [email protected] with "Sitejabber Review" in the subject. We look forward to hearing from you and hope this message finds you well.